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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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Vessel Ashore. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 2

According to a wireless message received in Sydney this morning from the collier Saros, an unknown vessel is ashore at Cape Howe. The…

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Steamer Stranded Unknown Vessel at Cape Howe Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 4 November 1929 · page 1

According to the wireless message received in Sydney early this morning from the collier Saros, an unknown vessel is [?] at Cape [?]…

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Steamer Afire Wool Cargo Aboard Capetown

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 November 1929 · page 1

The Dutch cargo steamer, Sumatra, returned to the docks, after a night at sea, with a cargo of wool afire. Fire engines awaited the arrival of the…

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Famous Windjammer Ashore at Cape Verde London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 14 November 1929 · page 1
Also in Western Age

The famous windjammer "Garthpool" is ashore at Boavista, Cape Verde Islands. It is stated that there are no hopes for salvage. All the crew…

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Suicide Identified a Nervous Wreck Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1929 · page 1

The man whose body was found at the foot of the cliffs, at South Head, has been identified as William Joss, who for some time had been under…

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Steamer Disabled Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 December 1929 · page 2

The disabled steamer, Orungal has been taken in tow by the Mungana. Both vessels are now making toward Sydney, where it is hoped to…

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B[?]e or Blazers? Football Finale Fiasco Night Wrecked by Roughs

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 6

On Friday evening a smoke social was hold in the Railway Institute Hull, when the building was taxed to its utmost capacity by a large crowd of…

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Wrecked Steamer Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 8

A radio message from Apia states that eleven of the crew of the steamer Norwich City were drowned when the vessel struck ground…

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Eleven Drowned When Steamer Grounds An Apian Tragedy SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 1
Also in Western Age

A radio message from Apia states that eleven of the crew of the steamer "Norwich City" were drowned when the vessel struck including two Arab…

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Moth 'Plane Wrecked Mascot Tragedy Young Girl Fatally Injured Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 1

Crushing from too feet, a Moth 'plane was wrecked at the canal bank, off General Holmes-drive, Mascot. late on Saturday afternoon, and the two…

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Act of Vengeance Wrecking a Launch Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 1

The police are inquiring into an attempt to wreck a launch, in Kogarah Bay. Thirteen holes were drilled with an…

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Electric Light Standard Wrecked

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 8

This morning a car came into collision with the electric light standard at the intersection of Percy Street and Nanima Crescent, with…

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Manuka Ashore Total Wreck Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 1

The Union Company's steamer, Manuka, ran ashore in a fog about 40 mile's south of Dunedin last night. This morning if. is reported to be a…

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Wreckage Washed Ashore Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 December 1929 · page 3

When a dinghy was washed ashore on Ocean Beach at Woy Woy yesterday, and life belts and life buoys were seen in the breakers, it was…

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