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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

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Artic Flyer's Fate Wrecked in Alaska 'Plane Located SEATTLE

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 1

A radiogram from headquarters states that a search is being made for the missing aviator Eilson in Alaska. The 'plane has been located with the…

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Was It a Bomb? to Wreck Museum London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 3 February 1930 · page 4

Following a telephone message from a stranger giving the name of Alikhan, who declared he overheard Indian students plotting to blow up the…

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Steamer on Fire Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 2

A five broke out on board [?] British steamer Honor at News this this morning. The boat was [?] with 1000 tons of oil which [?]…

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Steamer Afire Loaded With Oil Three of Crew Injured Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 24 February 1930 · page 1

A fire broke out at Newcastle this morning on the British steamer "Honour," which was loaded with 1000 tons of oil. all ready to he pumped into the…

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Steamer Stranded Bound for New York London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 1

The steamer Curicoi, from Geelong to New York, with a crew of 40 and nine passengers, is totally disabled, 880 miles from Balboa. Immediate assist-…

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Schooner Capsizes Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 1

News was received from Rabaul to the effect that when a schooner recently capsized thirteen natives were drowned. The other occupants…

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Otranto Collides With French Steamer Port Said

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 1

The Orient Company's liner "Otranto" collided with the French steamer "Bernardin de St. Pierre," which was anchored in the [?]arbour…

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Trawler Wrecked Seven Lives Lost London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 1

The crow of seven of the Aberdeen trawler, "Bendoran," which grounded on the treacherous sherries of the Shetlands were drowned after clinging…

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Sinks Vessel Explosion on Steamer Athens

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 1

A explosion in the boiler room sank the Italian steamer "Frederigo Carolla" in three minutes, drowning 20 out of a crew of 23…

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Aground in River Steamer Refloated Hobart

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 1

The steamer Ngakuta, which went ashore in the Huon River yesterday, was refloated last night…

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Explosion Sinks Steamer Twenty Drowned—Three Saved Athens

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 April 1930 · page 1

An explosion in the boiler room sank this Italian steamer "Enrederigo oolla" in three minutes, drowning 20 of the crew of 23…

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Steamer in Trouble Runs on Sand Bank Passengers Taken Ashore Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 29 May 1930 · page 1

When the steamer Favourite, with 130 passengers aboard, ran on a sand bank at Botany Day yesterday, tow men, Frank Brydon and Arthur Bolton…

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To-day's Wires. Steamer Aground [?] Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 May 1930 · page 8

When the steamer, Favorite [?] 150 passengers on board, aran[?] on a sand bank in Botany Bay [?]day, two men, Frank Brydon [?]…

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Fire in Cinema Glebe Outbreak Dress Circle Wrecked Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 1

A fire broke out this morning at Glebe Picture Theatre. The dress circle was wrecked, the screen burnt and the talkie and cinematograph…

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In Collision Steamer and Motor Boat Five Killed London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 1

A message from Zarea states that when the Yugoslav steamer Karageorevitch collided with the Italian motor boat Francesco Moresini, five were…

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Power Station Wrecked Thirty Labourers Entombed TOKIO

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 10 July 1930 · page 1

Thirty labourers were entombed when a tunnel of Sumitomo power station, Myzakiken, was wrecked by an explosion yesterday afternoon. The…

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"The Wreckers" Band of Hoodlums Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 1

Vandals, during the week-end, raided several firms at Erskineville, and, in addition to destroying hundreds of pounds' worth of property, stole booty…

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The Roadside Wreck

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 12

Everyone has seen it somewhere or other along the bush roads; it is the wrecked sulky. It may have been Old Wilson's or young Bob Jones…

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Signals of Distress From Steamer Sumatra Fears for Safety Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 28 July 1930 · page 1

Signals of distress from the steamer Sumatra, which gave its location as midway between Borneo and Java, were picked up yesterday morning by…

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Communist Riot Eleven Arrested Landlord's Home Wrecked Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 1

There was intense excitement at the Communist Hall in Goulburn Street yesterday, when a posse of police, under Sergeants Sheehy and Coombes,…

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