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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 19

Death Won the Second Time Wreck Drama Off Irish Coast London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 1

Escaping death off the Irish coast six months ago after a collision, a ship's captain has been drowned near the same spot. In the wreck with…

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Wreck on Coast Last Voyage of the Jones Brothers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 4

In the height or a terrific south-westerly gale, the schooner Jones Brothers met a swift and fearful fate on…

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Wrecked Sloop Police Rescue Survivors Marooned Since Friday Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 8

The surrivors of the sloop Pelican, who have been marooned on a desolate section of the ocean beach at Stradbroke Island since Friday, were rescued to-day by the…

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Collision in Fog Six Drowned in Wreck "Captain's Destiny" London, April 4

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 7

Escaping death off the Irish coast six months ago after a collision, Captain Campbell has been drowned near the some spot. In the wreck with him are…

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'Blind Wave' on the Bar Motor Lifeboat Capsizes Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 5

A big "blind" wave arose suddenly out of a calm sea on the Macleay River bar at SouthWest Rocks yesterday. It…

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Haiping Wreckage Washed Ashore on North Coast GRAFTON

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

More wreckage from the steamer Helping, which was abandoned off the Queensland coast some weeks ago, has been washed ashore at Sandon River, south of…

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Coal in Bunkers Hot Steamer Macedon Delayed BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 10

The steamer Maccdon, whose departure from Brisbane for Southern ports was delayed on Tuesday, because coal in the cross bunkers became hot, left about 7…

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Fire in Paint Cargo Outbreak on Steamer ADELAIDE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 10

When the German steamer Allar was on her way to Australia a fire broke out in paint cargo. While efforts were being made to extinguish the outbreak…

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Leaking Steamer Reaches Port Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

Temporary repairs are being made aboard the British freighter City of Glasgow, which arrived to-day in Sydney leaking, after setting out for…

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Wrecked in Riot

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

A car which was wrecked during the [?] between [?]cists and Communists in the Paris district of Clichy. A number of persons were killed and injured…

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Man Lost From Steamer Doubts About His Identity

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 6

Doubt concerning the Identity of the passenger who vanished from the steamer Hunter while on its voyage between Sydney and…

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Police Curious Man Missing from Steamer Hunter Doubt Concerning Identity

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

Newcastle police and the Criminal Investigation Bureau are cooperating to ascertain the identity of a man who is believed to have disappeared from the decks…

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Man Who Was Missed From Steamer Identity Still Unknown

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 1

Endeavors are still being made by Newcastle and Sydney police to ascertain the identity of the man who disappeared from the steamer Hunter on…

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Damaged at Sea Steamer Noora Leaking Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 7

The Acting Deputy Director of Navigation in Brisbane (Captain C D. Matheson) has received a radio message…

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Launching of the Hunter River Company's New Steamer, Mulubinba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 5

The Mulubinba, the new cargo steamer launched early last month for the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company Ltd., and built at the yards of Henry Robb Ltd., Leith, near Edinburgh…

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MULUBINBA Launching at Leith Hunter River Co.'s Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 5

The Edinburgh and Leith "Observer," dated March 5, contains a two column report of the launching of the cargo steamer Mulubinba, which has been under…

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Old-time Schooner in Modern Setting Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 5

The nineteenth century schooner Huia, swings at anchor in the twentieth century surroundings of Rose Bay—one of the few survivors of a rapidly vanishing fleet. [?] with explosives the H[?]…

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Raised From Harbour Wrecked Tiger Moth 'Plane SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 13

The Tiger Moth Plane, which crashed into Sydney Harbour yesterday afternoon, was rained from the waters to-day, Both wings were stripped off, the…

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Wreck of Clipper Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 12

The action of tides and shifting sands has uncovered the remains in Bass Stalt of a clipper ship that became a total wreck 73 years ago. The wrecked timbers…

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Steamer's Rush to Sydney Lands Engineer Who Is Seriously Ill Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 3

With her chief engineer critically ill, the motorship Noumea raced 50 miles along the coast to-day to land him at Sydney for hospital treatment…

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