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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

24 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Miraculous Escapes When Monoplane Crashes Machine Totally Wrecked

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 4

The pilot, a passenger and four children had a miraculous escape from serious injury when a plane struck electric .light wires in Denison…

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Plane in River Pilot's Narrow Escape Machine Wrecked (By Wires) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 1

A Message from Brisbane states that Norman William Roberts. a pilot in training, whose Moth machine got into a spin…

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Steamer Overturns During Westerly Gale Roof Lifted 75 Yards (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 1

During a fierce westerly gate at Ulmarra, on the lower Clarence River, a small river steamer overturned and sank…

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Ship Wrecked

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 4

The Blue Star Line cargo steamer Stuart Star (11,900 tons) went ashore on the South African coast, and has now been abandoned as a total loss…

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