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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 19

Urana Will Be Total Wreck Praise for Work of Surf Boat Crew

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 7

Although only a moderate sea is running, the North Coast steamer Urana (519 tons), which ran on to a reef of rocks…

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Wreck of Steamer Urana Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 11

A preliminary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the coastal steamer Urana off Old Bar (Manning River) on Tuesday…

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Trouble on Steamer Warship Sent to Investigate London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 1

The destroyer, H.M.S. Broke, has been sent from Plymouth to investigate radio reports of trouble on the, South African…

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Wreck of Urana Expected to Disappear Soon Surf Club Men Praised Taree

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 9

It is expected that the wreck of the North Coast steamer, Urana, which went on the rocks off Old Bar last night, and was battered all to-day by the waves,…

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Shipwrecked Crew Gets to Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 1

Having left their ship wrecked on the rocks at Old Bar, the officers and crew of the coastal ship Urana arrived at Sydney to-day by train…

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Urana's Crew Now Back in Sydney Salvage Expert at Wreck Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 14

With their ship lying on the rocks at Old Bar, the officers and crew of the coastal steamer Urana arrived at Sydney to-day by train. The men will be absorbed…

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Plane Wreckage in Burma Official Confirmation of Report Rangoon

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 7

The Burmese Aviation Department officially confirms the report that the identification marks on the aeroplane wreckage found on the cost may be…

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Seven Shot by the Soviet Wrecking Charges in Georgia LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 7

Seven of the 11 reactionaries charged at Tiflis (Georgia) with wrecking the Soviet farm plans, have been shot…

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Flying-boat Cambria Wrecked When Landing TORONTO, September 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 7

After a demonstration flight at the Toronto National Exhibition, the Imperial Airways flying-boat Cambria was wrecked when landing. No one was…

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Briton Detained More "Wreckers" Executed Moscow, September 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 7

Charged with espionage, a young Englishman, Robert Valentine Bell, has been detained in the O.G.P.U. gaol in Leningrad. The British Embassy is seeking an…

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Urana Wreck Sold for £135 SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1937 · page 5

The wreck of the North Coast steamer, Urana, which went ashore at Old Bar. near the mouth of the Manning River last week, was sold at auction…

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Iron Knight New B.H.P. Steamer Due Before End of Year

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 8

The third new steamer built abroad for the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., is due at Newcastle before the end of the year. She is of 4700 tons,…

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Sold for £135 Wreck of Urana at Old Bar SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 3

The steamer Urana, which is wrecked at Old Bar, has been sold by the owners for £135 to Mr. Ernest Wright, a shipbuilder, of Tuncurry…

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Steamer Fares Are to Be Higher Overseas Lines Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 1

An increase in passenger fares on liners trading between Australia and England, amounting probably to 10 per cent., may come Into force at the…

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Big Yacht Wrecked Crocodile Party's Misfortune Seal Rocks

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 5

A family is stranded to-day at Seal Rocks through the grounding in the bay of the auxiliary yacht Teepookana…

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Yacht Lost Wreck at Seal Rocks Occupants Were Ashore Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1937 · page 11

The yacht Teepookana, in which Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Pearson, their 13-month-old son, Peter, Mr. H. D. Pearson, and a 14-year-old boy, were going from Hobart to…

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Tourist Steamer Visit for Celebrations Negotiations Resumed Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1937 · page 12

The Minister-in-Charge of Australia's 150th anniversary celebrations (Mr. J. M. Dunningham) said to-day that last year efforts were made to secure a visit…

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Wreck of Dandenong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1937 · page 10

To-day is the 51st anniversary of the wreck of the interstate steamer Dandenong, a regular Newcastle trader, which was lost to the north-east of Jervis Bay…

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Bombs Explode Two Buildings Wrecked Outrage in Paris Paris, September 12

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 7

Bombs exploded simultaneously at 10.5 p.m. on Saturday at the headquarters of the Employers' Federation and the Industrie Metallurgique, near the Arc de…

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Family Lost Their All in Wreck Seal Rocks Disaster Seal Rocks

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 September 1937 · page 1

Having lost practically an they owned when their yacht Teepookana ran ashore at Seal Rocks on Thursday the Pearson family is still stranded…

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