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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

46 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 3

Kitchen Wrecked

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1929 · page 4

During a thunderstorm on Thursday of last week, lightning, with a terrific crash, which startled the whole town, struck the kitchen…

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Wind Wrecks Hall on Clarence

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 November 1929 · page 4

With its fury confined to a narrow strip of country, a cyclonic storm swept through the Alumny Creek district on Wednesday, and shifted…

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Wreck Hero— Eight Die in Raging Sea

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 November 1929 · page 3

London, Tuesday.— Eight persons were killed when the British steamer Molesey (3809 tons), swept by huge sets, struck the rocky coast of…

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Interstate Steamer's Plight. Drifting Helpless 10 Miles Off Macleay Heads. Nearly 200 Passengers on Board

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 December 1929 · page 2

Already long overdue from Brisbane the A.U.S.N, steamer Orungal was on Monday morning drifting helplessly 10 miles from Smoky Cape with 187…

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Simple Milk Can Sterilisation. a Home-made Steamer

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 6

The Dairy Research Institute in New Zealand has investigated a simple means of producing steam on dairy farms for the sterilisation of milk cans…

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Steamer Ashore. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 2

The Union Company's steamer Munuka ran ashore in a fog about 40 miles south of Dunedin last night. This morning it was reported to be a total wreek. The…

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