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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

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Seaman Overboard From Coastal Steamer Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 4

Harold Lahmuller, 28, a trimmer, dis-appeared overboard from the coastal steamer Dumosa while the vessel was en route from Sydney to Newcastle…

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Steamer Capsizes Near Surabaya. Heavy Loss of Life

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 6

The Royal Packet Navigation Company's steamer Van der Wijck, 2633 tons, capsized and sank 20 miles west of Surabaya at 1 a.m. on…

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From-river Steamer to Airliner. Mr. G. A. Robinson Entertained at Lismore

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 4

Responding on Saturday night at a dinner given him by 100 representative citizens, Mr. George A. Robinson, Managing Director of the Airlines…

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From River Steamer to Air Liner. Mr. G. A. Robinson's Work. Entertained at Lismore

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 November 1936 · page 1

Responding on Saturday night at a dinner given him by 100 representative citizens, Mr. George A. Robinson, managing director of the Airlines of…

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Ship Wrecked. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 2

London.—The German motor ship. "Isis," foundered in a storm in the Atlantic Ocean. The only member of the crew of 40 to be rescued was the vabin…

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Steamer Sinks Only One Survivor Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 November 1936 · page 4

Alexandria: Fourteen were drowned when a small Egyptian steamer struck a reef and capsized. The sole survivor was picked up after nine hours in the…

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Fire on Ferry Steamer Five Men Trapped in Engine Room

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 November 1936 · page 3

While doing some repair work to the Manly Company's Bellubra, live men were trapped in the engine room, when oil caught fire and a fierce blaze…

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Flags You Must Not Fly Ashore

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 November 1936 · page 7

Do you know that the Tight to fly either the white or the blue ensign is strictly limited? Hitherto these flags have often been…

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