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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

29 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

'Plane Wrecked. Crashed at Harrington

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 3

W. Kingsford-Smith, Pilot J.T. Pethybridge and Mechanic H. Purvis took off in the Southern Cross Pup at Harrington, about 12 o'clock…

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'Plane Wrecked Crash at Harrington Plunge in Sir Pocket

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 3

There occupants of an Avi[?] Avian aeroplane had remarkable escapes from death at Harrington, on Tuesday afternoon, when the machine was caught in an…

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Chinese Pirates Take Charge of Steamer Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 4

Shanghai: Piracy, murder and violence, culminating in the death of three Chinese passengers and the wounding of a score of others, market the 24 hour…

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Patient From Trawler Brought Ashore at Harrington

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 2

Quite a drama was enacted at Harrington on Saturday afternoon when a sick man was put ashore from a steam trawler and rushed to Taree for an…

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Oil Tanker Wrecked Following an Explosion Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 4

Maronshook, Pennsylvania: Six men are known to be dead and many others are believed to have been drowned or burned to death as a result of an…

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Steamer Caught in Bridge

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 3

Battered and crushed as though she had passed through the raking gun fire of powerful forts, the well-known coastal steamer Tyalgum presented a…

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Coastal Wreck Recalled. Eleven Lives Lost

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 4

The death recently in Glen Innes of an old resident of Grafton in the person of Mrs. Clara Weston, relict of the late Mr. Samuel Weston, head…

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Nimbin Ashore

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 4

The North Coast Co.'s motorship Nimbin, grounded on sand five miles south of Ballina, in a thick fog. She is a steel motor vessel, of 1052 tons…

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Ketch at Taree

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 2

The auxiliary ketch, "Day Dream." in which Mr. and Mrs. L. Brown, of Sydney, with an assistant, are making a tour of the Eastern Coast of Australia,…

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Plane Crash at Crowdy. Machine Dives Into Sea a Complete Wreck

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 8

Disabled when its propeller struck a seabird, an aeroplane fell ha[?]llong into shark infested waters nine miles north of Crowdy Head on Friday and was…

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The Wrecked 'Plane Salvaging the Engine

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 4

Our Coralville correspondent writes as follows regarding the 'plane crash at Crowdy Head, as reported on page 8 of this issue:—…

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The Steamer

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 4

The steamer Kinchela has resumed her trips, and crossed in on Friday morning, after being off the bar for 36 hours. It is now three weeks…

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Attempted Wrecking

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 4

A deliberate attempt was made to wreck the Newcastle to Taree passenger train near Wingham Friday night, and the attempt was carefully planned…

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In Precarious Position Wrecked Trawler. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 June 1932 · page 4

The engine room, bunkers and fish room of the trawler "Charlie Cam," which is ashore near Tathra. are now flooded. The vessel has shifted closer to…

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Anniversary of Wrecks. Our Jack and Fitzroy

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 June 1932 · page 6

To-morrow (Sunday) will be the anniversary of the wrecks of the N.C.S N. Co's, steamer Our Jack, and Langley Bros', steamer Fitzroy…

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Anniversary of Sumatra Wreck

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 2

Last Sunday, June 26th, was the ninth anniversary of the wreck of the small island steamer Sumatra, of 584 tons, off Crescent Head, during a…

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Steamer in Trouble Shelters at Cape Hawke

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 2

With her bunkers running low, the Andrew Weir tramp steamer Tymeric got into difficulties off Cape Hawke on Monday…

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Steamer in Trouble. Tug on Way to Help

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 2

With her bunkers running low, the Andrew Weir tramp Steamer Tymeric was on Monday reported to be in difficulties off Cape Hawke…

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North Coast Wrecks

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 2

Last Sunday, June 26th, was the ninth anniversary of the wreck of the small island steamer Sumatra, of 584 tons, off Crescent Head, during…

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Anniversary of Wrecks. Our Jack and Fitzroy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1932 · page 6

On Sunday last it will be remembered was the anniversary of wrecks of the N.C.S.N. Co's steamer Our Jack, and Langley Bros.' steamer…

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