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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931

37 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 2

Finnish Steamer Stranded. Crew Help Themselves to Liquor. An Unexpected Rescue. RIGA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

A Finnish steamer was stranded in a severe storm in the Baltic. The crew of 48 giving up hope of rescue looted a number of cases of smuggled…

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Church Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

Considerable damage was done by a windstorm which struck the Casino district. A new building of the Church of England at Yorklea was…

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Pleasure Steamer Forty Years of Service Colorful Scenes on the Hygeia

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 4

At the beginning of the "Gav Nineties," 40 years ago the paddie steamer Hygela-began her long years of service as a pleasure steamer in Port…

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Belgian Steamer Ashore. Passengers and Crew Rescued. CAPETOWN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

The Belgian steamer Kabinda is ashore on Mafia Island, and breaking up. The passengers and crew nave been taken off by the steamer…

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Wreckers and Builders

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 32

TO be a wrecker is easy. To be a builder is the hardest job. To tear down a structure requires but little skill, while to build one requires the…

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Attempt to Wreck Express. Vienna

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 1

An attempt to wreck the Ostend Vienna express was discovered in the nick of time to save the train, which was carrying hundreds of…

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Fearful Tragedy in China. River Steamer Explodes. Three Hundred and Fifty Missing. SHANGHAI

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 March 1931 · page 3

The officers of the revenue cruiser, Chuentiac, who witnessed an explosion on the steamer Tachi, 60 miles north of here, state that there was a…

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Steamer Wrecked in Norway At Northernmost Town in Europe. Majority of Passengers Saved. OSLO

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 3

The steamer Hera raun ashore near Hammerfest, the northernmost town in Europe, during a heavy snowstorm, 2nd was pounded to pieces. An…

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Telegrams Shipwreck Causes Loss of Ten Lives London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 5

With the loss of ten lives the steamer Citrine from Glasgow, bound for North-Wales, was wrecked on Bradda Head, on the South Coast of the Isle…

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Passenger Steamer Wrecked. Malabar on Long Bay Reef. May Founder Any Minute. All Passengers Rescued. Sydney, 3 p.m

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 2

The steamer, Malabar, which left Melbourne, on Tuesday, for Sydney, en route to Singapore, ran on a reef on the northern side of Long Bay, at…

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Wreck of the Malabar. The Ship Broken Up

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 3

Terrific waves which swept upon the wrecked motor ship Malabar on Friday morning broke the vessel into three sections, and the portion from…

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Ship Runs on Rocks Malabar a Total Wreck All Passengers Safe

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 11

The Burns, Philp motor-ship Malabar, which was bound from Melbourne for Darwin and Singapore by way of Sydney, ran on to the rooks on the…

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Gaol Disturbance at Yatala Sewing Machines Wrecked

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 2

In a disturbance at Yatala Labor Prison on Wednesday, prisoners wrecked several sewing machines in the tailoring shop,…

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Pleasure Steamer Capsizes. Paris

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 2

It is stated that three hundred persons were drowned when the pleasure steamer capsized in the Bay of Biscay. It is believed that the…

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Three Hundred Drowned. Pleasi Re Steamer Capsized. In Bay of Biscay. PARIS

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 3

Three hundred are believed to have been drowned when a pleasure steamer capsized in the Bay of Biscay, in a gale. It is believed that the…

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Missing Aviator Ekins. Wrecked 'Plane Found. Near Tallarook. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 2

The wreckage of J. H. Ekin's plane was found by two Italians in the Tallarook district, about 60 miles from Melbourne…

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Wrecked Plane Pilot's Fate Body Found in Cockpit

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 4

On Friday a party from Tallbrook found the body of Mr. J. H. El[?]ins, and inspector of the Civil Aviation Department, in the wreckage of his…

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Mr. Theodore Condemnatory. Mr. Lang's Plan Would Wreck Premiers' Conference. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 2

Addressing the provisional Executive of the Federal Labour Party, in Sydney, Mr. Theodore said that Mr. Lang's taxation proposals, if put into…

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The Reported Discovery of Plane Wreckage. Lieut. Ulm's Search Unavailing

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

Flight-Lieutenant C. P. Ulm's search from the air, for the wrecked plane, between Goulburn and Cootamundra, on Saturday, proved…

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Cutter Wrecked in Gale Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 3

A radio report from Flinders Island states that the cutter Romp was wrecked on July 30 at Cone Point as the result of being caught…

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