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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

109 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 6

British Steamer Bombed Barcelona

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 September 1938 · page 1

The British steamer, Marvia, was bombed While unloading cargo at Alicante. The vessel was set on fire and an Arab sailor was…

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Willy at Perth Thousands of Pounds Damage Business Places Wrecked Perth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 September 1938 · page 1

Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused by a willy willy which devastated a narrow strip of the city within half a mile…

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Towns Bombed Japanese Air Raids Hospital Wrecked New Base Established Shanghai

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 1

Japanese planes bombed several towns in Kwansi with much loss of life. An American hospital at Wuchow was wrecked, although…

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"Wait Only a Week" Independent Action Wreck Czechoslovakia London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 September 1938 · page 1

It is stated authoritatively that French and British Ministers at Prague were instructed to tail on the Czech…

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Home Wrecked SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 1

An explosion this morning at Ipswich (Queensland) wrecked the rear of the home of John Nagte, ex-Sergeant or Police…

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Launch in Danger Saved by Pilot Steamer Near Reef of Rocks Sydney, Monday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 1

A launch with six men aboard was in danger of being swept on to a long reef off Curl Curl beach yesterday afternoon, when…

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Girl on Steamer

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 7

Working as captain's clerk aboard the British tramp steamer Nailsea Manor, which arrived in Melbourne from Vancouver with a cargo of…

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Jewish Migrants Special Steamer Efforts to Delay SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 2 November 1938 · page 1

The Jewish Welfare Society last night cabled to its London Office, asking that action to be taken to check the proposal that a special…

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Spanish Steamer Sunk LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 1

Hundreds rushed to the cliffs at Cromer in Norfolk this afternoon and watched the Spanish insurgent armed motorship Nadir shell the Spanish…

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Steamer Afire Wharf Laborers Trapped SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 1

A fire broke out this morning in the bottom of No. 2 hold, of the Japanese steamer Yae Maru, in Walsh Bay…

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Applied Sanctions Wharfmen Refuse to Load Pig Iron Steamer for Japan Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 November 1938 · page 4

Wharf labourers' at Port Kembla again refused to toad gig iron into, the steamer Dalfram which they believed was going to Japan…

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Collier Ashore Struck Yacht, Then Crashed, Into Beacon Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 November 1938 · page 1

The collier, Mortlake Bank, ran ashore on Huntley's Point, near dadesville Bridge, late last night, and crashed into the yacht,…

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Steamer Delayed Cargo of Iron For Japan Wharfmen Refuse To Load Coal Port Kemble

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 November 1938 · page 4

Wharf labourers here to-day refused, to supply labour to load bunker coal into, the steamer Dalfram, held up by the, wharf labourers' refusal to road…

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Germany and Jews Hampering Semitic Culture Minister for Colombia Arrested Photographing Wrecked Shops LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 November 1938 · page 1

German anti-Semitic measures continue. The authorities, according to the "Daily Telegraph correspondent in Berlin, a order to demonstrate that the Reich is not hampering Jewish culture, released from Sachsenausen…

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Pogrom Continues Minister For Columbia's Arrest Attempted to Photograph Wrecked Shops LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 November 1938 · page 4

The gentian anti-Semitic measures continue. The new minister for Colombia was arrested for attempting to…

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Dr. Schuschnigg Released to Die Mental Breakdown Physical Wreck VIENNA

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 1

Well-informed quarters believe that the former Chancellor. Dr. Schuschnigg will be released without trial. He is almost a complete mental breakdown. He is very thu[?] and Walks on crutches. Most of his days are…

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Wreck Sighted A.N.A. Pilot's Report BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 1

A message from Cairns states that Captain Gatenby, A.N.A. pilot, reported that he sighted a wreck on Saturday last, near Cape Richards…

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Wrecked Flying Boat With Christmas Mail 80 M.P.H. Gale at Darwin Darwin

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 1

The Empire flying boat Coorong, which arrived yesterday evening from Koepang with three tons of Christmas mail,…

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Coorong Wreck Broke Moorings No Blame to C.A. Department SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 December 1938 · page 1

Captain Brain pilot of the Empire flying boat. Coorong, which was wrecked during a storm at Darwin, said no blame for the…

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