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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

23 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Conflicts Reports. About Sunken Steamer. MONTREAL

North West Champion · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 4

With chatotic and utterly conflicting reports still coming to hand, 24 hours after the sinking of the [?] Principessa Mafalda, it is [?]…

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Latest Cables. Shipping Disaster. Steamer Strikes Submerged Hulk. VANCOUVER

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 2

A Monte Video message states that what was at first believed to be the biggest shipping disaster since the Lusitania was torpedoed, was reported…

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SHIPWRECKED! Survivors' Terrible Stories

North West Champion · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 4

When the steamship Formosa docked with the Mafalda survivors, the latter declared that the vessel's machinery was bad and the life-saving…

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