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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

140 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 7

Blinding Smoke Fire on Japanese Steamer Caused by Explosion Sydney

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

Great excitement prevailed this morning when fire broke out in No. 2 hold on the Japanese steamer Yae Marn, in Walsh Bay…

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Jews Suffer Wholesale Outrage r Ferocious Reprisals Unbridled Racial Hatred Breaks Loose Looting and Wrecking Berlin, November 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 1

The anti-Jewish outrages are continuing here and in many other places throughout Germany. Herr Hitler to-night was conferring with Herr Von Ribbentrop, Dr. Hess, Herr Von Hemler, and other Nazi officials at Munich. In the meantime, it is learned that the magistrate has ordered…

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Office Wrecked Burglars at King's Theatre £64 Stolen Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 7

When a cleaner at the King's Theatre, Rose Bay, entered the premises this morning he discovered that not only had £64 been stolen from the…

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Seamen Scarce Men Forced Ashore by Strike SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 1

Since the end of the recent coal strike shipping companies have experienced extreme difficulty in finding sufficient seamen for interstate…

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Wreckage of Jewish Shops in Berlin Arrested for Attempting to Photograph. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) BERLIN

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 November 1938 · page 2

The new Minister for Columbia was arrested for attempting to photograph the wreckage of Jewish shops in Berlin. His camera was confiscated…

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'Plane Wrecked Dived Into Street Pilot Breaks Leg Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 November 1938 · page 4

Ronald Clark, a young Wangaratta pilot, had a remarkable escape from death at 11.30 a.m. yesterday. The Royal Victorian Aero Club Moth…

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Flying Boat Calpurnia Wrecked Mails for Australia Aboard

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 1

Imperial Airways' flying-boat Calpurnia, outward-bound with mails for Australia, has been found wrecked on Lake Rama[?]…

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Customs Huts Wrecked London Nov 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 December 1938 · page 11

Several Customs huts on the Northern Ireland side of the Eire border were wrecked by a land mine last night. Including those at, Newtown…

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Died on Steamer Young Brisbane Woman SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 1

When the interstate liner Manunda arrived in Sydney this morning from Brisbane it was announced that a passenger, Miss Margaret Robertson…

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Collapsed and Died on Steamer Young Lady on Holiday. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 December 1938 · page 2

When the interstate liner Manunda arrived at Sydney this morning from Brisbane it was announced that a passenger, Miss Margaret Robertson…

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Shed Wrecked Willy Willy in Suburb SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 December 1938 · page 10

A willy willy which struck portion of Annandale lifted a tin shed over a terrace of houses into a street 50 yards away. Portion of the roof crushed on a…

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Empire Flying Boat Wrecked in Gale © Darwin Harbor Swept On To Jagged Rocks All the Mails Saved Darwin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 7

The Empire Flying Boat, Coorong, which arrived yesterday evening from Koepang with three tons of Christmas mail was swept ashore and wrecked by an 80 miles an hour gale,…

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Never Fly Again Wrecked Flying Boat DARWIN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 December 1938 · page 5

The Empire flying boat Coorong, which was swept ashore in a gale at Darwin, will never fly again. After a night's feverish battle to…

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Flying-Boat Wrecked at Darwin Due to Sudden Squall

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 December 1938 · page 1

The Empire flying-boat Coorong, loaded with three tons of Christmas mail from Britain, was swept from her moorings, dashed against the rocky shore of the harbour at Darwin and wrecked by an 80-mile-an-hour gale late on Monday night…

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Stabbing Charge Fireman For Trial Affray on Steamer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 4

The story of an aliened stabbing on the interstate steamer Colac wan told in the Newcastle Court when William Ginn (60),…

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Under Sea Wreckage of 'Plane Discovered HONOLULU, Dec. 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 9

Filipino fishermen diving to recover nets, found the wreckage of a plane partly buried in the ocean sand below the surface 38 miles north-west of…

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Roof Falls in Hotel Bar Wrecked Two Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 3

When 200 square feet of roof and flooring, and part of n brick tower crooned into the bar of the Royal Exchange Hotel,…

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Four Drowned Surfing Tragedy At Austinmer Launch Wrecked Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1938 · page 5

Four persons were drowned in the sea to-day, three while surfing at Austinmer on the South coast and one off Long Reef…

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Steamer Bombed Barcelona, Dec. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 December 1938 · page 1

The British steamer Stancroft was sunk by Italian bombers in the first of , two raids on the city, suburbs and the port to-day. There were no…

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British Steamer Sunk No Casualties But Widespread Damage. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) BARCELONA

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 December 1938 · page 1

The British steamer Stancross was sunk by Italian bombers during the first of two raids on the city, suburbs and port…

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