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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

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Uncharted Rocks Steamer Aground SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 June 1933 · page 1

Advice was received in Sydney yesterday that the steamer Marella, which reached Darwin on Monday en route for Sydney, had grounded on…

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May Not Be Waratah Wreck Off Natal Coast

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1933 · page 2

The Durban port authorities are urging that a survey be made in the neighborhood of the Umgababa River mouth, on the Natal Coast, where…

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Bloodthirsty Pirates Figure in Brutal Killings in China Seas Grew of Steamer Ruthlessly Butchered Survivors Tell Horrid Tale of Calculated Brutality Shanghai

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 1

Ghastly detail of the most sensational piracy in coastal waters have now been received, indicating that the whole bloodthirsty episode was carefully planned and deliberately executed…

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Aeroplane Wrecked Crashed into High Tension Wire. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 July 1933 · page 1

A Westward Wapiti aeroplane, from the Laverton Aircraft Depot, was wrecked yesterday, when it crashed into a high tension wire, at Laverton…

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Lived on Oysters Wrecked Ketch Crew BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 1

News reached Mackay last night that the ketch Tonka had been totally wrecked at Connor Island. Three members of the crew were standing…

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Seven 'Planes Wrecked When Bomber Crashed LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 August 1933 · page 1

An R.A.F. bomber crashed in flames into the hangar at Hawkings Aerodrome, destroying seven planes. A pilot and mechanic narrowly…

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Steamer Aground 700 Tons of Flour Jettisoned SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 1

Advice was received in Sydney last night stated that the German steamer Mosel, bound from Australian ports to Hamburg,…

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Alcohol on the Sea Steamer's Crew Expelled HELSINGSFORS

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 August 1933 · page 1

Declaring that 1500 gallons of alcohol had risen to the surface above the British steamer Achill, which sank in the Gulf of Bothnia on…

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Whirlwind Damage Showground Wrecked AUCKLAND

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 1

A whirlwind struck the township of Carterton, New Zealand, causing considerable damage to a motor display shed on the show ground, which was…

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Ominous Calm Precedes Devastating Whirlwind Showground Building Wrecked Wellington (N.Z.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 1

The township of Carterton, in Wairarapa, was swept by a whirlwind this morning. Heavy, rain, which had been…

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A News-link Summary of Important Happenings in Yesterday's Wires. Wreckage From the Missing Collier?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1933 · page 6

A few days ago, a piece of wreckage, which is thought to have belonged to the collier Christina Fraser; was picked up by Captain J. Sward, of the…

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Police Eluded By Man Aboard Steamer Sydney Harbour Incident Sydney, Moiubv

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 August 1933 · page 4

When the "Marama" arrived to day from Auckland. two police officers went on board to take charge of a man deported from New Zealand…

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Sea Thrill Forty-Six lives Saved Schooner Ablaze Steamer to the Rescue [?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 1

A wireless message from the Dutch steamer "Hercules" tells the thrilling story of the rescue of 46 men, being the crew end…

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Steamer on Fire Forty-six Rescued AMSTERDAM

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 1

A wireless message from the Dutch steamer Hercules tells a thrilling story of the rescue of 46 men, being the crew and passengers of the…

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Aviator Crashes Machine Wrecked REYKJAVIK

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 1

The British aviator, Grierson had a narrow escape to-day when his seaplane was wrecked as he was taking off from Greenland…

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Seaplane Wrecked On Eve of Trans-Atlantic Flight Reykajavik

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 1

The British aviator, [?] had a narrow escape to-day when his seaplane was wrecked as he was taking off for Greenland. The machine…

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Tragic Wreck Fate of Dunbar

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 8

There have been many wrecks on the Australian Coasts; but none has excited the same degree of interest in the public mind as that of the…

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Wreckage Ashore Not from Christina Fraser. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 1

The authorities do not think that the hatch covers, washed up on the beach at North Curl Curl yesterday, came from the ill-fated collier,…

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African Air Smash Pilot Rescues Victims From Blazing Wreckage CAPETOWN

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 1

Sir Michael Oppenheimer and Major Cochrane Patrick were killed in an aeroplane crash at Johannesburg aerodrome to-day. A pilot, who saw the…

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Yacht Stolen Chase In Hie Dark Thieves Swim Ashore Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 30 September 1933 · page 1

Chancing to look out of his window last night, Mr. W. Hodeson, of Drummoyne, saw a number of men releasing his yacht…

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