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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

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Swedish Steamer Sinks. Seven Drowned. London

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 4

The steward and six of the crew, who were sleeping in their banks were drowned when the Swedish steamer, Castor, sank two minutes…

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Youth Drowned Motor Boat Wrecked

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 December 1933 · page 4

MACKAY, Monday:-- A drowning tragedy occurred bn Sunday when a motor launch with a crew of seven youths struck a test pile put down…

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Steamer Aground Floated Off by Tide

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 4

THURSDAY ISLAND, Tuesday:-- The steamer Erica, proceeding to Australian ports from South Africa, grounded on a sandbank on…

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Still Fog-bound Byrd Party's Steamer

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 5

"On Christmas Eve the steamer Jacob Ruppert was still fog-bound a mile off the main Antarctic pack. "Since Saturday afternoon we…

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Tents Wrecked; Camps Flooded Gale Sweeps Burleigh Heads

Tweed Daily · Thursday 28 December 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday:-- Tents were wrecked and camps flooded at Burleigh Heads to-night, when one of the worst gales in…

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