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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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News by Cable Insurgent Advance on Malaga City Bombed Consulate Wrecked London, January 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 14

The insurgents are still fighting in the outskirts of Barbella thirty miles west of Malaga. It is claimed that they have surrounded Marbella, which…

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Steamer Held Up Melee at Capetown Ganetown. 23rd January

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 14

The steamer Maimoa, with a valuable cargo on board for Australia, was delayed for 36 hours by a strike of the crew. The vessel loaded oil fuel…

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Southern Cloud "Wreck" Only Water

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 5

Considerable excitement was caused during the week at Yass by a report that portions of a badly smashed plane had been on a hill near…

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Reported Plane Wreckage Thought to Be Southern Cloud Searchers Find Only Rock

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 3

Considerable excitement has been caused following a report that portions of a badly smashed aeroplane have been seen on a hill overlooking…

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Not Southern Cloud Wreckage

The Independent · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

The mystery of the disappearance of the air liner Southern Cloud, in March, 1931, while flying from sydney to Melbourne, remains unsolved…

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Wreck to be Destroyed. Two Bodies Still Not Recovered. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

The wreck of the Union Co.'s freighter, Kakariki, which sank near Williamston on Friday night, may be blown up as it is in a position which…

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Two Pilots Killed in Crash at Essendon Plane Wrecked

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 3

Two air pilots were killed and a Blackburn Bluebird aeroplane in which they were flying was wrecked beyond repair, when it crashed in a…

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War in Spain. Madrid Still Holding Out. Soviet Steamer Heavily Bombed LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

The Spanish rebels are jubilant over their success at Malaga. General Mola declares that the fall of Malaga is the beginning of the end, and that…

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The Cyclone Off Queensland. Japanese Steamer in Distress. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

The Japanese steamer Shousing is fighting a cyclone, approximately 700 miles east of Cairns, with her rudder chain broken. The steamer, China…

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Wonthaggi Mine Disaster 13 Men Perish Terrific Explosion Wrecks Shaft

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 6

Thirteen men lost their lives in the State coal mine at Wonthaggi (Vic.) on Monday. The men were trapped by an explosion, which occurred at 10 a.m…

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Shipwreck Verdict Kakariki Solely to Blame No Gross Misconduct

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 15

The Court of Marine Inquiry found at Melbourne that the collision between the steamships Caradale and Kakariki in Hobson's Bay, about 11.11…

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Steamer Strikes Mine Marseilles

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 3

The steamer, Llandovery Castle, en route to Marseilles, from Gibraltar, with 200 passengers, struck a mine off Cape Cerbere, where the French and…

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Airliner Found Near Brisbane Wrecked and Burnt Two Passengers Found Alive Lived on Water for 10 Days

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 6

The Stinson airliner which disappeared on her flight from Brisbane to Sydney last Friday week was found on Sunday in the Macpherson Range,…

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The Stinson Wreck Survivors In Hospital. Mr. Binstead's Account of Accident. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 1

Along a narrow track, which was cut through dense scrub and vines, rescuers yesterday afternoon carried the two survivors of the Stinson…

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Comments That May Wreck a Home Ask “Him” These Questions

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 2

“To see ourselves as others see us” does not always tend towards complacency. Often we would prefer to remain “that chaining person” we have…

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Fatal Wreck at Sydney. Six Lives Lost SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 March 1937 · page 2

Six men were drowned and three others were saved after desperate efforts by rescuers, when the 32ft. launch Voyager was washed ashore…

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The Stinson Wreck. Gift to Mr. O'Reilly. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard O'Reilly, who are visiting Sydney, were enthusiastically welcomed at the Town Hall, last night, when more than 2000…

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Disabled Steamer Buffeted by Gale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 3

Escorted by the freighter Mildura, the Chinese steamer Helping, better known to Australians by her old name of Craigend, is limping down…

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Loyalists' Attacking. Rebels Seize a Dutch Steamer. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 2

Spanish rebels, who are attempting to re-organise the Italians at Padilla de Hita, are desperately resisting the loyalists on the Madrid front…

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Terrific Explosion Wrecks School Hundreds of Students Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 15

A furnace at the New London High School, Overton Texas, exploded, blew off the roof of the building and razed, three walls. More than 1300 students…

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