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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

151 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 8

Crew for Steamer Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 August 1935 · page 2

A crew for the Interstate steamer Karoola was secured to-day without any trouble when a call was made and the vessel will sail to-morrow…

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Steamer Delayed Union Demands Engagement of Fireman Passengers Inconvenienced, Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 August 1935 · page 2

The Zealandia. which was due to have-sailed for Hob art this morning, has, been delayed until Monday at [?] owing to a dispute with the…

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Steamer Still Held Up Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 1

The steamer Zealandia, which was unable to leave for Hobart on Saturday owing to a dispute over the signing on of the crew, is still held up…

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Buried Under Bricks Woman’s Remarkable Escape Portion of Building Wrecked Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 3

With a resounding crash a box containing over 500 bricks fell from a crane while being hoisted to the top of a two storey building in course of…

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Steamer to Be Tied Up Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 4

It was decided to-day to tie up the steamer Zealandia indefinitely, owing to unsuccessful efforts to pick up a crew satisfactorily to the Seamen’s…

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Steamer Limps Into Port Went Aground on Reef Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 1

The Norwegian motor ship, Hoegh Trader, which went ashore on Horseshoe Shoat about 70 miles north-east. of Suva, and was subsequently…

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Lighterman Drowned Accident Whilst Unloading Steamer Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 August 1935 · page 5

A lighterman, Maurice Tennis Thomas, 36, of North Sydney, lost his life when he was. knocked off a lighter into Darling Harbor this…

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Gales Bring Death Newfoundland Suffers Schooners Wrecked St. Johns, August 20

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 4

Reports of death and destruction from a violent sixty mile an hour gale on the south-eastern coast of Newfoundland yesterday were…

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The Passenger Steamer Marion

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 31 August 1935 · page 4

The Marion, which had broken down near Murrabit, last week, had the defects attended to, and passed through Barham on Monday morning…

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Channel Collision Three More Men Die Steamer and battleship in Mishap LONDON, September 1

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 September 1935 · page 3

Three of the crew of -the North German Lloyd channel steamer Eisenach, which was involved in a collision with H.M.S. Ramillies about nine…

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Steamer Aground Has 250 Passengers on Board in Path of Hurricane New York, September 2

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 3

The s.s. Dixie, en route from New Orleans to New York with 250 passengers aboard, grounded off Cary’s [?] 40 miles due south of…

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Steamer Tied Up Dispute About Overtime Not Likely to Extend Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 1

Despite protracted negotiations to reach a settlement the Australian steamer Macumba was tied up ibis afternoon and the crew paid off. The…

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Stricken Steamer Vessels Stand By 400 Persons on Board MIAMI (Florida), September 3

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 2

The oil-tanker Reaper, which is attempting to reach the grounded liner Dixie, which has 400 persons aboard, wirelessed…

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Dispute on Steamer Settled Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 7

The dispute which prevented the freighter Macumba sailing for Fremantle on Monday night was settled to-day a crew being obtained…

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Steamer Aground with 250 Passengers. Miami (Florida)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 1

The steamer Dixie, with 250 passengers aboard, which went aground on a reef in a hurricane, is in danger of breaking up…

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Ate Captive Crocodile Plight of Air Mail Passengers Plane a Wreck. Alice Springs

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 4

Stranded without food in Central Australia when the Transcontinental Airways Company’s Monospar air [?] crashed on Friday, the pilot and…

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Steamer on Sand Bank Engines Badly Damaged Perth

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 2

In berthing at Port headland yesterday the steamer Minderoo, board from Fremantle to Singapore, grounded on a sand bank. Serious…

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May Be Withdrawn Pacific Steamer Service British Lives in Danger Will Governments Act? LONDON, September 13

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 3

“Unless some defence is afforded, the British passenger and mail service between Australia and San Francisco will be…

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In Practice Flight Plane is Wrecked Occupants Escape Injury Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 1

A plane Noun by Mr. [?] [?] 12 director of [?] Park estate, [?] in a forced [?] handing on a dry…

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Steamer Held Up Echo of Canadian Strike VANCOUVER, September 23

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 4

The crew of the s.s. Wairuna, from Australia, refused to give steam to permit the unloading of a cargo because it was alleged to have been…

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