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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

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"Wrecked" Government Amendment Rail Minister Incensed MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 1

The State Government was again defeated in the Legislative Assembly last night by 26 votes to 20, on an amendment to the Transport…

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59 DROWNED Steamer Sinks TOKIO

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 October 1933 · page 1

In a typhoon yesterday the steamer Yashimamaru, 946 tons, sank nearing Kobe. It is reported that 59…

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Schooner Missing Several Weeks Overdue SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 4 November 1933 · page 1

Some anxiety is being felt regarding the safety of the schooner Isabel, which is now several weeks overdue from Panama…

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Missing Ketch Located at Remote Island SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 11 November 1933 · page 1

The Ketch "Isabel," lack of news from which was causing anxiety, is reported to be safe. The craft is now at a remote island…

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Youth Missing Has Launch Foundered ? SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 November 1933 · page 1

George Galley (17), who set out for Woy Woy from Port Hacking in a 15ft. motor launch on Saturday, and who has not…

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Garden Wreckedthen Re-built Tribute to Sewerage Workers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 2

Bradshaw Major, Barncy-st., writes to the Editor: "Sir,—When confronted with a dozen or so trench-diggers in my back garden. I must confess to…

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Launch Abandoned Crew Saved By Pilot Steamer Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 2

Ca[?]d close to the rocks below Rose Gully, after the engine had failed, a launch about 30 feet long was abandoned off South Head last night…

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Shipwreck Ten Sailors Lost Sole Survivor Rescued ROTTERDAM

The Inverell Times · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 1

The sole survivor of a crew of eleven of the German motorship Kreuzse, from Bremerhaven to London, arrived aboard the…

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Giant 128-passenger Aeroplane Wrecked -- K7 Crashes Monster Russian 'Plane Largest Machine of Kind in World Moscow

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 1

The largest machine of its kind in the world, the Russian aeroplane K7, crashed at Kahrkov to-day…

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Innocent Lives Sacrificed on Altar of Anarchy Revolutionaries Over-run Spain Agonising Scenes Follow Dastardly Outrage Seville-Barcelona Express Wrecked on Bridge Convents and Churches Destroyed Madrid

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 December 1933 · page 1

It is officially stated that a hundred persons were killed and 300 injured during a disturbance at the week-end throughout Spain. The most dastardly outrage was the…

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Sixty Drowned Steamer Crashes into Troopship SHANGHAI

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 December 1933 · page 1

Sixty Chinese were drowned in the Yangtse River early yesterday morning, when a small Chinese steamer proceeding to Hankow crashed into…

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Storms in Britain Loss of Life Several Wrecks LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 1

Twenty-four seamen were drowned in three shipwrecks in yesterday's heavy gales. A vessel was seen to sink off…

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Searching the Wreckage Heart-breaking Scenes WARSAW

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 16 December 1933 · page 1

One of the trains was full of children going to school. Apart from the coaches flung from the viaduct, many children were…

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Washed Ashore Four Bodies Toll of Hurricane 25 LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 1

Four bodies which were washed ashore at Norfolk appear to indicate the loss of the steamer Broomfleet of 854 tons, with a crew of thirteen…

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Another Vessel Gone? Four Bodies Washed Ashore Sequel to Gale London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 1

Four bodies washed ashore at Norfolk appear to indicate the loss of the steamer "Broomfleet" of 854 tons, with the crew of 13, during the same…

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Steamer Afire! Floats at Work on the Thames London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 1

The American steamship "Topatopa," of 5356 tons. carrying cotton and timber from Florida to London, arrived in the Thames to-day with a fire aboard,…

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Steamer Sunk Seven Drowned LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 1

A stewardess and six male members of the crew, who were asleep in their bunks, were drowned when the Swedish steamer the Castor, of…

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Trapped in Cabins Another Sea Tragedy Stewardess and Six of Crew of Swedish Steamer Drowned London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 1

A stewardess and six male members of the crew, who were asleep in their bunks, were drowned when the Swedish steamer "Cast[?] of 569…

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Safe Blowers! Enter Butter Factory Safe Completely Wrecked by Large Charge of Explosive

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 1

Working under cover of a severe storm, thieves entered the office of the Inverell Batter and Bacon Company on Wednesday night by…

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Yesterday's News Mollison to Compete in Londen-Melbourne Air Race--State Lottery Prize-Winners--General [?] Duffy Released--Seven Drowned When Steamer Collides With Trawler--Espionage Sensation-- Germany's Aims. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1933 · page 2

"I shall be there," said Mr. James Mollison yesterday when asked how far his plans had advanced to compete in the London-Melbourne…

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