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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Body Taken Ashore Late Mr. MacDonald BERMUDA

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 November 1937 · page 7

The late Ramsay MacDonald's body was brought ashore here to-day. It was learned that there was no sign of illness until he complained of pains in…

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Sensational Story Crew's Panic Sinking of Greek Steamer

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 17 November 1937 · page 6

NEW YORK, Monday:- Borton Balaskas, the third engineer of the Tzenny Chandris. the Greek steamer which…

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Miami Night Club Wrecked Masked and White-Robed Invaders

Tweed Daily · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 3

MIAMI (Florida), Tuesday:--A hundred masked and white-robed men and women broke into a Miami night club early this…

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Money Dispute Wrecks Queer Triangle Revelations in Court

Tweed Daily · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 7

CHICAGO, Wednesday:--An arrangement whereby a mother and her son lived happily for five years with her divorced husband…

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900 Houses Wrecked Typhoon In Philippines

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 November 1937 · page 8

MANILA, Thursday:--A typhoon which swept southern Mindoro left heavy destruction in its wake. There are five dead and 900 houses…

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Runaway Steamer Causes £10,000 Damage LISBON

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 November 1937 · page 5

Five tugs were needed to chock a runaway British steamer, the Dalhanna, which was torn from its moorings by a flood at the mouth…

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Shark's Dash After Man Carried It Ashore Brisbane

Northern Star · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 6

A middle-aged fisherman, "Tiny" Gill, had a lucky escape to-day from death when he was chased through muddy water by an 8 foot blue nose…

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Runaway Steamer Causes Havoc £10,000 Damage in Lisbon Harbor

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 6

LISBON, Tuesday:--Five tugs were needed to check the runaway British Steamer Dalhanna when it was torn from its moorings by flood waters at…

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Steamer Sinks 17 of Crew Missing New York

Northern Star · Saturday 27 November 1937 · page 9

It is feared that seventeen of the crew were lost when the steamer, Nollington Castle, struck a submerged object near Haiti. The steamer…

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Fears for Portion of Crew Steamer Strikes Submerged Object

Tweed Daily · Saturday 27 November 1937 · page 5

MIAMI, Thursday:--It is feared that 17 of the crew are lost of the steamer N[?]lington Castle after it struck a submerged object…

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Rudder of Plane Washed Ashore

Tweed Daily · Monday 29 November 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.--A charred and rusted rudder of an aeroplane was found washed upon rocks at Point Piper yesterday by Robert…

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Wrecked Airliner Found LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 7

Missing since it left Salonica for Sofia, on November 23, a Polish airliner on the Palestine-Warsaw service was found wrecked and almost…

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The Crashing Demons Another Wrecked at Cootamundra Third Machine Damaged

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 December 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday:—Another Hawker Demon bomber attached to the Laverton (Victoria) Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force crashed and was wrecked at Cootamundra to-day…

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Sailed Across Atlantic in Tiny Yacht Wrecked When Almost At End of Voyage

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 6

MARSEILLES, Monday:--After a lonely voyage of 3,000 miles across the Atlantic in a tiny yacht, youthful Jean Gau landed from the liner…

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Another Hawker Demon Wrecked Crash Near Gosford Two Occupants Escape Serious Injury

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- Another Royal Australian Air Force Hawker Demaon plane has crashed. This latest accident occurred Avoca Beach reserve, 11 miles from Gosford, shortly after 9 a.m. to-day…

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Wrecked by Storm

Northern Star · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 9

So great was the damage caused by Wednesday's storm to the old soap works building in Three Chain Road, South Lismore, that the owner (Mr. H. J. Hensley) intends to dismantle the remainder of the building and sell the timber and iron. Sheets of iron were scattered more than 100 yards from the building and a portion of a side wall did extensive damage to Mr. A. W. Habib's orchard. Messrs. A. W. and J. Habib are…

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"Wreckers of Stars" Soviet Purge Extends to Observatories

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday:--The "Daily Telegraph's" Moscow correspondent says a number of "wreckers of astronomy" have been removed…

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Liner Runs Ashore DURBAN

Northern Star · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 7

The liner, Stuart Star, which went ashore at East London (Cape Colony) was abandoned as a total loss. Fifteen passengers, bound for Australia,…

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Liner Abandoned. Ashore on Rocky Coast

Tweed Daily · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday.--The Blue Star liner Stuart Star (11,928 tons) is ashore on the rocky coast of Hood Point lighthouse. It has…

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Wrecked Liner Broken Up by Seas

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 3

TOKIO, Sunday.--The Domei news-agency says reports from Formosa state that the American liner President Hoover, which grounded on a…

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