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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931

14 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers

Wreck of the Royal Charter 450 Drowned

Manilla Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

When the end of her voyage was almost in sight, the auxiliary fullrigged ship Royal Charter was lost in October, 1859, with a…

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Building Wreckers

Manilla Express · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

Building wreckers are at work in Sydney again. Having broken into Campsie public school on Sunday night, a mysterious gang…

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Foundered Coastal Steamer Disabled Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 1

The coastal steamer "Belbowrie," struck a submerged objection her way from Nowra to Sydney, and beached at Greenwell point to…

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Steamer From Sydney Ashore SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 March 1931 · page 1

The steamer "Buteshire," bound from Sydney to Hull and London, is ashore in a fairway on Chequer Shoals. A number of the crew have…

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Dashed to Rocks Steamer Capsizes.—Loss of Life LONDON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 1

With a loss of ten lives, the steamer "Citrine," from Glasgow bound for the North of Wales, wag wrecked on Bradda Head, South Coast Isle of…

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Leapt Rails Fruitmail Wrecked 50 Tons Fruit Destroyed Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 1

What is known as the "fruitmail" leapt the rails near Gunning shortly after midnight. Eight trucks toppled over the embankment and were…

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Badly Burned Steamer "Malabar" SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 1

The steamer Malabar, which left Melbourne on Tuesday for Sydney enroute, to Singapore, ran on a reef on the northern side of Long Bay at…

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A Ship Wreck

Manilla Express · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 3

Seldom has a ship wreck created so much interest as that of the "Malabar," which occurred on the headlands of Long Bay on…

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Choked by Wreck Cyclist's Death Sydney, Monday

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 April 1931 · page 1

Joseph Penny, 25, was killed yesterday, when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a motor car at Minnamurra on the main Southern…

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Liner to End Her Own Life. Dash Ashore with Flags Flying

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 5

With flags flying, and her twin screws thrashing the water at their utmost speed, the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's 9000-ton liner…

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Whose Plane? Wreck in the Arctic—not Amundsen's

The North Western Courier · Monday 24 August 1931 · page 2

Soviet authorities discount the theory that the aeroplane photographed by Professor Moltschanoff in the southern region of Nova Zembia,…

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DISTURBED Situation At Hongkong. Shops Wrecked by Chinese Hongkong

The North Western Courier · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 1

The Government has declared a state of emergency following the killing of six Japanese by Chinese during the course of day-long and…

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Terrific Explosion Brick Factory Wrecked SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 1

Two brick ships at Clifton Hill, were completely wrecked, and a third extremely damaged early this morning, when a terrific explosion,…

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Sweeping Vote Wrecks Labour Party Govt. Shattered in N. S. WALES Well-known Men Go Under Tasmania's Answer to Lyons' Appeal Probable State of Parties Record Majority Likely

The North Western Courier · Sunday 20 December 1931 · page 1

The political pendulum has swung again. The Commonwealth Government of yesterday has gone down before the swelling tide of public disapproval, sweeping from office the Ministry that made the laws of a Commonwealth for the past two years…

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