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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926

28 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 2

Lifeboat Capsizes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 31

The small coastal steamer Seagull the 2nd, which plied between Newcastle and Port Stephens in the timber trade, was wrecked off Alma Bay. The…

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Steamer Sinks Hundreds Perish

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 2

Reuters cable from Moscow that hundreds of passengers were lost when the passenger steamer Burorestnick, leaving Lenningrad…

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Villages Wrecked Floods and Landslide London

The Independent · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 2

A Barcelona message states that floods demolished several villages. Thirty six people are reported dead. A landslide, probably due to this…

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Latest Telegrams Overdue Schooner Arrives. Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 3

The overdue schooner Maroro reached Sydney last night, after a 55 days’ Voyage from Gisborne (N.Z.). The vessel experienced a howling…

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Big Air Liner Crashes Seven Incinerated Blazing Wreck Nose Dives to Earth

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 6 October 1926 · page 1

A French Passenger aeroplane crashed at Kent (England) and caught fire on Saturday. Seven persons, the pilot, mechanic and five…

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Boat Washed Ashore. Four Occupants Missing. Bubnie (Tas.)

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 2

The boat in which four ment left Strahan last Saturday, and who have not been heard of since, was found yesterday at Macquarie Harbour…

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Fish Stops Steamer

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 1 December 1926 · page 2

During the voyage of the steamer Maunganui form Sydney when steaming on a smooth sea, the speed was suddenly reduced to about two knots,…

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River Steamer Damaged

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1926 · page 29

Extensive damage was caused to the river steamer Marion by an outbreak of fire at Murray Bridge (S.A.). The fire brigade was called, but could do…

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