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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

151 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 8

Liner Wrecked Passengers and Crew Saved Capetown, May 30

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 7

The Ville de Paris was wrecked north of Port Dauphin, Madagascar, to-day. All the passengers and crew were save. It is understood that…

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Ships Bought for Wrecking London, May 30

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 4

The steamers Pando and Ballarat have been bought by a Sheffield firm for about £22,250 for scrap. The Mantua has been acquired by…

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Big Steamer Attracts -Crowds pack to Inspect [?] Now at New York New York June

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 June 1935 · page 6

Something of the extraordinary [?] that the 72,000 ton liner [?] mandle has aroused is indicated the fact that over 30,000 persons…

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Telegrams Man Collapses and Dies on Steamer

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday -- A man, whose identity has not yet been established, collapsed and died on the steamer Gwydir shortly after the vessel left…

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Motor Boat Ashore Youth’s Eventful Trip Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 4

“The Pup,” a [?]motor boat, in which Gordon Doherty, is making an ocean of 4000 miles, was driyen ashore this morning at the…

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On Cliff Ledge Three Men Found Launch Was Wrecked SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 1

Three men who were believed to have perished when their launch foundered In a storm off Cronulla at the week-end, were…

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The Missing Launch. Wreckage Found. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 1

Shortly after midnight Sergeant Taper, after viewing the wreckage at Wattamalla Bay, expressed the opinion that the vessel was the missing…

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Two Men Swept Ashore Woman Swims for Assistance

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 10

Heroically diving overboard into the sea from a disabled launch, a woman swam 200 yards to the shore at Avalon, near Palm Beach, on Saturday…

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Excavator Wrecks Bridge

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 4

When a steel footbridge over the railway line at the Werribee station (Victoria) was struck by a coal exca[?]ator protruding from a truck in a…

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Steamer Adrift Maheno Breaks Tow Line Crew of Eight Aboard Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 July 1935 · page 1

Struck by the full force of a cyclone, near Sandy Cape, the steamer Maheno, which is being towed by the Oonah on a 4600…

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Maheno Driven Ashore Sighted by Aeroplane Fate of Crew Not Known, BRISBANE, Wednesday

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 July 1935 · page 5

Flying down the coast in search of the Maheno, which broke adrift from the Oonah during a, cyclone on Monday,…

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Another Sea Tragedy? Lifeboats Washed Ashore Found Off Queensland Coast No Identifying Marks or Names Maryborough (Q.)

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

The finding of three lifeboats lashed together and a whaler on the beach at Frazer Island, [?] miles south of where the ill-fated…

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Wharf Laborer Killed Accident Aboard Steamer Struck by Piece of Iron Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 July 1935 · page 1

While loading flour into the hold of the steamer Aorangi at Darling Harbor this morning George Cantrell, wharf laborer, was struck by a piece,…

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Steamer Runs Aground Passengers Taken Off New London (Con.), July 21

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 4

One hundred and ten passenger and part of the crew of the [?] steamship Yankee were removed a coastguard on Sunday night aft…

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Further Fatal Disasters. Passenger Plane Wrecked. Two Air Force Drowned. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 July 1935 · page 2

A six-seater passenger plane, belonging to Western Airways, came down in the Bristaol Channel, to-day. Motor boats put out, and found the…

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Anti-hitler Riots Communists Raid Steamer Serious Clash in New York Swastika Pulled Down; Policeman Stabbed New York, July 27

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 3

Staging a wild anti-Hitler demonstration 2000 Communists invaded the North German Lloyd docks on the Hudson River between midnight and 1 o’clock on Saturday morning as the liner Bremen was about to sail for Europe…

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Steamer Still Aground Suva, July 31

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 4

The Noumea was again unsuccessful in her attempt to tow off the Hoegh, the trading vessel which went aground last week, and a call has…

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Germany Protests Riot on Steamer Offenders’ Punishment Demanded America and the Jews WASHINGTON, July 30

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 August 1935 · page 3

The State Department to-day received a Note [?]rom tie German Government protesting against the insult to the German…

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New Steamer for Australia London, July 11

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 8

Lady Inchcape to-day launched at Denny’s yards, Dumbarton, the Australian steamer Bingera, which is Intended for the Brisbane-Bundaberg…

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Romance That Wrecked the Hopes of Ireland History Held Back for 40 Years

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 27

THE name of Charles Stewart Parnell is now nearly forgotten. But in the last quarter of the nineteenth century it was on the lips of almost…

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