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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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Ketch Acielle Driven Ashore--Crew Saved SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 1

The ketch Arielle (40 tons) was driven ashore, 15 miles south of Smoky Cape, and is likely to become a total wreck. The crew was saved…

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Ketch Ashore. But Crew Is Saved. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 1

The ketch "Acielle." of 40 tons was driven ashore 15 miles south of Smoky Cape and is likely to become a total wreck. The crew was saved. The…

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Trampled to Death. Women and Children on Sinking Steamer. Divers' Appalling Discovery. (Reuter's Cable). Helsingfors

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 1

Divers found appalling horrors in the sinking of the lake steamer " Kuru" off Tammerfors on Sunday. It was at first believed that 70 were…

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The Wreck

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 4

When news of the defeat of the Federal Government reached the people there was an almost perceptible sigh of relief at the breaking of the tension in the great political battle that had been raging in Canberra for some months. The defeat was not altogether…

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WRECKAGE Russian Submarine and Destroyer ? SINGFORS

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1929 · page 1

A quantity of Wreckage washed upon the Esth[?] coast is believed to belong to the Russian submarine [?] and the destroyer Tretaky, which…

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Death Wins Steamer Misses By Half-an-Hour SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 1

When Reginald Nichols, second engineer on the steamer Tregonnel, was found in his berth bleeding profusely from a wound in the throat…

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Roma Oil Venture Abandoned for The Presfent Cargo On Fire Steamer Knockfurna "No Immediate Danger." SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 1

A radio received at Albany, West Australia, yesterday, stated that a fire had broken out in the coal cargo of the Irish steamer Knockfierna…

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In Drifting Ice Fate of the Kobenhaven Steamer Junee's Return Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 1

The steamer Junes returned to Sydney after an unsuccessful search for the Danish training ship Kobenhaven which disappeared while on a…

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Ketch Sinks Crew Survive HOBART

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 1

As the result of a heavy gale which was experienced here on Monday night, the ketch "Foam" (15 tons) sank near Taroona. The crow of two…

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Steamer Hochst Embedded on Rock Diving Operations Commenced COLOMBO

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 1

A wireless message from the tug Hercules states that it arrived at Minicoy at noon on Sunday. The diver had examined the bottom of the…

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£2,000 OPIUM 276½lb. Tins Discovery on Steamer Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 1

Approximately £2,000 worth of [?], the largest haul for years, was [?]vered aboard the [?]da by Customs…

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Ketch Sinks Crew Survive

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 2

As the result of a heavy gale which was experienced here on Monday night, the ketch "Foam" (15 tons) sank near Taroona. The crew of two…

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Unsuccessful. Attempt to Re-float Disabled Steamer. Colombo

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 1

Attempts to re-float the disabled steamer "Hochet" were unsuccessful. A heavy swell and strong current pushed the vessel further on the reef…

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Wharf Crash Auxiliary Ketch Sunk ADELAIDE

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 1

The motor- ship Manunda crashed into a wharf at Port River. South Australia, while leaving yesterday afternoon for Melbourne. An…

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Steamer Strikes Rock 40 Drowned ; 69 Saved SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 1

During a furious storm the Coastal steamer Haakon travelling at twelve knots was speedily sunk at Floroe owing to crashing into a half-tide…

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Schooner in Difficulties Radio Report SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1929 · page 1

A radio message was received yesterday stating that the auxiliary schooner Bret[?] foundered on the voyage from San Francisco to Samoa…

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Saved Children. But Wrecked Plane. Wellington (N.Z.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 October 1929 · page 4

Captain Noel Vale, a member of Canterbury Aero Club, was flying over Christchurch when his engine stalled, and in order to avoid landing in a…

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Burning Steamer Spectacular Liverpool Blaze LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 October 1929 · page 1

There was a magnificent spectacle at Liverpool when the French steamer Oklahama, laden with cotton, nitrate and sugar, caught fire. With…

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Abandoned. Attempt to Salvage Wreck. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 October 1929 · page 1

Salvage operations on the stranded steamer "Pappinbarra" at Point Stephens have been abandoned. The wreck will be sold…

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Glad to Be Ashore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

-Men of the steamer, Silton Hall, which went down in flames in the Indian Ocean, were landed at Melbourne from the Anthea, which rescued them after they had been two days in open boats…

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