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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

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Second Fire. On Chinese steamer PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 1

A fresh outbreak of fire occurred on the Chinese steamer Ningchow after the vessel was moored at Bunbury with one fire already burning…

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Liner Ashore. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1930 · page 1

The Federal liner Cornwall, from New Plymouth to London, is ashore at Suraco, resting on the port bow. The ship is not making water. The…

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Liner Ashore Assistance Sent LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 March 1930 · page 1

The Federal liner, Cornwall, from New Plymouth to London, is ashore at Curaco. She is resting on her port now, but is not making water. Her…

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Launch Founders. Crew Swim Ashore. Fremantle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 1

A steam launch foundered about 60 miles north of Fremantle on Saturday, but its crew of dye swam ashore. One-of their number was carried 25…

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Launch Founders Crew Swim Ashore All Exhausted FREMANTLE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 1

A steam launch foundered about 60 miles north of Fremantle on Saturday, but its crew of five swam ashore. One of their…

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Crew Swim Ashore All Exhausted FREMANTLE

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 2

A steam launch foundered about 60 miles north of Fremantle on Saturday, but its crew of five swam ashore. One of their…

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Engineer Drowned Fell From Steamer SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 1

Falling from the steamer Nieuw Zealand in Sydney Harbor last night Harry Hinshall (21), junior engineer of the Geramic, which was lying at…

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The Ship of Hope Not Yet a Wreck Naval Conference Possibilities LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 1

We have not begun to salvage the ship. We cannot till it becomes a wreck. It has not officially become a week. It is still making progress…

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Schooner Capsizes Thirteen Native Drowned SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 1

News was received yesterday from Rabaul that when a schooner recently capsized thirteen natives were drowned. Others reached the shore…

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Cafe Wrecked Two Men Arrested SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 1

Five men practically wrecked the interior of a George Street cafe, Sydney, during a fierce fight last night. Blood flowed freely and several…

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R.M.S. Otranto. Collides with French Steamer. Port Said

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 1

The Orient Company's her Otranto collided with the French steamer Bernardin de St. Pierre, anchored in the harbor. The Otranto's damage…

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Steamer on Rocks 600 Passenger Drowned Second Steamer Lost Shanghai

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 1

A boated report from Chefoo, a northern seaport, Mates that two native coasting vessels were wrecked in…

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Death-roll of 600 When Steamer Crashes On Rocks to Assist Miners Victorian Levy Proposal Rejected Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 1

The Victorian Trades Hall Council rejected the A.C.T.U. proposal for levies on all unionists to assist…

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Wrecked Ketch in Bass Strait. Crew's Privations. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 1

News reached Melbourne yesterday that the crayfish ketch Anglo Svea had been wrecked on rocks in Bass Strait a few days…

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Ketch Wrecked Crew's Perilous Night on Rocks MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 1

News reached Melbourne yesterday that the Crayfish Ketch Anglo Sea had been wrecked on the rocks of Bas, Strait a few days ago. The crew…

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The Tariff Wall, Steamer's Small Cargo. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 1

Evidence of the immediate effect of the new tariff on shipments from the United States and Canada is given in the announcement that the Union…

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Steamer Sinks 200 Drowned LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 1

Only 24 of 250 passengers and crew of a Bengal river steamer are definitely known to be saved. While certain survivors reached the shore it is…

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Human Wrecks Church Parishioners Sydney

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 May 1930 · page 1

A report has been submitted to the mission zone fund of the diocese of Sydney referring to the parish of St. Peters, Woolloomooloo. The report…

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Tourists Wrecked Caught in a Typhoon DARWIN

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 1

Two men, E. Kotulsky, a Russian, and C. Macluck, a Frenchmen, who are making a world tour on a motorcycle and sidecar, arrived here…

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Thrills! for World Tourists. Launch Wrecked by Typhoon. Darwin

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 1

Two men, E. Kotulsky, a Russian, and C. Masluck, a Frenchman, who are making a world tour on a motor cycle and…

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