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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

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

Wrecked Airliner's Mail Saved. Drying 120,000 Letters in London. Carpet of Stamps

North West Champion · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

All the 100 mail bags of the Imperial Airways liner, Cygnos, wrecked at Brindisi on December 5, have now been salvaged…

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Submarine Attack. British Steamer Not Damaged. London

North West Champion · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 4

Replying to questions regarding the Spanish situation in the House of Commons, the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Duff Cooper) revealed for the first…

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Builder or Wrecker?

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 5

I watched them tearing a building down, A gang of men in a busy town; With a Ho-Heave-Ho and a lusty yell…

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Manilla & District News Mussolini's Plan to Wreck the British Empire

Manilla Express · Tuesday 22 February 1938 · page 1

Two years ago when the Abyssinian war was in full blast Australians woke up one morning to learn that two of their leading…

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Missing Ketch Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 1

It Is feared that a ketch with three men aboard, believed to be one of the Tasmanian "Mosquito Fleet," foundered oft St. Lconards, on the south…

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British Steamer Bombed. Paris

North West Champion · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 2

The British sterner, Sunnybrook, on arrival at Port Vendres, reported that three unknown aeroplanes attacked her east of Barcelona, dropping six bombs…

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Late Wires Night of Terror Canton Wrecked by Bombs CANTON

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 1

The City lived through a night of terror, created by the remorseless Japanese bombers. Taking advantage of the brilliant…

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Fierce Cyclonic Gale. Endangers Steamer. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 2

The tramp steamer, Llangollen, was almost driven ashore on the North Coast of New Zealand on Saturday during a fierce cyclonic gale…

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British Steamer Struck by Bomb. Valencia

North West Champion · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 2

During a rebel air raid on Valencia a bomb splinter struck the British steamer, Yorkbrook, wounding a Belgian observer. The Yorkbrook was not…

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Buffeted Steamer Passengers Taken to Hospital SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 1

When the steamer "Morinda" arrived to-day from the New Hebridies three passengers and a member of the crew were conveyed to…

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New Zealand Cyclones. Leave Trail of Wreckage Auckland, N.Z.

North West Champion · Monday 1 August 1938 · page 2

Another cyclonic disturbance throughout ra[?] New Zealand yesterday, blocking many roads, besides [?]ing away bridges and causing [?]…

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Canefield Crash Two Dead in Airline Wreck BRISBANE

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 August 1938 · page 1

Diving into a canefield after the pilot had accelerated starply to avoid a tractor on the Bundoo Aerodrome, innisfall to-day a…

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Explosion Wrecks Home Labourer Charged SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 October 1938 · page 1

An explosion this morning at Ipswich, Queensland, wracked the rear of the home of John Nagle, an ex-sergeant of police…

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