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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

57 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 3

The Missing Steamer. Hatch Covers Washed Ashore. May Have Come From Paringa Melbourne, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

Twenty hatch covers were washed ashore at Bream Creek during the week-end. They might have come from the missing Paringa, although…

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Steamer Used to Recover Body of Drowned Boy

The Independent · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

After Mildura police officers, assisted by more than 100 members of swimming and rowing clubs, had dragged the Murray River in the…

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Freighter Wrecked in Gale Whole Grew Perish Vancouver, Jan. 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 33

Coastguards at Astoria (Oregon) have reported that 34 members of the crew of the freighter Iowa perished to-day, as the vessel was smashed to…

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Foundered Motorboat All Hands Rescued. Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 3

According to a radio message received in Sydney today all lives were saved when the motor-boat Taifua, on a voyage from Apia, Samoa, to [?]ago…

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Brawl on Steamer Man Slashed with Razor. Firemen Walk Off. Melbourne

The Independent · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 3

William Wright was slashed with a razor during a brawl on board the steamer Port Bowen at 4 o'clock this morning…

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Admiral's Obstinacy Wrecks a Fleet He Hanged the Only One Who Could Have Saved It

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 26

SIR Cloudesley Shovel, Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty Queen Anne's proud Navy, was purple with rage…

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Parings Mystery Lifeboat Washed Up on Beach

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 34

Portion of a lifeboat with the name Paringa on it, was found on tho rocky beach near the Bluff, at Torquay (Vic.) by two Melbourne visitors. The…

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News of the World About People Places and Events 2000 Killed and Great City Wrecked by Mystery explosion Rang Church Bells Sixty Miles Away

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 26

The writer of this vivid article was an eye-witness of one of the most appalling disasters within living memory…

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Riots, Wreckage and Death in Spain 30,000 Prisoners to Be Freed Madrid, February 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 12

Thirty thousand political and other prisoners will be freed on Monday as the result of an amnesty having been approved by the Permanent…

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Terrific Explosion in Sydney Residential Wrecked Fifteen People Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 10

Fifteen persons were injured when a terrific explosion occurred in a residential at the corner of Kent and Market Streets, Sydney. The ground floor and…

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Wrecked Japanese Sampan. Crew's Experiences off Queensland. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 2

The crew of a Japanese sampan, which was recently wrecked off the Queensland coast, gave a graphic account of their experiences after the…

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Collision at Mascot Two Planes Wrecked. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 2

Two planes met in a head-on collision at Mascot aerodrome this afternoon. Three men were injured. A Fox moth plane, flown by B…

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Huge Wave Sweeps Steamer Man, Wife and Daughter Drowned Another Passenger Crushed to Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 3

Four persons lost their lives and many were injured when the Bass Strait passenger steamer Nairana (3042 tons) was struck by a huge wave when approaching Port Phillip Heads on her passage from Burnie and Devonport (T.). Without warning the wave lifted up from the calm sea…

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Pilot's Leap for Life Plane Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 10

During an Air Force solo training fight over Werribee South (vic.) a young aircraftsman, suspecting that a fault had occurred with a wing control…

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Wrecked in Bass Strait. An Amphibian Destroyed. The Occupants Get Ashore

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 2

The three-engined amphibian Windover was forced down in the dark, on Wednesday night, in Bass Strait, and drifted on to the rocks at King Island,…

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£10,000 Fire on Steamer Tasmanian Vessel Involved

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 10

Damage estimated, at nearly £10,000 was caused when a fire, believed to have been caused by a short circuit in the electric system, broke out on…

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Plane Wrecked; Pilot Escapes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 15

When the engine of a Gipsy Moth plane ho was flying over White Hills (Tasmania) stopped while he was performing aerobatics, Cliff Crabtree, a…

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Amphibian Wrecked In Bass Strait

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 3

The three-engined amphibian Wind-over was forced down in the dark on Wednesday night, in Bass Strait and drifted on to the rocks at King Island…

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Turf Notes Doomben Cup Winner Verdun Might Be a Possibility for Southern Spring Races Big Cash Investment of Price-Wrecker Was a Sore Point with Fireman's Trainer. Young Jockey Overdoes Front-running Tactics

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 1

One of the most interesting developments of Winter form is Verdun who on Saturday won the Doomben Cup at a mile and quarter. He beat a smart…

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By Schooner to England

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1936 · page 30

Mr. Harold Nossiter and his two sons have arrived at Plymouth (Eng.) from Sydney in their 30-ton auxiliary schooner-yacht, Sirius, via Singapore…

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