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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Steamer Missing. With Goal from Sydney. St. Johns (Newfoundland)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 2

The steamer Calgadoc, with a crew of 15, carrying a cargo of coal from Sydney, is six days overdue and it is feared she foundered in last week's…

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An Infernal Machine. Wrecks Irish Rent Office. DUBLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 November 1937 · page 2

An infernal machine partly wrecked the rent office at Loughrea, Co. Galway, where the agent for the Earl of Harewood, who is the King's…

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Italian Steamer Sinks Explosion Off Ushant Paris

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 1

The Italian steamer Boccacio sank after an explosion, off Ushant. The crew were rescued. “Le. Soir” says the Boccacio was on…

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Italian Steamer Sunk Said to Contain Bombs. PARIS

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 2

The Italian steamer, Boccaccio, sank after an explosion off Ushant, the crew being rescued. Le Soit says the Boccaccio was on her way to Spain with a cargo of bombs…

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Damage by Storm Wreckage at Burnie

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 12

A severe storm, accompanied by a north-westerly gale, swept along the north-west coast of Tasmania early this week. It was accompanied at…

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Steamer Fired on

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 11

The steamer Suishan, 296 tons, owned by the Taikoo Chinese Navigation Company, and registered in Hong Kong, was machine gunned approaching…

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Another Air Force Crash 'Plane Wrecked When Landing Two Injured at Cootamundra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 16

Another Air Force crash occurred at 11.40 a.m. on Monday as the squadron was leaving the Cootamundra aerodrome for Melbourne. One 'plane was…

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Steamer Runs Ashore Crew Rescued by Freighter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 29

The coastal freighter Saros (3304 tons, Captain J. Aitken), bound from Geelong to Sydney, ran ashore at Cape Everard in a dense fog on Christmas…

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Two Killed by Explosion Body Blown 100 Yards Two Houses Wrecked Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 5

A young man and a young women, believed to be lan Edward Hayman, 17, and Ruby Mildred Finch, 26, were killed when a…

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