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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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How Crew Was Rescued From Sinking Steamer Haiping Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 1

A graphic story of the rescue of the crew of the steamer Haiping in a heavy sterm was related when the Mildura berthed at Brisbane to-day, Lifebeats…

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Sunken Steamer Men's Graphic Story SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 1

Members or the crew of the steamer Hall Caino, which sank mysteriously yesterday, told graphic stories of their adventure. They said that when the…

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HOLOCAUST Explosion Wrecks High School Heavy Toll of Life Overton (Texas), March 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 7

With their bodies mangled beyond recognition, it is estimated that between 500 and 1000 children lost their lives when an oil furnace in the New London High School at…

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Steamer Ablaze Crow Of 72 Rescued LONDON, March 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

Ascrow of 73 wore rescued by life boats from the Finnish atcamer Marlo Maollor, in which fire broke out when the vossol, hound for Liverpool from…

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Signor Mussolini's Short-Lived Love Affair Woman's Story How Romance Was Wrecked Revelation in Court Paris, March 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

Signor Mussolini's name is mentioned for the first time to-day as the subject of the romance of Madame de la Ferrieres, the Parisian journalist, better known as Madame de…

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Plane Wreckage Washed Up Off N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 3

After two days' rough weather in Cook Straff, coastal searchers found wreekage from the Moth plane, which, with the pilot and the passenger,…

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Total Wreck . Sloop In Heavy Sea BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 3

When cast ashore on the outer beach of Stradbroke Island, near Jumpin Pin, the sleep Pellcan, which was between 80 and 40 feet long,…

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Rebel Warships Stop British Steamer Bilbao

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 2

Rebel warships stopped the fruitladen British steamer, Thorpe Hall, outside Bilbao, but sheered off when the destroyers Beagle and Brazen sped to…

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British Steamer Mary Llewellyn

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 6

The correspondent of the "Times" at St. Jean de Luz states that the British steamer Mary Llewellyn left port and disappeared over the horizon in the…

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Continued Faith in Stinson 'Planes Wrecked Machines Replaced

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 8

The managing director of Airlines of Australia (Mr G. A. Robinson) announces that his company has completed arrangements for the purchase of…

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Beard That Wrecked Marriage Husband Entitled to Wear It

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 2

The romance of Mrs Beglin, an English nurse who married an Irish farm worker, after a letter-courtship through a correspondence club and matrimonial…

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Three Missing Sydney Launch Wrecked Police Searching Sydney. Saturday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 1

The shares on the ocean side of Kurnoll are being combed by police and evidence in the region where it is believed three men were…

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New Lifeboat Trials on Sydney Harbor SYDNEY 'Friday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 1

A now lifeboat, the Endeavor;' began hor .trials on Sydney Harbor to-day, The Endeavor is not only a lifeboat, but will servo as a pilot tender to. the…

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Explosion Wrecks German Zeppelin Sixty Live Lost [Burst into Flames when Landing Struck by Lightning New York, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 7

Sixty are believed to have been killed when the German Zeppelin, Hindenburg, ex ploded while about to land at Lakehurst New Jersey, last night, after the completion;…

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Was Zeppelin Wrecked By Sabotage? Red-hot Ruins Many are Missing Still Germany in Mourning New York, May 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 1

It is now established that 32 lost their lives or have still been unaccounted for in the wreck of the giant air ship Hindenburg, which was destroyed by fire after a fearful…

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Heroic Rescue of Shipwrecked Crew Boiling Surf Swept From Life Line By Roaring Sea Collier Ashore in Fog Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 7

A tribute to the work of the rescuers was paid to-day by the survivors of the collier, Minmi, which went ashore on the point of Cape Banks at the entrance to Botany Bay during a…

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Speed Boat Wrecked

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 4

While hurrying from Nelsons Bay in his speed boat "Zephyr" to the doctor at Tea Gardens on Sunday night last, with a man who had his collar…

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Collier Minmi A Total Wreck Two Newcastle Men Dead

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 1

The twin-screw collier, Minmi, of 1455 tons gross, owned by J. and A. Brown, Abermain Seaham Collieries, was totally wrecked on Cape Banks, on the northern side of Botany Bay, late last night. Two…

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New Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 9

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's new steamer, Mulubinba, arrived at Port Said on the 11th instant, 12 days out from…

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Guard Kept The Wrecked Collier Curious Crowds Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 1

Special precautions are being taken by the police to protect sightseers, hundreds of whom, it is anticipated, will visit Cape…

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