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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Our New Serial Wrecker's Woe

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 7

For the first time Ricky realised the Imitations of that homely little room. He wanted to get right away so as to Puzzle this thing out alone. Laurian's…

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Tragic Wreck Recalled by Survivor's Death Swam Twenty Hours with Baby in Arms

The Uralla Times · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

"Smiler" Clark hero of the Quetta wreck, which occurred over 40 years ago, died at Clencurry hospital at the a age of 74…

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Our New Serial Wrecker's Woe

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

The remote possibility of such a thing made him angry. The idea was too hideously cruel. Could any woman, no matter how desperate, have…

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Ship Ashore Loss of Life Strong Gale Threatening New York

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

The war t[?]er, "Havana," carrying 51 passengers and a crew of 120 en route from New York to Vera Cruz,…

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Our New Serial Wrecker's Woe

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 7

And now catastrophe catastrophe not less certain because impossible to define. Mrs. Torr gone for ever Old Torr no longer a link and a meeting…

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Our New Serial Wrecker's Woe

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 7

He glanced out of the window. The parson was still in sight. He had met the coastguard—it was not difficult to guess what they were talking about…

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Adventures in Australia Shipwrecked on the Barrier Reef World Travellers Address to Nuneaton Rotary Club

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 8

How he was shipwrecked on the Australian Barrier Reef and had to subsist on horse-radish for three days was described by Mr. S. J. Milton, F. R. G. S.,…

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Lost Yacht Relic Washed Ashore SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

A message from Perth states that a water tank, answering the description of one carried on the missing yacht "Pastime" had been found on the beach…

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Our New Serial Wrecker's Woe By Ralph Rodd

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

It was chilly at that preposterously early hour, much more chilly than it had been yesterday at the mouth of the cave. Yesterday seemed far…

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Wreckage Found PERTH

The Inverell Times · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 1

Pieces of wreckage, believed to have belonged to the missing yacht, "Pastime," have been found off the Western Australian coast…

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Our Hew Serial Wrecker's Woe

The Inverell Times · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 7

Well, suppose Laurian had been right in believing that the unfortunate fellow had been stabbed, but that after, she had removed the weapon, which…

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Ominous Signs Wreckage on W.A. Coast Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 1

Pieces of wreckage, believed to be floor boards of the missing yacht "Pastime," have been found off the Western Australian-coast…

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Missing Yacht Wreckage Discovered SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 1

Further wreckage recovered on the Western Australian coast has definitely established the loss of the yacht Pastime and its crew…

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Our New Serial Wrecker's Woe

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

If Drew was suspicious, Ricky was even more so, and with much better cause. What was the man doing in the tower? Why should he have coine…

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Freighter Wrecked Captain Drowned HALIFAX

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 1

Piling up on a rocky shore in a heavy snow storm and high seas the British freighter, Kenkerry was completely wrecked…

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Our New Serial Wrecker's Woe

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 3

He had lost the thread of what he was saying. Drew saw that his whole Interest was centred upon something that had caught his attention outside…

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Our New Serial. Wrecker's Woe

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 7

"That's the odd part of it," he Said. "I've not the remotest Idea who killed him or why. I didn't consider the 'job on which I sent him the least…

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Our New Serial Wrecker's Woe

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 9

Courtney Trevor at that moment was like the little boy who wants to run away from danger yet wants to stay. Herne fascinated him. Herne had…

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Bathed In Lightning Steamer's Unenviable Experience Wellington (N.z.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 1

The crew of the steamer Tees had an unenviable experience when the ship was caught in an electrical storm near Chatham…

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Fifteen Bodies Recovered From Sunken Steamer SEAGIRT (New Jersey)

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 1

Fifteen bodies were recovered from the steamer Mohawk, which sank after colliding with the Norwegian steamer Talisman…

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