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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

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Steamer Sinks Twenty-one Drowned PHILADELPHIA

Northern Star · Saturday 14 October 1933 · page 7

Twenty-one lives were lost when the Greek steamer Annoula sank in a hurricane off the North Carolina coast on Saturday,…

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"Blown in Half" U. S. A. 'Plane Wrecked by Bomb

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 October 1933 · page 3

CHICAGO, Saturday :--The United Airlines aeroplane which crashed while crossing Indiana on Tuesday night, killing seven persons, was…

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Three Men Missing Tragedy Feared Fishing Boat Wrecked on Rocks

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 17 October 1933 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday:--As the result of a boating disaster late this afternoon, it is feared that three persons--P. Kearney…

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Steamer Founders Heavy Loss of Life Feared

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 October 1933 · page 5

SINGAPORE, Tuesday:--Forty persons are feared to have been drowned as a result of the foundering of the steamer Tronoh off…

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Ran Aground Total Wreck Possible LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 26 October 1933 · page 10

The Norwegian steamer Granero, which ran aground on Kinkardineshire rocks last night, now lies in a precarious position and may become a…

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'Planes and Coastal Wrecks

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 3

The Minister for Commerce (Mr. H. Stewart) said that experiments were being carried out by the Marine branch of his department and the Air…

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Dirigible Wreckage ROME

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 November 1933 · page 8

Wreckage from the French dirigible, Dismude, which was lost while on a flight across the Mediterranean in December, 1926, has been brought up in…

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British Ship Abandoned Atlantic Gale Another Steamer in Difficulties

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: -- Two British ships--the Saxilby, 3,630 tens, and the Saint Quentin, 3,528 tons, were reported to be in…

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No Trace of Steamer Fears For Crew Foundered in Gale? London

Northern Star · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 11

Little Lope now remains that any of the crew of the British steamship, Saxilby, which yesterday sent out distress…

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Search Abandoned No Sign of Wrecked Steamer's Crew

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: — Little hope remains that any of the crew of the steamship Saxilby, which sent out distress calls when 400…

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Popular Beach Opened Cudgen Headland Club's New Lifeboat Launched

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 2

In the presence of a splendid crowd, the official opening of the Cudgen Headland beach was performed yesterday afternoon by…

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29 Lives Lost? No Trace of British Steamer Unavailing Search LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 7

The captain of the Cunard liner Berengaria, which reached Southampton this morning 12 hours late, having encountered…

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Foundered with All Hands? Fate of Saxilby Waves 50 Feet High in Atlantic

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday:--The captain of the Cunard liner, Berengaria, which reached Soothampton this morning 12 hours late, after…

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One Survivor German Steamer Founders ROTTERDAM

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 9

The sole survivor of a crew of eleven of the German motorship Kreuzsee, from Bremerhaven to London, arrived aboard the steamer…

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Ship Nearly Wrecked Lives Endangered Byrd's Antarctic Expedition

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 4

MONTREAL, Sunday:--Admiral Byrd's exploration ship Rupert is once more at sea en route to New Zealand after a visit to Easter…

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Struck Hilltop Troop Carrier Wrecked JERUSALEM

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 7

A Vickers-Victoria troop carrier, flying from Ramleh to Amma[?], struck a hilltop and overturned and was completely wrecked…

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Lower Steamer Freights Wanted Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 25 November 1933 · page 6

Remarking that there bad not beer any reductions for many years, Mr. G. Sweeting at last night's meeting of Casino Chamber of Commerce urged…

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To Extinguish Fire Steamer Sunk in Dock

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 November 1933 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: -- In consequence of a fire which broke out in bunker coal on the steamer Jamaica Producer while she was lying in the…

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Reduction Sought North Coast Steamer Freights Casino

Northern Star · Monday 27 November 1933 · page 3

"There has been a [?]duction in freights to the Man[?]ing River" said Mr. Toogood at a meeting of the Federated Chambers of Commerce here…

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First Ashore at Anzac Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 November 1933 · page 7

According to the supplementary preface, just issued, of the official history of Australia in the war, Lieutenant Chapman, of the 9th…

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