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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Wrecked Plane Found Pilot and Seven Passengers Killed

Tweed Daily · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 7

PANAMA CITY, Saturday:-- Searchers completed a 15-hour jungle trek to find the commercial 'plane reported wrecked by…

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Catarrh Dangerous Often Makes Victims Wornout, Run-down Wrecks

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 7

To be able to breathe freely, hear clearly, smell, taste, and arise in the morning refreshed and strong with head and throat clear and free from…

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Steamer Flooded Carpenter Injured BRISBANE

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 6

The steamer Changte was literally flooded by a wave which broke over her while she was off Newcastle on Saturday night. Cabin windows were…

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Literally Flooded By Huge Wave Steamer Changte Damaged

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday: -- The steamer Changte was literally flooded by a great wave which broke over her while off Newcastle…

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Held-up in Vancouver Steamer from Australia

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Monday:--The crew of the s.s. Wairuna, from Australia, refused to give steam to permit the unloading of the cargo because they…

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Is It a Hoax? Important Message Found a Brunswick Heads. Man Shipwrecked

Mullumbimby Star · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 2

"To the finder of this bottle: I, James Edward Martins, of Redfern, Sydney, am shipwrecked on an island which I judge to be…

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Salvage Engineer Arrives Maheno Wreck Condition of Ship to Investigated

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday:--For the purpose of conducting investigations into the condition of the s.s. Maheno, which was stranded off Fraser Island, Mr…

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Trawler Wrecked in Seven Days to Australia New Flying Boats Imperial Airways' Estimate

Tweed Daily · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday:--Imperial Airways further announce that their flying boats will have four engines on the leading edge of the…

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Crew Arrested Australian Steamer VANCOUVER

Northern Star · Saturday 28 September 1935 · page 7

Thirty-one members of the crew of the Australian steamer, Wairuna, were arrested today on a charge of desertion, after they had left the…

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Steamer Aground in River BRISBANE

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 October 1935 · page 8

Macdonald Hamilton and Co's. steamer Kindur, with more than 300 tons of cargo for Bundaberg, went aground in the rocky reach of the…

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Stranded Steamer Refloated

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 October 1935 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday:--The steamer Kindur, which went aground at the Burnett River on Sunday, was refloated to-day without trouble under her…

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R.A.A.F. Plane Wrecked Two Occupants Badly Injured

Tweed Daily · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday:--An Air Force training Moth 'plane was wrecked in a crash on the emergency landing ground at Werribee to-day…

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Discovery of Wreckage Air Disaster Melbourne

Northern Star · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 9

The worst fears as to the fate of the Holyman Airways Company's liner Liona were realised to-day. Large…

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Air Liner Disaster Log Books and Mail Bags Washed Ashore

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday:--The search for the missing air liner Loina was continued to-day without success. The log books of the plane were washed…

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Search for Main Wreckage Bass Strait Disaster Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 7

The search for the bodies of the five victims of the air liner Loina's smash has been officially abandoned, but today Group Captain Harrison of the Air…

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Saw Loina Dive Erratically Seal Is. Evidence No Sign of Main Wreckage or Victims' Bodies

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: -- The members of the Air Accidents Investigation Committee, who are still inquiring into the Loina disaster off…

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Tyre Burst British Air Liner Wrecked

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 2

LONDON, Monday: -- A message from Kampala (Uganda) says that the Imperial Airways liner Hanno burst a tyre in landing at Entebbe and…

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8 Dead ;75 Injured Factory Wrecked by Explosion

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 3

CHICAGO, Monday:--Eight persons are dead and 75 injured following an explosion and fire which wrecked the Soya Products factory…

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Building Wrecked Fatalities In Chicago Explosion CHICAGO

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 4

Between seven and 13 persons were killed and at least 60 injured to-day as the result of an explosion and fire which wrecked the…

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Wreckage of Air Liner Destroyer and Trawler to Search

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday:--At the request of the Civil Aviation authorities, the destroyer Tattoo, assisted by the trawler Olive Cam, will be…

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