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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

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Jew Baiters Frenzied Wrecking And Looting In London LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 October 1936 · page 1

Serious rioting took place in the East End of London to-day when gangs wrecked and looted 25 shops in the Mile End- road in an outburst of anti-Jewish frenzy. Then attacked Samuel Jelen. a hairdresser, who was…

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Jew-baiters Looting in East London Shops Wrecked Disorder at Fascist March in Liverpool (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 12

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 7

A gang of Jew-baiters wrecked and looted 25 shops in the Mile End Road, East London, yesterday. Communists who conducted…

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Yacht in Gale Sydney Men's Ordeal "Expected to Be Wrecked" Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1936 · page 10

Caught in a 60-mile-an-hour gale, three Sydney yachtsmen who reached Lakes Entrance lost night, seven days out from Eden, had a narrow escape from death…

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Woman Drowns Rowing Boat Upset Companion Gets Ashore Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 13

While trying to board a rowing boat in Deep Creek, Narrabeen, this afternoon, Mrs. McWhinney, 60, of Spring-street, Young, fell into the water and was…

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Toll Of Torres Straits Island Drama Barque Wreck Native Treachery

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 17 October 1936 · page 7

THE barque Charles Eaton, 313 tons, Captain G. S. Moore, was wrecked on Sir Charles Hardy Island, near Torres Strait entrance. E.N.E. of Cape Grenville. on August 15, 1834. She had a crew of 23. and carried six passengers…

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Two Yachts Ashore

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 October 1936 · page 3

Two yachts, Youth (Rear-Commodore A. Levey) and Sea Breeze (B. Young), of Lake Macquarie Yacht Club, broke away from their moorings and were…

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Body Washed Ashore Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1936 · page 9

Little doubt is now held that the body washed up on the beach near, Capel yesterday is that of Leonard Fentrill, one of the two seamen who disappeared from…

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Sydney Men Are Safe Van De Wijck Wreck (Continued from Page 1) SINGAPORE

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 21 October 1936 · page 5

Mr. p. G. Rochester, who is branch manager in Sourabaya for the Queensland Insurance Company, and who belongs to Sydney, was among those…

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Disappeared From Steamer Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1936 · page 5

Police stated to-day that the decomposed body of the man found on the beach at Minninup, near Busselton, was Leonard Feutrill, who disppeared from the…

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Paddle Steamer Sinks in Murrumbidgee Balranald

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 October 1936 · page 16

A paddle steamer, belonging to S. Bennett, a fisherman, while moored to the Government Wharf, was caught on a pile owing to a sudden drop in the…

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Steamer Sank at Her Moorings Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 6

The former North Coast steamer Glenreagh sank at her moorings in Kerosene Bay, Sydney, last night. She will be pumped out and refloated on…

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Search for Man's Body Missing From Steamer Dumosa

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 5

A search to-day for the body of the man who was reported missing from the steamer Dutnosa, when that vessel was about five miles off Catherine…

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General Cable News Lifeboat Institute President

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 8

London, October 20.—The Duke of York has consented to become President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, in succession to the King, who, as Prince…

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Salvage Services Claim for Helping Steamer SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 6

Advice has been received in Sydney that the Blue Funnel Line acting on behalf of the steamer Nester, has lodged with the Australian United Steamship Navigation…

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New Steamer Iron Baron Due at Newcastle To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 9

The new steamer Iron Baron, which was launched this year for the Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd., for the Newcastle-Whyalla trade, is due at…

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Terrific Gale Havoc in Britain at Least 30 DEAD Lightship and Steamer Lost with Crews Shipping at Standstill (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, October 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 9

Reports from all parts of the country indicate how widespread and serious have been the effects of last night's gale, which had only…

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Houses Wrecked Fireball in Adelaide Suburb ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 9

A fireball on Tuesday night wrecked three houses and demolished a shed in Kintore-avenue, Kilburn, a suburb of Adelaide. The inmates of the houses had tarrifying…

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New Steamer for Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1936 · page 12

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited's new steamer Iron Baron, which was launched this year for the Newcastle-Whyalla trade, is due at Newcastle…

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TORNADO Hits Melbourne Suburb Path of Wreckage Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1936 · page 11

Leaving a path wreckage a tornado struck Cheltenham with terrific force late this afternoon. Sweeping down the main street of the suburb, the storm tore…

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Seventeen Killed Explosion on Steamer ROTTERDAM, October 31

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 November 1936 · page 7

Seventeen persons were burned to death an explosion occurred aboard the Greek steamer Petrlakis Nomikes, which had been [?]dergoing repairs…

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