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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

189 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 10

Kyogle Observance Wreckage of War Kyogle

Northern Star · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 4

"Need we be reminded that the war to many of our returned men is anything but over. They are disabled in the industrial fighting…

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WRECKED Four Drowned Fishing Tragedy Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 7

It was definitely established to-day that the fishing ketches, Saguenay (from Port Fairy) and the Star, from Queenscliffe, have…

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Graphic Story of Disaster Hurricane's Toll Wrecking of Two Fishing Ketches

Tweed Daily · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday:— A graphic description of the fishing tragedy off King Island during a hurricane on Sunday, in which the…

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Not Southern Cloud Wreckage Found on Beach

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 6

After examining the portion of aeroplane wing discovered on the beach near Sandringham (Victoria) on Sunday, officials of the Civil…

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Plane Wreckage was Target Melbourne Mystery Solved. Melbourne

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 4

Officials of the Defence Department have definitely established that the supposed wreckage of an aeroplane wing which was discovered on…

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Old Bungawalbin Memories. Where Pioneers Lived and Battled and Passed On. Tribal Fight-cricket Incidents. When the Vesta Foundered

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 4

The country embracing Bungawalbin Station, on Bungawalbin Creek, an arm of the Richmond River, was originally taken up by Clarke Irving,…

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Disturbances in Ireland Platform Fired Civic Guards Charge Wreckers

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 3

DUBLIN, Sunday:--Seven Civic Guards protecting the platform erected in the public square at McHill for General O'Duffy, scattered…

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Miracle of Chance Life-giving Serum Washed Ashore

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 5

An astonishing story of a serum which was washed ashore in a phial at the moment when a man was dying for the want of it was related by Dr. R…

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Explosion Wrecks Fruit Shed Spontaneous Combustion of Gases

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday:—A loud explosion, heard three miles away, hurled sheets of galvanised iron and heavy timber 100 yards through…

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Steamer Nambucca Ashore Crew in Serious Plight Heavy Seas Running Darkness Defeats Would-be Rescuers

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday:--The 415 ton wooden coastal steamer Nambucca, is ashore in a dengerous position on the south spit at the…

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Vessel Ashore Crew Safe. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 4

A message received in Sydney today states that the crew of the coastal steamer, Nambucca, which went ashore yesterday, left the stranded…

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Miracle of Chance Life-giving Serum Washed Ashore

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 8

An astonishing story of a serum which was washed ashore in a phial at the moment when a man was dying for the want of it was related by…

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Total Wreck Nambucca Broken by Heavy Seas

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday:-- Pounded by heavy seas for two nights and a day, the coastal steamer Nambucca, which became stradnded…

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Death Collapse Steward of Wrecked Nambucca

Tweed Daily · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday: -- Herbert Edward Millington (64), who was steward on the wrecked coastal steamer Nambucca, collapsed and died at his home…

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Wreck Anniversary

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 2

Yesterday was the 13th anniversary of the loss of the s.s. Wollongbar, at Byron Bay. She became a total wreck during a gale on May 14, 1921…

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German Balloon Wrecked Meteorologist Found Dead Other Occupant Missing

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 3

BERLIN, Monday:— Germany's biggest balloon, which ascended from Bitterfeld on Monday morning for the purpose of measuring…

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Wrecked German Balloon MOSCOW

Northern Star · Thursday 17 May 1934 · page 12

The body of Dr. Schrenk, the pilot of the huge German balloon which crashed near Dunaberg, on the Russo-Latvian frontier yesterday, was found…

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Wreck of the Vesta Sad Story of Immigrant's Fate

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1934 · page 3

The reference to the wreck of the Vesta, mentioned in Mr. E. S. Sorenson's reminiscences in a recent issue, had a poignant interest for Mr. Alex Brown,…

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Blown Up By Germans Doom of Steamer Trafalgar

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 3

To be aboard a steamer accosted and subsequently blown up by a German submarine was the experience in 1915 of a Sydney lady at…

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Whiskers Wreck Reunion Pip, Squeak and Wilfred Wtkoff-strepan "Tug-of-war"

Northern Star · Saturday 26 May 1934 · page 14

1. Wtzoffski has refused to talk to Serge after the airship incident—2. —and when he saw his old school chum in the street he "cut" him dead…

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