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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

14 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

10 DROWNED When Tug Foundered (By Wire)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

Ten lives were lost when the lugger "Mildred" foundered between Schnapper Island and Cape Tribulation about 35 miles from Cooktown,…

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Miscellaneous Seeking Sunken Treasure. Wreck in Irish Waters. Lusitania and Spanish Armada

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 1

The Italian salvage ship Artiglio II., which recovered the gold bullion from the wreck of the P. and O steamer Egypt of the coast of…

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10 Years' Gaol Imposed on Woman Now Physical Wreck (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 1

A cable from London states:—The "Daily Herald's" Vienna corespondent reports a most heartless sentence which was imposed on the…

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Total Wreck Steamer Nambucca (By Wire). Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 1

The stranded steamer "Nambucca" which was broken in halves, is now a total wreck…

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Air Liner Missing with Six Aboard Believed to be Wrecked (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 1

A cable from London states: —A French air liner, which left Le Bourget this morhing for Croydon, with three passengers and a…

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Air Disaster Twelve Persons Killed Child Struck by Wreckage BERLIN

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 1

A Swiss Condor passenger aeroplane, flying from Zurich, crashed at Tuttlingen near Lake Constance. Eight passengers and the crew of…

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Perilous Time. For Lifeboat Crew. LONDON

Western Champion · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 1

The crew of the Plymouth lifeboat was out all night, in raging seas and poor visibility, but was unable to loqate a vessel which sent up distress…

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Body Recovered From Wrecked Plane Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 1

A cable from Johannesburg states: A message received here, states that Vanderleuw's body had been recovered from the wrecked plane…

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Shocking Outrage Aboard Steamer When Men Mutinied (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 1

A cable from Shanghai states:—News of another shocking outrage in socialised Manchuk[?] has just reached here…

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Liners Race to Rescue No Sign of Disabled Steamer (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 1

A cable from London states:—Grave anxiety is felt for the British cargo steamer, "Millpool," of 3,31[?] tons, to whose assistance the Cunar…

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"Miss Hobart" More Wreckage Found (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 November 1934 · page 1

A message, from Melbourne states that a party, searching for wreckage of the air liner, "Miss Hobart" found a quantity of plywood and boxes,…

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Sad Story of a “Digger” Fought in Two Wars and Is Without a Pension. Maurice Beahan Now a Physical Wreck

Cowra Free Press · Monday 17 December 1934 · page 1

The son of an Imperial Army man it is a little wonder on the call for volunteers to fight in South Africa that Maurice…

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Thrilling Rescue of Crew Prom Steamer (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 1

A Cable from London states:—Early to-day all sixteen members of the crew of the small Norwegian steadier, "Sisto," to whose help…

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Plane Wreckage Found on Beach May Be From Ulm's Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 1

A cable from Honolulu states: Two pieces of acroplane wreck. age, possibly belonging to the illfated "Star of Australia," were…

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