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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

15 stories in Murray's papers

Wreck Off Brittany. Six Corpses Drift Out to Sea. Paris. January 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 20

A terrible sea drama is reported from the Brittany coast, where the steamer Alfredo, bound from Cardiff to Bayonne, was wrecked during a…

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Ships Wrecked by Whales

The Independent · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 4

To be wrecked by collision with a whale is surely the most fantastic form of accident at sea—yet instances, of it are by no means scarce…

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Coastal Steamer to Be Broken Up

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 2

The former coastal steamer Rotomahana, running between Tasreania and New Zealand, which was sold for £1700, will probably be broken up…

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Stolen Cab Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 43

Stolen from Linda-crescent, Hawthorn, outside the Palace Picture Theatre at a quarter to 9 o'clock on Saturday night, a single-seated…

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Fleet Seaplane Wrecked. Pilot and Machinist Rescued

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 29

Less than five minutes after leaving the deck of the Pennsylvania a seaplane attached to that warship crashed, owing to engine trouble, and, diving…

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New P. & O. Royal Mail Steamer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 32

The luxurious new P. & O. Royal Mail steamer "Chitral," 15,248 tons, the third and last of the series of mail steamers recently built for the…

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Latest Cables. Explosion on Excursion Steamer. Twenty-nine Persons Killed. New York

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 2

An explosion on the vessel Mackinac, which carried a large number of excursionist from Newport to Pawtucket, resulted in the deaths of 29…

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Steamer Bambra. Grant for Replacement. London. August 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 20

Liverpool shipping circles criticise the reported decision of the Trades Facilities committee to make a grant to the West Australian Ministry for…

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Wrecking Temperance. (Published by Arrangement.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 4

In a speech at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Mr. A. Scott Bullitt is reported by the press agencies as saying…

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Wrecking Temperance (Published by arrangement.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 October 1925 · page 4

In a speech at the Seattle Chamber of Comerce, Mr. A. Scott Bullitt is reported by the press agencies as saying:…

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Wrecking Temperance. (Published by Arrangement.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 October 1925 · page 1

In a speech at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Mr. A. Scott Bullitt is reported. by the press agencies as saying:…

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Letters That Wreck Lives. Pests of the a Pen Are Tracked

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 1

More anonymous letters are being written today than ever before. This is the alarming verdict of a well known handwriting, and forgery…

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Interesting Theory Struck by a Steamer London, November 22

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1925 · page 3

A sensational development has occurred in connection with the loss or the submarine monitor Ml, which disappeared on the 12th inst. with 4…

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Bomb in Dublin. Picture Show Wrecked. Raiders Shoot Policeman. Dublin, November 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 20

At 7 o'clock this morning a bomb completely wrecked the Masterpiece picture theatre, where a British war film of Ypres was being shown…

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Tragedy on a Steamer Malay Runs Amok Captain and Seven Others Killed

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 28 November 1925 · page 5

Private advices received from Singapore on Tuesday, gave a grapric account of terrible tragedy on the Staffirs Steamship Company's steamer…

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