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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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German Steamer Wrecked. Lisbon

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

After the German steamer Deister crashed on the rocks at Luxe[?]s mountainous seas swept 21 of the crew from the bridge, one by one, and all…

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German Steamer Battered. Crew of 21 Drowned Lisbon

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 1

After the German steamer, D[?]ster, crashed on the rocky at Cape Leixces, a mountainous sea swept 21 of the crew from the bride one by one…

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Tuesday's Storm. Mallowa Hall Wrecked

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 7

From reports to hand Florida North, the property of Mr. Bert, Grace, and Mallowa Hall, which is only a short distance from Mr. Grace's, appear to…

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Steamer Ashore. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 2

The steamer Kanowna, which left Sydney on Saturday for Freemantle, went ashore last night on Clift Island, seven miles south of Wilson's…

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Steamer Ashore Vessels Hasten to Wilsons' Promontory

The North Western Courier · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 1

The steamer Kanowna, which left Sydney, on Saturday for Fremantle, via ports, went ashore last night on Clift Island, seven miles south of…

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S.S. Kanowna Ashore. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 2

The interstate steamer Ka[?]wna, which loft Sydney on Saturday for Fremantle, via ports, ran ashore last night on Cliff Island, seven miles…

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The Steamer Arafura. Brisbane

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

The disabled steamer Arafura reached yesterday in low by the tug Forceful and after a week's building with seas and winds. The engines broke down twice. Once they…

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Women Wrecks From Smoking

North West Champion · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 2

American girls and women are seriously injuring their health by excessive cigarette smoking. This is the opinion of Dr. Herbert Schlink,…

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Late Telegrams Building Wrecked. Brisbane

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 20 May 1929 · page 2

A message from Mackay states that a terrific explosion occurred yesterday in a two-storey city shop known as Tattersall's hairdressing, tobacconist…

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Ivanhoe Police Station. Attempt at Wreckage. Melbourne

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 27 May 1929 · page 3

Late last night a bomb was thrown tit the Ivanhoe police station from a lane at the rear of the station. The bomb exploded with tremendous fores…

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Arbitration Checkmating Industrial Wreckers. (Issued by the Federal National Parliamentary Party.)

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 6 June 1929 · page 4

The position for the past 25 years since the first Arbitration Act was passed in 1904. by a Labour Administration, ts that of divided authority…

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Signals Wrecked

Manilla Express · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 4

There was a sensation at Water mark, 21 miles from Werris Creek, when a horse box, attacked to a passenger train, became…

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Ocean Upheavals Seen From Steamer

Manilla Express · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

When about midway between Sydney and Cape Maria Van Diemen, the most northerly point of New Zealand, the steamer…

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Smallpox on Steamer. Brisbane

North West Champion · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 2

When the steamer, City of Hereford, arrived at Brisbane on Saturday, three cases of smallpox were discovered among the calored members of…

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Latest Cables Tug and Steamer Collide. London

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1929 · page 2

When thirty miles from Humber Mouth a tug collided with a Spanish steamer and sank her in six minutes. The crew Jumped into the water…

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Steamer Sinks Heavy Loss of Crew. London

The North Western Courier · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 1

The Belgian steamer "Estrella," of 758 tons, sank at Scheldt after a collision with a German steamer. Two of the crew were saved; thirteen…

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Ship Foundered SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 October 1929 · page 1

The Union Company's steamship "Kahlks" went ashore on the Walkanse beach, near Bisborne, (New Zealand), during a southerly gale…

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Unknown Vessel Ashore. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 2

According to a wireless message received in Sydney early this morning from the collier Saros, an unknown vessel is ashore at Cape Howe…

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Unknown Vessel Ashore at Gape Howe Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 1

According to a wireless message received in Sydney early this morning from the collier "Saros", says an unknown vessel is ashore at Cape Howe…

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Pinned Under Wreckage 13 Miners Injured. Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 1

Thirteen out of 26 miners were seriously injured near Queenstown yesterday, when a truck, in which they were riding, overturned. A…

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