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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

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Mixed Crowed By French Steamer (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 1

A polyglot, crowd arrived by the French seamer, Ville D'Anuens, which reached Sydney yesterday, in cluding Jews, Greek's, Jugo Slavs…

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EARTHQUAKES Hours of, Terror Towns Wrecked

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 12

New, York.—Violent earthquakes shook the entire Imperial Valley in California and Northern Mexico, shortly after midnight, while the…

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Headless Body Washed Ashore (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

A cable from Hobart states that a headless, body, from which one foot was also missing, was washed ashore at Lettie Bay…

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Removed From Steamer. Port Said

Cowra Free Press · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 9

Sir Neville Howse, Minister for Defence, who is suffering from pneumonia, was to-day removed from the steamer Otranto, on which he was…

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Wreck of the Pegasus

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 6

About half-an-hour after midnight on Thursday morning, 20th July, 1843, the steamship Pegasus, having started from Leith, on the east coast of Scotland, on…

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Short Story. When Tillinghast Went Ashore

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 6

When the troop transport reached Manila Private Tillinghast went ashore on a stretcher. Destiny had decreed that he should go to the hospital instead of to the…

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Steamer Struck by Lightning

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 3

On Wednesday, 19th January, 1848, occurred one of the rare instances of a ship at sea being struck by that electric force in the earth's atmosphere which is…

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WRECKED On Junee Road

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 February 1927 · page 9

On the Junee road on Sunday afernoon about four miles from the town, a motor car overturned when [?] to avoid two [?]…

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Dunbar Wreck Recalled

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 6

The death of Mrs. Wright, of Nasmyth St., Young, recalls the wreck of the Dunbar. Mrs. Wright, who was a native of…

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Shanghai Quiet Scenes of Ruin and Wreckage British Protection Appreciated (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 1

The position at Shanghai is quiet to-day, owing to rain. Foreigners who visited the native quarter since their arrival saw in…

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ASHORE Dutch Steamer No Immediate Danger (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 1

The Dutch steamer, Tasman, is ashore off the coast of North Queensland. The vessel is reported to be in no…

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NUNGESSOR Wreckage From His Plane? (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 15 July 1927 · page 1

Vancouver, Thursday.—A message from St. Johns, Newfoundland, states that two trappers reported to-day that they found wreckage which is…

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Three Explosions Attempt to Wreck Machinery (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 1

Three mysterious explosions occurred in the main and haulage house at a colliery in Korumburra (Vic.) The building was wrecked, and the…

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From Overseas Man Arrested on Steamer (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 1

Boarding a steamer from U.S.A. during, the week end, detectives arrested a man who had been absent from Australia for a few moths…

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Terrific Explosion C.I.B. Building Almost Wrecked Detective's Narrow Escape (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 1

A terrific explosion practically wrecked the office of the Criminal Investigation Department, Sydney at mid-night…

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Blown Ashore But Crew Safe (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 1

The small ketch, Clio, was blown ashore on the Northern breakwater at Port Kembla during yesterday's heavy gale, but the crew succeeded in…

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Plane Wreckage Not "Sir John Garling" (By Wire)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 1

A cable from London states that the Air Ministry announces that the wreckage lound off the Cornwell coast is part of an engineless glider…

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Telegraphic News To-day's Wires. Not Wrecked Plane. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 7

The British Air Ministry, announces that the wreckage found off the Cornwall coast is part of an engineless glider, and not the "Sir John…

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Red Cross News War Wrecks

Cowra Free Press · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 10

Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Red Cross stands for to-day and what it is doing. Little doubt…

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War Wrecks Work of Red Cross

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 2

Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Red Cross stands for today and what it is doing. Little doubt…

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