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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

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Cable and Telegraphic News British Steamer Torpedoed by Insurgent Submarine Eleven Lives Lost, Including Captain and Wife. Non-intervention Observers on Board. LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

The British steamer Endymion was torpedoed, and sums by an insurgent submarine near Cartagina. Eleven lives were lost, including the captain and his wife. A Swedish non-intervention observer and four others were saved…

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Wreck Off Nobby's Compensation Claim Fails

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 9

Bernard Charish Briant, 42, of Collaroy, who was in charge of the fishing boat Joyron when it was wrecked off Nobby's, Newcastle on…

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Woman's Body in Harbour Between Steamer and Wharf Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 2

The body of a woman believed to be Mrs S. Thompson, of Newtown, was found in the harbour at Jones' Bay to-day…

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Mystery Flour Remains in Sydney Japanese Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. Mystery surrounds the shipment of flour to have been loaded into the Japanese motorship Brisbane…

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Loaded and Then Unloaded. Flour on Japanese Steamer. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

A large quantity of flour which was placed on the Japanese motor ship, Maru Yestern, yesterday at Brisbane, was to-day unloaded again, and…

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British Steamer Followed by War Planes (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 2

The British steamer Peckham, bound from Odessa to Barcelona, sent out an S.O.S., stating she was followed by war planes on the…

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Steamer Safe London, Feb. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 1

The owners have received information from Barcelona that the steamer Peckham is safe. The master of the vessel had sent out a wireless S.O.S…

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Torpedo Fired British Steamer Escapes LONDON, February 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 1

Replying to questions relating to Spain in the House of Commons, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Duff Cooper, revealed for the first time…

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Ships Pounded Wreckage in California Toll of Storm San Francisco, Feb. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 1

The storm which swept through California, causing damage estimated at £250,000, extended over three-quarters of the California…

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SEIZED! British-Owned Steamer Japanese Act London. Feb 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1

According to the "News-Chronicle" correspondent in Hongkong, the seizure of the British steamer, the Asian, which was…

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Seizure of British Steamer Serious Japanese Interference. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Hong Kong

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1

The seizure of the British steamer Asian en route to Indo-China is the most serious Japanese interference with British shipping since the…

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A Total Wreck Big Italian Airliner ROME, February 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1

It is now revealed that the Italian airliner, flying from Cadiz to the Ostia airport in Rome with 14 passengers on board, was totally wrecked…

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Italian Airliner Wrecked 14 Passengers Aboard (Australian Press Assn. Message.) ROME

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1

It is now revealed that an Italian airliner, flying from Cadiz to Ostia airport in Rome, with 14 aboard, was wrecked an hour after leaving…

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Fire on Steamer Hunter. Timely Discovery While at Sea. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 2

A fire was discovered in No. 1 hatch of the steamer Hunter about five o'clock this morning when the vessel was carrying passengers and cargo…

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Steamer Machine-Gunned MARSEILLES. Feb. 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 1

A 'plane machine-gunned the French steamer Prado, 15 miles from Valencia, to-day. One member of the crew was…

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French Steamer Machine-gunned Destroyer Proceeding to Assistance. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) MARSEILLES

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 1

A 'plane machine-gunned the French steamer Prado 15 miles from Valencia. One person was wounded. A destroyer is proceeding to the…

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Sea Thrill Steamer Strikes Launch Lucky Escape Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 1

A narrow escape from being drowned was experienced by Mr. Tom Glazebrook, of Double Bay, and Jack Roberts, of Coogee,…

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Heavy Loss of Life in U.S.A. Flood Disaster Homes Wrecked Bodies Swept Out to Sea Worst for Fifty Years Los Angeles, March 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 1

The flood, which is the worst for half a century, and will rank as one of California's major disasters, has begun to subside. It is estimated that the death roll will exceed 50,…

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Plane Crash. Wrecked in Paddock. Lucky Escapes Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1938 · page 4

A moth plane, the property of Australian National Airways Pty. Ltd., was wrecked when it crashed near Campbell Field, but the…

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Steamer Held Up. Passengers Still on Board FREMANTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1938 · page 7

The owners of the Italian steamship, Romola, to-day, received advice from the Owners to pay the fares of her passengers to the eastern States by…

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