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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

190 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 10

Wrecked Air Liner’s Mail Saved Drying 12,000 Letters in London Carpet of Stamps London, December 18

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

All the 100 mail bags of the Imperial Airways liner, Cygnos wrecked at [?] on December 5, have now been salvaged…

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Racing Identities in Disabled Launch Rescued by [?] Steamer Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 5

Two well known Sy[?] Mr. W. [?]…

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Bombed by Plane French Steamer Helpless MARSEILLES

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 1

The French cargo steamer Guaraja wirelessed that she had been bombed by a rebel aeroplane and was drifting helplessly…

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On with the Dance, Said Passengers [?] Stranded Steamer Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 4

When the French steamer Pierre [?] reached Sydney to-day, officers told of how the vessel was swept by the current on to a coral reef in the…

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Steamer for £70! Fisherman Has Gamble Now Waiting on Weather Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 1

A three thousand ton steamer with an A doss certificate from Lloyds has boon purchased for [?] by Sir David Allan, of…

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Sequel to Strike on Steamer Wharf Laborer Fined £5 Says He Is a Communist Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

Responsibility for the strike on the Orient liner Orford recently was attributed by the police to Stanley Murran, wharf laborer, when he appeared…

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Soviet Begins a Religious Purge Amazing Allegations Priests Called Wreckers London, Jan. 10

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

It is revealed by the Riga correspondent of “The Times” that many clergymen throughout Russia have been arrested, and that it…

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Steamer Loses Propellers Brest, January 12

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 8

The Yugo-Slavian cargo steamer Viduvdan, lost three propeller blades, and is in difficulties 100 miles from [?] whence lifeboats put out…

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Japanese Submarines Follow Tourist Steamer a Traveller's Experience SYDNEY--Thursday

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

Mr. A. Asquith, of New Guinea, who arrived in Sydney to day from the East, said that long lines of Submarines rising slowly out of the sea were…

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Samoan Clipper Wreckage Found in Ocean All Crew Perish Pago PAGO--Jan 12

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 2

The fate of the Pan American Samoan clipper was revealed when a minesweeper, the Avocet, found the wreckage of the machine in the ocean…

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Wreckage Found; No Sign of Bodies Pago Pago, Jan 13

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 10

The mine sweeper, Avo[?], has arrived. bringing bits of wreckage and [?] clothing the [?] of which is…

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Two Coasters Wrecked Bodies Washed up on British Shores. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Bodies washed up on the Ayrshire and South Wales coasts confirm the fears that the Glascow coaster Lochshire, and the Swansea steamer…

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Steering Breaks Down Steamer Adrift in Gale Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

The Montoro bound for New with passengers and cargo, was adrift for two hours early this morning, when her steering gear was…

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Grounding of Steamer Marine Court Finding “Misconduct on Part of Master” MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

Failure of duty on the part of Captain J Aitkin in not reducing spend when the [?] log indicated that [?] Light should be about…

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Celebrations Rehearsal Governor Phillip Comes Ashore

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 35

A rehearsal of the enactment of the landing of Governor Phillip from the "Supply" took place on Saturday. Several hundred people gathered along…

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Rebel Warplanes Casualties on British Steamer BARCELONA

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

When three rebel warplanes bombed Tarragona two members of the crew of the British steamer Thorpress, who were taking refuge, were killed, seven…

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Loss of Steamer Costs In- Surance Syndicate £1 Million New York. January 20

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 5

An American marine insurance syndicate has paid over 6,500,000 dollars in settlement for the total loss of the luxury steamer, President Hoover,…

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Plane Wrecked in Surf

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 14

In the presence of thousands of people during the first annual carnival of the North Cronulla Life Saving Club, Mr. H. V. Durant, flying a…

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Steamer, After Eventful Voyage Makes Port Safely Sos Messages Sent Out Townsville, Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 6

The steamer, Montoro, arrived this afternoon after a long and eventful passage from Brisbane. On two or three occasions the vessel sent out an…

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Rebel Planes Bomb British Steamer Seven of Crew Killed Loyalist Mayor Alleges Wife and Daughter Executed by Insurgents BARCELONA, Jan 20

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 1

Three rebel war planes bombed Tarragona to-day, and as a result seven members of the crew of the British steamer, Thorpanesa, were…

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