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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 16

Airliner Wrecked Near Vienna Miners Sing Doxology: End of Strike

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 November 1935 · page 8

Left: NEW view of the Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, 6000 feet in width. The Zambesi pouring more than…

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Unlawfully Aboard Steamer

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 December 1935 · page 9

Charged at the Newcastle Police Court to-day with having unlawfully gone on board the steamer Iron Monarch without the permission of the…

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Schooner Is Still Missing Search Is to Continue Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 2 December 1935 · page 7

The Minister for External Affairs (Sir George Pearce) said to-day that nothing had been heard of the New…

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Feared Lost Missing Schooner Hermes Vessels Searching Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1935 · page 7

Fears are held by the New Guinea Administration that the schooner Hermes may have been overwhelmed by a waterspout or…

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Search Vessel Returns New Guinea. Ketch Still Missing Rabaul

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 December 1935 · page 1

The motorship Desikoko, which has been searching for the missing Government ketch Henries, is returning to Rabaul…

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Fire Wrecks Film Studio.... Swans and Their Cygnet

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 December 1935 · page 10

Above: WRECKAGE caused by fire a at the Twickenham (London) Film Studios. Right: SMART ensemble of…

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21 Days Overdue No News of Schooner CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 December 1935 · page 7

No trace has been found of the missing schooner, Hermes, which left Mandang on November 10, manned by a crew of 15 natives and three white men, en route…

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Motor-boat Ablaze Scuttled in Kogarah Bay Driver Burned: Swims Ashore Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 December 1935 · page 12

Unable to extinguish the flames when. the motor-boat Miss Victory caught alight in Kogarah Bay on Saturday, the driver, Dave Hampston, of Annandale, scuttled…

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Rescue 'Plane Wrecked Atlanta (Georgia)

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 December 1935 · page 1

The 'plane which was on its way from Newark (N.J.) to Chile io join the Wyatt Earp and go in search of…

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Ellsworth Search Rescue 'Plane Wrecked Another Substituted Atlanta (Georgia), December 9

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 9

The aeroplane that was being flown from New York to Magallanes (Chile) to engage in the search for the missing Antarctic explorers crashed at the Atlanta…

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Sheds Wrecked Fireworks Explosion Melbourne Factory Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 9

With a roar that could be heard for away, a large quantity of fireworks contained in two sheds, exploded at the Phoenix Fireworks Company, McIntyre-road,…

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11 KILLED Belgian Air Liner Crashes Wrecked in Surrey Eminent Engineer Among Victims (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, December 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 7

The seven passengers and the crew of four were killed when a Belgian air liner crashed in a field at Tatsfield (Surrey) late this…

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May Be Affected Overseas Steamer Wairuna Vacancy Not Filled Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 7

It was reported to-night that determined attempts are being made to hold up the overseas steamer Wairuna, which is due to leave for San Francisco on…

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Overseas Steamer Wairuna Now Involved in Seamen's Strike Volunteers on Iron Warrior Licensing Extended to Port Adelaide: Union Leaders to Confer To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 7

The shipping trouble was extended to an overseas steamer yesterday, when the Seamen's Union failed to supply a fireman needed for the Union Company's steamer Wairuna. The Sydney strike committee claims that a number of the…

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Home Was Wrecked Unemployed to the Rescue at Aberdare

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 December 1935 · page 7

While Mrs. Gladys Jones, 39, lies injured in Cessnock Hospital, volunteers from the Aberdare unemployed camp…

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Barque Durisdeer Newcastle Wreck of 1895

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 8

To-day is the anniversary of the wreck of the barque Durisdeer. The vessel was driven on to Stockton bench on the night of December 22, 1895. No lives…

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Dynamo Wrecked Sydney Sub-station Explosion SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 8

With a loud report a dynamo, valued at £5000, "blew out" in the Sydney County Council's sub-station in Kent-street to-day. With the explosion a sheet of…

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Wrecked Air Liner Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 5

The Chairman of Holyman's Airways (Captain Ivan Holyman) said to-day that no plans had been made by the company to salvage the wrecked air liner Lepena…

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Opium Worth £2000 Found on Steamer From East Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 December 1935 · page 15

Opium estimated to bo worth about £3000 was discovered today by searchers of the Customs Department under the direction of the Boarding…

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Opium Seized On Steamer from China SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 9

When the Tanda arrived from China to-day, searchers from the Customs Department, under the direction of the Boarding Inspector (Mr. R. W. Wilson)…

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