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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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

Gale's Trail of Wreckage Families Homeless Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 December 1935 · page 7

Homes were razed, windows were shattered, roofs lifted and trees uprooted during a gale last night at Belmont, a suburb of Brisbane. Many…

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Ketch Wrecked Ashore in Tasmania Crew Believed Safe Launceston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 December 1935 · page 7

The cycle of misfortune that has swept around the Holyman interests, in the past 14 months tinned again at the height of a severe southerly storm on Thursday…

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Crew Killed Explosion on Steamer Completely Destroyed Santos (Brazil), December 21

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 December 1935 · page 8

The steamship Britt Marie, of 3019 tong was completely destroyed and sank after an explosion, which, it is feared, took the lives of the entire crew of 25…

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Total Loss Stranded Tasmanian Ketch LAUNCESTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 December 1935 · page 5

The auxiliary ketch Erskine which was wrecked on Mussel Roe Bay, on the far North-east of Tasmania, on Thursday night, was inspected to-day by Captain…

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Lindberghs Leave Quiet Departure for England on Cargo Steamer New York

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 December 1935 · page 1

Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh, with their 3-year-old son, Jon, left New York secretly to-day aboard an…

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"Another Pilot" New England Wreck Chivalry of the Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 December 1935 · page 2

On December 27, 1882, the steamer New England, in the command of Captain W. B. Mann, was lost at the entrance to the Clarence River. The disaster…

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Diary of Crime Saw World and Victimised It Thrice Shipwrecked (From Our Special Rep.) LONDON, November 21

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 December 1935 · page 9

By the hand of Leonora Gregory, now in Australia, "Bob Moore" (which name conceals the identity of a…

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Steamer Missing Off Victorian Coast No Trace of Paringa Oil Tanker Left Helpless Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 December 1935 · page 3

No word has been received of the missing steamer Paringa, which was towing the tanker Vincas from Westernport to…

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The Paringa Steamer Still Missing Look-out Kept Owners Asked If Search Is Desired MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 5

The steamer Paringa, of 1359 tons, which left Westernport Bay on December 23 with the tanker Vincas (4963 tons) in tow, en route…

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A Line of Tall, Proud Trees Imperial Air Liner Wrecked

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 8

GREEN-COATED warriors, tall and stately, stately, survivors of many bitter winters…

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