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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

108 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 6

Stewardess Gets Black Eyes When Steamer is Buffeted by Gale SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 1

The [?] Morinda which arrived to-day from Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, was considerably buffeted about by heavy seas…

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“Trail of Wreckage” Motorist Sued for £1500 Complainant’s Knee Broken Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 November 1934 · page 4

The trail of wreckage that It left behind it was evidence of the rapid speed at which the defendant’s car travelled, said Mr. J. X. O’Driscoll,…

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Steamer Sold

The Independent · Friday 30 November 1934 · page 2

The steamer Australian, which was owned by the late Captain Wallin, of Echuca, for many years, has been purchased by Messrs. King and…

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Another Serious Plane Smash near Piction Pilot Injured; Passenger Dead Machine Totally Wrecked

The Independent · Friday 30 November 1934 · page 3

Still another tragic air disaster has occurred, while hurrying by aeroplane from West Australia to Sydney to attend the funeral of his son, who had been electrocuted, and also to [?]his wife, who is seriously ill, Lesile Hinks was killed, and the…

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Four Men Electrocuted in Storm-Lashed Victoria Whole State Flooded Families Rescued by Boat Bayside Strewn with Wreckage Record Deluge Continues Day and Night MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 December 1934 · page 1

Four men were electrocuted in Melbourne to-day during a storm which lasted the whole of Victoria, Town and country were lashed to-day with a terrific rainstorm, driven with stinging force by a 50 mile-an-hour -gale, which caused heavy damage…

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Seventeen Lives Lost When Small Coastal Steamer Founders Off Phillip Island Coramba Matchwood Bodies and Debris Washed Up Worst Storm in Memory of Man Captain and Crew of Sixteen Perish MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 December 1934 · page 1

Helpless in the storm which raged along the coast, the small coastal steamer, Coramba (531 tons gross) was wrecked off Newhaven, Phillip Island, early to-night, and all hands have been drowned. The Coramba was 36 hours overdue on her run from…

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Sea Gives Up Dead Foundering of Steamer Another Body Washed Up Cowes

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 1

The body of a third member of the Coramba’s crew was found at Pyramid Rock shortly Before noon to-day, by a farmer, Mr. W…

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Wreck of Coastal Steamer. Body Seen in Rough Sea Another Grim Find Cowes (Phillip Island)

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 1

A search party to-day saw another body, that of a fourth victim of the Coramba disaster, floating in the heavy surf at the foot of the cliffs, a…

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Loss of a Steamer Burning of the Morro Castle Several Persons Indicted New York, December 3

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 2

A federal Grand Jury on Monday night Indicted If. E. Cabaud, vice-president of the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company;…

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Tempest Sweeps Victoria Worst Storm in Living Memory Coastal Steamer Wrecked Captain and Grew of Sixteen Perish

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 14

IN one of the worst ever experienced in living memory in Victory, the small coastal steamer, Coramba (531 tons) was wrecked off Newhaven, Phillip Island, early Friday night. The captain and crew of 16 are believed to have all been drowned. Several others lost their…

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Victorian Floods More Wreckage From Coramba. Another Body Found

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 44

The body of another member of the crew of the Coramba, which is believed to have foundered near Westernport Bay, was found on the beach, near…

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Seamen Refuse to Sail No Wireless, No Work Coastal Wreck Sequel Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 6

The owners of the Sphene, which was to have replaced the foundered Coramba on the Warrnambool run having failed ,to equip the vessel with…

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Adrift in Life Boat Passengers’ Thrilling Story Steamer Strikes Rock Port of Spain, (Trinidad), December 11

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 December 1934 · page 3

Safe ashore after being adrift for hours in a tossing lifeboat, 12 passengers of the Norwegian liner Vestyangen to-day told a thrilling story…

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Search for Ulm Mrs. Ulm Fits Out Schooner. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 December 1934 · page 3

A motor schooner to continue the search for Ulm and his companions among the islands in the vicinity of Hawaii, was chartered by Mrs. Ulm…

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Believes Husband Still Alive Mrs. Ulm Charters Schooner Islands to Be Searched

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 December 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.-- Believing her husband, C. P. T. Ulm, and his companions in the Faith in Australia to be still alive, Mrs. Ulm to-day…

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Severe Earthquake Wrecks Thirty Villages. 20 KILLED; 100 Injured. Instanbul

The Independent · Tuesday 18 December 1934 · page 2

An earthquake, which was recorded in many parts, of the world yesterday, occurred near Tsapadjur in Eastern Anatlia…

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To Look for Ulm Schooner to Leave Honolulu Chartered by Mrs. Ulm Honolulu, December 17

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 December 1934 · page 5

Chartered by Mrs. Ulm to search for the missing flyers, the schooner Lanikal is being fitted out, and will sail in two or three days with a crew…

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Dramatic Ocean Dash Helpless in Raging Seas Small Steamer’s plight

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 December 1934 · page 5

“Need urgent assistance, [?] apparently broken. Hurrica[?] arid tremendous seas. Ship drifting broadside to wind. Life-boats…

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To Search for Ulm Schooner Ready to leave SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 6

Mrs. C. P. T. Ulm has received a cable from the British cousul at Honolulu that the schooner Lanakai which she has…

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Mrs. Ulm Charter Schooner Search for Aviators Convinced Husband Is Alive

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 2

Another search for Mr. C. T. P. Ulm and his two companions, Messrs. J. L. Skilling and G. M. Littlejohn, whose machine came down in the sea…

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