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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 16

Steamer Damaged Grounded on Sandbank PERTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 7

In borthing at Port Hedland yesterday, the West Australian S.N. Company's steamer Minderoo, bound from Fremantle to Singapore, grounded on a sandbank…

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Dandenong Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 9

Sir,—I wish to correct the statement of W. Pullin in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" about the wreck of the Dandenong. One reason in particular why I can…

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Shipwrecks Recalled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 9

Sir,—In your issue of even date, Mr. W. Pullin, of Weston, questions the accuracy of your statement regarding the date of the wreck of the Dandenong…

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Shipwrecks Recalled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 9

Sir.—With reference to the wreck of the Dandenong, September 11, 1876, I should like to state that if old records can be produced they will prove beyond all doubt…

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Shipwrecks Recalled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 13

Sir,— The s.s Dandeaong was wrecked on September 11, 1876,north-east of Jervis Bay. Mr. W. Pullin's reference to Mr. J. B. Winship is rather unfortunate. Mr…

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Wreck of Barque Recalled Survivor Revisits Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 6

A survivor of one or the most dramatic episodes or the sea, Captain Daniel Mclaughlin, or the Loch Waddy, now in port, is seeing…

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Two Dead Explosion in Munition Factory Building Wrecked Panic Among Girl Workers MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 7

Two men were killed in an explosion at the explosives factory of Nobel (Australia) Pty. Ltd. early this afternoon…

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Shipwreck Recalled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1935 · page 9

Sir,—Regarding the correspondence re- calling the wreck of s.s. Dandenong, I have in my possession a photograph, which bears the following printed inscription,…

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Catarrh Dangerous Often Makes Victims Worn-out, Run-down Wrecks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 17

To be able to breathe freely, hear clearly, smell, taste, and arise in the morning refreshed and strong with head and throat clear and free from phlegm,…

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Dandenong Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 4

Sir,—A correspondent in your issue of even date states that the s.s. Dandenong was owned by the Melbourne Steamship Company. The writer is under a…

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Wore Gold Ring Man's Body Washed Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 10

The body of a men between 50 and 60 years of age was found late yesterday afternoon on the foreshore of Walsh island. It is believed that death occurred…

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Forced Landing 'Plane Wrecked in Test Occupants Unhurt Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 11

Two airman had a narrow escape from serious injury to-day when a Moth biplane, owned by the Royal Aero Club, crashed on a mud flat at Cook's River,…

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'Plane Wrecked In Forced Landing

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 September 1935 · page 1

THE DAMAGED 'PLANE, which crashed on a dry mud flat beside Cook's River yesterday. Two passengers escaped injury…

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'Bus Wrecked Accident Near Lismore Passengers' Remarkable Escape Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 7

Twenty-six members of Lismore district hockey clubs had a remarkable escape from serious injury at midnight last night, when a motor-bus in which they were…

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Bottle Message a Hoax? "Shipwrecked on an Island" Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 9

No credence is given in Sydney to the message found in a bottle at Brunswick Heads purporting to come from "James Edward Martins, of…

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Jump Ashore As Ship Moves Canadian Seamen Stay in Sydney SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 2

Several members of the crew of the Canadian Planter jumped off the ship this afternoon a it was pulling out from the wharf, bound for Halifax…

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Steamer Kindur Aground in Burnett River on Rocky Reach Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1935 · page 7

Macdonald, Hamilton Company's steamer Kindur, with more than 300 tons of cargo on board for Bundaberg, went aground in a rocky reach of the Burnett…

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Wrecked on Coral Reef Thrill for Cruise Passengers Kingston (Jamaica)

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 2 October 1935 · page 1

Gripped by a coral-fanged reef, the steamer Rotterdam has transferred her 450 passengers, and 250 of her crew of 526, to the steamer Arlguani, which put…

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Air Liner Missing Another Tasmanian Disaster Five Persons on Board Wreckage Washed Up on Island Identified MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 7

Wreckage washed up on Flinders Island to-day was identified as belonging to the air liner Loina, which disappeared after it had sent out a message this morning four minutes before it was due to arrive at Flinders Island…

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Wreckage Found From Missing Air Liner Patch of Oil Melbourne, Thurs

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 9

A large patch of oil and what appears to be part of the wing of an aeroplane, have been seen half a mile…

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