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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Pearling Luggers Big Tragedy Feared More Wreckage Found. Broome (W.a.)

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 March 1935 · page 1

A storm which was thought to have been only of minor dimensions now appears to have caused the greatest tragedy which…

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Rescue of Pearlers Thrilling Stories Told Steamer Severely Buffeted DARWIN

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 April 1935 · page 1

Thrilling stories of the rescue of the Japanese and Malay crews from two disabled pearling loggers off the coast of Broome…

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Woman on Steamer-robbed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 5

Just before the steamer Bendigo sailed for England today a woman passenger informed the police that someone had stolen a bank draft for…

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Allowed to Land at Last Jewish Stowaway Who Was Barred Was Four Months on Steamer Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 1

The Jewish stowaway, Eltas Wolsdorf, 24, after four months or compulsory residence on the British freighter Pensilva, was allowed to…

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Giant Liner Ashore Passengers Go Off Mishap During Wild Afternoon LONDON, April 10

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 7

During a gule this afternoon the giant White Star liner Aquitania which was due to dock at Southampon on her return…

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Wrecked Pearl Fleets

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 31

It is now believed that at least 40 persons were drowned in the cyclone which wrecked the pearling fleets off the Broome (W.A.) coast, while about…

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Wreck at Jamaica. Thirteen Norwegian Sailors Lost KINGSTON (Jamica)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 2

Thirteen of the crew of the Norwegian freighter, Havmov, were drowned when the vessel foundered on Tuesday last, near Portland Point…

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Ketch Is in Shelter Sea Mystery Solved Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 1

The ketch Voana, which had been missing since March 29 when it left Welshpool for Flinders Island, was located to-day at Deal island, where…

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Missing Pearlers Searcher Believes Some Still Afloat No Sign of Wreckage Broome

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 1

Captain Goldie, with the search boat Muriel, returned at 11 o’clock this morning, and reported that he had thoroughly searched the seas…

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Two Injured in 'Plane Smash Beach Patrol Machine Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1935 · page 12

The Sydney beach patrol aeroplane, piloted by Ernest Collibee, aged 30 years, of Hopetoun avenue, Vaucluse, with John Harrison, aged 24 years, of…

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American Schooner Rescue by H.M.A.S. Australia Commonwealth Not to Charge Anything MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 3

Mr. [?] Minister for Defence announced yesterday that the Government had decided that the United States…

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Sever Earthquake Island is Rocked I Many Homes Wrecked Plymouth (Mont. Serrat), May 7

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 May 1935 · page 5

Damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars was caused by the most destructive earthquake experienced here since…

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Fire in Steamer Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 5

Fir broke out in the engine-room of the s.s. Carlisle at North Wharf this morning and for 15 minutes the six ship’s firemen fought to…

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Man Who Stole the a Steamer Penal Servitude by Proxy (T. Dunbabin in Sydney “Sun,” 1923)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 May 1935 · page 2

NOT so very long ago there died quietly in his bed in New York, a man who had crowded into his life the wildest adventures in all parts of…

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A Submerged Object Steamer Strikes Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 May 1935 · page 4

On its way from Fremantle to Port Pirie. the steamed City of Delhi struck a submerged object to-day 100 miles west of Neptune Island, at the…

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Mrs. Lyons Launches Steamer London, May 21

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 May 1935 · page 4

Standing on a platform, below the towering bows of the Commonwealth and Dominion line motorship, Port Townsville, Mrs. Lyons, wife of the ,…

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Luxurious Job Is Allegedly Offered “£100 a Month; Car, Schooner, and Bungalow Free” SYDNEY, Thursday. -

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 1

An attractive offer of a position ins New Guinea with a bungalow, motor car and schooner and wages. of £100 per month was alleged to have been…

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Steamer and Collier Collide Sydney Harbor Incident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 1

Early this morning a collision occurred off Font Denison, between the Manly steamer Balgowlah and the collier Birchgrove Park. The former…

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Wrecked Hopes Roosevelt Surrounded Court’s Judgment Is There a Way Out of the Impasse? New York, May 28

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 4

The “New York” Washington correspondent telegraphs a graphic account of the situation to-day as the result of the Supreme Court decision…

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A Wrecked Liner. Passengers and Crew Saved. CAPETOWN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 3

The liner, Ville De Paris, has been wrecked, north of Port Dauphin, Madagascar. All the passengers and crew were saved. It is understood…

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