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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931

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

Air Pilot Trist. Body Found Near Wrecked Machine. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

A private cable received in Sydney, from New Guinea, states that the body of Air Pilot J. L. Trist, who has been missing since May last, was…

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Trawler on Reef Crew Rowes Ashore Sydney

The Independent · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 1

The trawler Koraaga struck the reef near Jervis Bay late on Wednesday night and, within a short time, there was ten feet of water in the hold…

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Express Wrecked Twenty-five Killed Budapest. September 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 15

The Budapest-Cologne express was wrecked last night, about ten miles from Budapest, 25 passengers being killed…

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A Valuable Find. In Washed Ashore Whale. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 3

A quarter of a ton of ambergris, valued at more than £10,000, was found in a whale washed ashore at Cape Providence (N.Z.). It is…

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Air-mail Wrecked Crash at Alor-star Occupants Escape Injury

The Independent · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 65

The Australia-England airmail, Southern Sun, crashed when leaving Alor-Star to-day, and, was completely wrecked…

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Three Shops Wrecked Melbourne

The Independent · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 57

Two brick shops at Clifton. Hill (Vic.), were completely wrecked and a third extensively damaged early this morning, when a terrific explosion,…

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"Orsova's" Maiden Trip As Tourist Steamer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 37

High standards in tourist travel between Australia and Europe have boon set by the establishment of the Orient Line tourist steamer service. In future,…

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Three Men in a Ketch Reach Brisbane From Glasgow

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 44

Three young British university graduates comprised the crew of the auxiliary ketch Southern Cross, which arrived at Brisbane (Qld.) on Tuesday,…

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Exit the Wreckers: Enter the Builders

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 10

THE election results from Great Britain are the best tidings for the world since the Armistice was signed thirteen years ago. The rout…

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Scrap-book the Wreck of the Hesperus

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 21

IT was the Schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughters…

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Mollison Crashes in Egypt. Machine Wrecked But Pilot not Injured. CAIRO

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 November 1931 · page 3

Mr. J. A. Mollison, holder of the Australia to England air record, who left England on Friday morning in an attempt to break the England—Cape…

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Steamer Nambucca Ashore At Nambucca Heads. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

The steamer, Nambucca, went ashore at Nambucca Heads, late yesterday afternoon, after colliding with the breakwater. It is expected to…

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Coastal Steamers. Two Wrecks at River Mouths. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

Attempts made to refloat the steamer, Tialgum, which went ashore at the mouth of the Tweed River, last night, have, so far, failed. Another…

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Adventurous Earl Dead Lived on Seaweed When Shipwrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 17

Fascinating adventures of a peer who voluntarily entered exile are recalled to mind by tho death at Manurewa, near Auckland, Now…

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Telegrams. a Detective's Home Wrecked by a Bomb. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 1

The home of Detective H. S. Dunn, of St. Kilda, was greatly damaged, early this morning, by the bursting. of a bomb which had been placed under…

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Fire on Chinese Steamer. 250 Persons Reported Lost. SHANGHAI

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 1

Approximately 250 Chinese passengers, on a Chinese inter-island steamer, are believed to have perished early on Sunday, following an…

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Southern Star Crashes Second Wreck of Air Mail 'Plane London, Dec. 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1931 · page 4

The second crash of Air Commodore Kingsford Smith's Christmas air mail venture occurred to-day, and the Southern Star was wrecked…

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