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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

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

Search Abandoned Steamer "Paeinga" (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states that the search for the lost steamer "Paringa," has been abandoned, following the discovery of a hatch, and…

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Health Notes Special Diseases Cause of Wrecked Lives and Many Deaths Is Our Outlook Narrow

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 8

"Venereal disease has flourished for thousands of years, and may be regarded as civiliisatoin's greatest and most ancient curse. It has been…

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Vessel Foundered Crew Reached Shore (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 March 1936 · page 1

A forty five ton scow "Kaiaia," which was bound from Auckland to Opitiki, foundered near Mercury Bay, The crew of five reached the shore…

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Manly Ferry Ashore in Fog Passengers Rescued

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

On its way to Manly shortly after 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company's ferry Curl Curl, with about…

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Japanese Rescued From Wrecked Sampan (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 1

A message from Brisbane states:— Thirty one Japanese members of the crew of a sampan, which was wrecked last week, 150 miles south of…

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Her Daughter Was a Real Nervous Wreck

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 2

"I got quite run-down myself worrying about thc health of my daughter," states Mrs. T.C., of Monto, Qld. "She Buttered from anaemia, for…

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Found Missing Aiimen Seen from Aeroplane Wreckage Among Trees MELBOURNE

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 1

The search for the missing Air Force machine in Central Australia ended this afternoon with the diseovery of the plane crashed in…

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Four Rescued From Lion Island Launched Washed Ashore (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 1

Four men, who on Saturday, disappeared in a 16 foot launch at the mouth of Broken Bay were found to-day on Lion Island, where…

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Our Racing Letter Doomben Cup Winner Might Be a Possible for Southern Spring Races.big Cash Investment of Prince Wrecker Was a Sore Point with Fireman’s Trainer. Young Jockey Overdoes Front-running Tactics

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 4

One of the most interesting developments of Winter form is Verdum, who on Saturday won the Docmben Cup, at a mile and a…

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Steamer Abel Tasman Now Total Wreck (By Wire) Sydney, Mnoday

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1936 · page 1

The steamer, Abel Tasman, which was Bent, ashore at Greymouth (New Zealand), is now a total wreck. No lives were lost…

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Missing Air Liner Wreckage Found Search Abandoned (By Wire) Sydney, Monday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 1

A cable from London states: — The aerial search for the British air liner, "Cloud of lona," has been abandoned…

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Three Shells Fired Spanish Naval Incident German Steamer Searched Hitler Will Protest (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 August 1936 · page 1

A cable from London states:— The German Government's resent[?] to the Spanish Government's failure to hand over the…

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Body Washed Ashore on Saturday Night (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1936 · page 1

According to a purser on the steamer "Tanda," a girl (Miss Constance McRae) whose body was wash ed ashore at Watson's Bay on…

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Air Race Leader Crashes Plane Wrecked Halse Slightly Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 1

A cable from Johannesburg states: With little more than four hours' flight to victory, Captain S. S. Halse, after leading all the…

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Missing Airmen Found Rescued by Fishermen 'Plane on Sandbank Crew Takes Aboard Steamer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 1

The crew of the missing Croydon Monospar aeroplane are sale and well. They were rescued by native…

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Twelve Persons Drowned Launch Foundered in Storm on Hawkesbury River Only Two Apparent Survivors One of Worst Boating Disasters in State's History SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1936 · page 1

Twelve persons, six of them women, and one an infant boy, are believed to have been drowned when their launch foundered during a fierce storm in the Hawkesbury at…

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Famous "Oppy" Wrecks Cycling Record Sydney-Brisbane Record

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1936 · page 5

Displaying remarkable stamina, a defiance of accumulated fatigue and powerful demands for rest, Hubert Opperman, Australia's No. 1 cyclist,…

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Room Wrecked by Terrific Explosion Al Technical School (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 November 1936 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states: A. few seconds after James Morris. oxy welding instructor at Caulfield Technical School walked our of the…

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