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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

190 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 10

No Cholera on Steamer Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 October 1938 · page 8

Officials of the Australian Oriental Line stated to-day that tests carried out on the Chang[?] for suspected cholera had proved negative, and the…

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Woman Surgeon on Steamer Saves Youth’s Life Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 3

While the liner Neptuna was between Rabaul and Cebu, an apprentice was stricken with appendicitis and the ship’s surgeon, Dr. Mary Saunders,…

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Hundreds Watch Steamer Sink LONDON--Nov. 2

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 5

Hundreds of people rushed to the cliffs at Cromer, in Norfolk this afternoon and watched the Spanish insurgent armed motorship Nadir shell the…

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Spanish Steamer Sunk on High Seas Shelled for Three Hours London, Nov. 2

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 10

Hundreds rushed to the cliffs at Cromer (Norfolk) [?] afternoon and watched the insurgent motor vessel Nadir shell for three hours the…

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German Steamer Wrecked Oakland (Cal.), November 3

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 November 1938 · page 8

The German steamer Vancouver was wrecked here by an explosion, which the captain said might have been caused by a bomb. Four of the crew were…

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To Sail Round World in Small Ketch London, Nov. 4

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 November 1938 · page 1

Four Young men, including a New Zealander, Bill Blundell are preparing to [?] the globe in a [?] starting from Penzarre…

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Communists Blamed for Wrecking German Ship San Francisco. Nov. 5

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 6

The explosion that wrecked the German 8000-ton steamer Vancouver in Oakland Estuary on Thursday, came from outside the ship, the German…

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Fire in Steamer. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 3

Fire broke out this morning in the bottom of hold No. 2 of the Japanese steamer, Yae Maru, in Walsh Bay.Six wharf labourers were working below…

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Wharf Laborers Refuse to Unload Steamer Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 November 1938 · page 1

Wharf laborers to-day refused to unload a cargo from the Wanganeila, and unless the hold-up is settled she will have to bring back to Australia a large…

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Mayfair Men Plan Daring Voyage Around the World in an Old Ketch Bid to Solve Riddle of Lost Airman

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 8

Tired of their sophisticated life in London society, three young Mayfair men are fitting out a 25-year-old ketch for a journey around the world,…

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Treasure From Wrecks the Lutine's Gold

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 November 1938 · page 7

Gold from the long-lost British frigate Lutine has been brought to the surface recently after nearly 140 years. Two strokes—the sign of good news…

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Steamer Captain Drowned. When Returning to Ship. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 2

The master of the British tramp steamer. Naillsea Manor, Captain T. W. Brooks, was drowned and the second officer, and a seaman, were…

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Charge Against Steamer’s Captain Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 November 1938 · page 1

The collision between the freighters Macumba and Sydney Star in the harbor on September 23, was recalled again to-day when the Commonwealth…

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Wharres Refuse to Coal Steamer Pig Iron for Japan Port Kembla

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 November 1938 · page 5

Wharf laborers to-day declined to load coal into the bunkers of the British steamer Dalfram, holding that efforts were being made to send the ship…

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Watersiders Will Not Load Steamer Port Kembla

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 1

When a call was made for labor to work the British steamer Dalfram today, the waterside workers made no response. Double pay was offered, but…

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Mystery Wreckage Off Coast May Be Missing Launch Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 4

Mystery surrounds the identity of wreckage seen from the air by Captain C. Gatonby, of Australian National Airways, last Saturday, near Cape…

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Wreckage of Launch Found; No Survivors Seen Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 10

Police have visited the spot where a wrecked launch was located by an Australian National Airways pilot yesterday, but they have been unable…

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Pig Iron for Japan Wharfies Stand Firm Will Not Load Steamer Minister Tries to End Impasse SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 November 1938 · page 1

The refusal of waterside workers at Port Kembla to load pig[?] for Japan on the British steamer Dalfram was discussed…

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German Plane Wrecked; Seven Injured Vienna, December 2

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 December 1938 · page 10

Captain F. S. Wilkins, who was proceeding to Irak to investigate the crash the flying boat Calpurnia, was injured to-day when a German…

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Girl Collapses and Dies on Steamer Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 6

Margaret Robertson Park, aged 22. collapsed and died on the interstate liner Manunda yesterday. The girl lived at Brisbane. She had been…

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