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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

190 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 10

Steamer Ashore in New Hebrides Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 4

The Burns Philp steamer, Mornda, 1025 tons, went ashore yesterday off Malo Island in the New Hebrides and is bumping heavily. The French sloop…

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Two Bishops Die One Travelling in Steamer London, March 28

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 4

Two Bishops died to-day. Dr. Grieg, first Bishop of the See of Guildford, formed in 1927, and previously Bishop of Gibraltar, died in a…

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Arab Village to Pay £500 Wrecked Patrol Lobby Jerusalem, March 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 12

The village of Khanyunus, where a laud mine wrecked a patrol lorry on March 24, and killed one and wounded another British soldier, has been fined…

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19 Persons Killed by Tornadoes in U.S.A. [?] Wreckage Strewn for Miles [?] CITY, March 30

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 6

[?] were killed and 200 injured as a result of tornadoes which swept through four States in the south-west, destroying whole…

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Steamer Ashore All Passengers Rescued Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

Racing 250 miles through heavy seas, the Dutch liner Nieuw Holland rescued 62 passengers from the steamer Ba[?]d, which was ashore on reef in Kei…

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Germans and Austrians Vote on Steamer Outside the Heads Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 4

More than 200 German and Austrian citizens embarked on the German liner Neckar this afternoon for a trip outside the three mile limit…

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Dutch Steamer on Errand of Mercy 61 People Rescued Ship Had Gone Ashore Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 5

Racing 250 miles through heavy seas, the Dutch liner, Ni[?]uw Holland, rescued 62 passengers from the steamer Bands which ran…

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Gave Fascist Salute to Sydney From Steamer Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 2

The new Italian Consul-General (Signor Amadio Mammalella), who arrived it Sydney to-day, said he would do everything in his power to…

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Still Retains Crimp Wool From 1869 Wreck

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 13

A definite indication that wreckage dredged recently from Corio Bay (Melbourne) is portion of the clipper Lightning, which was burnt to the…

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Five From Wrecked Ship Rescued 1200 Miles Off Spanish Coast New York April 9

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 6

It is reported by radio that five members of the crew of the Mount Kyllene were rescued by the steamer Inverice after the Mount Kyllene was…

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Deportee Escapes From Steamer Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 3

Carmel Falzon. 22, a Maltese, who was being deported from Australia, escaped from the Strathaird yesterday afternoon shortly before the vessel left…

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Religious Leader Occupied Lavish Suite on Steamer Judge Rutherford Arrives Welcomed by an Enthusiastic Crowd Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 1

A large and enthusiastic crowd, many members of which had arrived in fashionable cars, assembled at the wharf to-day, to…

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Mystery Steamer Appears Near Sydney Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 6

Shipping circles were mystified by the appearance of an unidentified cargo toat off Bondi this morning. The vessel, which came from the…

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Absent Without Leave Four Seamen Convicted Their Reasons for Walking Off Steamer Wollongong

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 1

Chapped with having wilfully disobeyed their captain and with having left their ship, The Generton, without permission, four seamen, Hugh…

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Steamer’s Terrific Battle with the Elements Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 2

During a long battle with cyclones, the engines of the British freighter, Stonepool, were disabled and the engineroom staff suffered such an ordeal…

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Victorian Damage Wreck-strewn Beaches

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 12

Although the dust and mod storms in Riverina reached gale force, no appreciable damage has been reported. Victoria, and particularly the seaside…

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Captain Tells How Steamer Was [?] SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 2

Giving evidence at the [?] inquiry into the [?] steamer [?] off Island New Hebrides, on March [?]…

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Scrap Iron Boycott Assurance Demanded by Lumpers Japanese Steamer Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 4

Wharf lumpers at Victoria Dock refused to-day to handle cargo for the Japanese vessel, Sydney Maru, until they had been given a definite…

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British Steamer Bombed Chinese Crew Wounded by Japanese Gun-boat Hurrying to Scene Shanghai, April 27

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 6

Japanese, using launches, boarded the British steamer Tungwo, at the mouth of the Yangize river, and after wounding the Chinese crew with…

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Ship on Rocks Passengers Taken Ashore Likely to Break Up Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 2

Badly holed when she ran on to the jagged Spitfire Hock in Whitsunday Passage, 540 miles from Brisbane, early to-day, the A.U.S.N. steamer Hingera…

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