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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Attempt to Wreck Bridge Following Employment of "Black" Labour Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

All attempt was made shortly before midnight last night to blow up a bridge leading, to Aberfield Colliery, two miles from Swansea, Lake Mac…

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Explosives Used Attempt to Wreck Colliery Bridge a Midnight Outrage Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

An attempt was made shortly before midnight to blow up the bridge leading to Aberfield colliery, two miles from Swansea…

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Steamer Held Up “Job Control Tactics” Incident at Sydney Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 2

Job control methods were used by members of tho Seamen’s Union to-night and as a consequence the Howard Smith steamer Canberra,…

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’Plane Wrecked Five Occupants Unhurt Miraculous Escapes BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 3

When a ’plane made a forced landing in an orchard near Stanthorpe today and was wrecked, five of the occupants, including…

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In Hands of Pirates Steamer in Chinese Waters Hong Kong, Feb. 1

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 8

The British steamer Tunga[?]how, on which were 70 British school children, was captured by pirates yesterday, and after killing a Russian guard the men…

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Woman Taken Off Steamer. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 5

A woman was taken off the Monterey as the vessel was about to leave the Heads this morning. A warrant against the woman could not be…

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Taken Off Steamer Women is Released Court Proceedings Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 7

Acting on behalf of Mrs. [?] Townsend, who yesterday was taken into custody from the liner Monterey under a writ of…

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Stowed Away Youths on Steamer Japanese Captain Will Not Prosecute Them SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

Two Broken Hill youths, each aged 18, who stowed away on the Japanese freighter Mansel Mara at Adelaide a few days ago,…

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Airliner Wrecked in Germany Burned for Three Hours Berlin, February 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 14

Among the 11 persons who wore killed when a Deruluft airliner crashed near Stettin yesterday, while it was on the way from Danzig to Berlin…

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Steamer on Mud Bank Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

Despite the efforts of two tugs the Interstate Vessel, Coolana, is still aground on a mudbanks at Stock[?] to-day. The vessel grounded late…

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Schooner in Distress Australia to the Rescue Position is Dangerous ABOARD H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

At the moment the Australia is speeding at 20 knots an hour, to succour the American four-masted schooner Seth Parker, with a…

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Assistance Needed Now Australia Returning Schooner Leaking Badly New York Feb. 11

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 4

Again this morning the Seth parker renewed requests for assistance sending out a definite S.O.S. She State that the rigging had gone and the…

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Steamer Refloated Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 5

The steamer Coolana, which has been aground on a mudbank in Newcastle hanbor for four days, was towed off at high tide early to-day…

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Graphic Sea Rescue Seth Parker’s Crew Nine Taken Aboard H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA Small Schooner in Distress(Aboard H.M.A.S. Australia) February 12

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 3

By a splendid piece of seamanship H.M.A.S. Australia, summoned a second time by radio to succor the American schooner…

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SCHOONER'S S.O.S. Aid Twice Sought. The Australia to the Rescue. New York

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 1

Following the receipt yesterday of a message saying that the H.A.M.S. Australia, which had sped through the night to the assistance of the…

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Damage by Fireball Tannery Wrecked and Houses Suffer Fierce Storm Over Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 27

The tanning works of J. Bayley and Sons Ltd., in Lord-street, Botany (Sydney), were wrecked by a fireball during the height of a storm on Saturday…

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Giant American Dirigible Wrecked in Storm. Only Two of Crew Missing

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 3

The American dirigible Macon, sister ship of the ill-fated Akron, plunged into the sea, off the Californian coast on Tuesday evening, and sank…

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Valuable Watch Stolen Steamer’s Bell Boy in TroubleI Is Given a Chance Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 1

Allan Edward Browne, 18, bell-boy on the steamer Aorangi, pleaded guilty at the central Police Court to a charge of the theft of a diamond…

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No Sign of Ulm Schooner Returns to Honolulu Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 1

Mrs. C. T. P. Ulm has received advice from Honolulu that the schooner Lanikal has returned after searching the islets, rocks and feefs between…

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Another Air Disaster. British Flying Boat Wrecked. Nine Occupants Incinerated. Messina

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 2

Nine lives were lost when the R.A.F. flying boat, K3595, crashed into a mountain near Messina, Sicily, during a fog on Friday, and burst into…

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