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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

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Severe Storm Wrecked Houses in its Wake Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

During a cyclonic storm at Beenleigh and Beaudesert (Queensland) many building were unroofed. Sheets of iron were hurled 70 yards,…

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Dutiable Goods Found on Schooner Successful Search Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

Last night members of the police force and Customs officers boarded the schooner Isabel, which arrived from Panama earlier in the day, and…

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New Year Surprise Panama Schooner Boarded in Sydney Harbour Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

Last night, police and Customs officers boarded the schooner Isabel, which arrived from Panama earlier in the day, and, after a search, it is alleged they…

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Stranded Steamer Oakpord Eleven Officers and Crew Drowned

Western Age · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

Eleven men, being officers and crew of the steamer Oakford, which ws stranded in a gale after the vessel, sprang a leak, off Texel Island, were…

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Milkman's Sued Wrecked

The Western Herald · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 2

An explosion on Hassan's Walls road, Lithgow, wrecked a delivery cart in a shed at the rear of premises occupied by Oliver Smith, a…

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Lucky Escape Vulture Wrecks Plane Calcutta

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 1

The French airman, Chartoire, while flying from Paris to Saigon, narrowly escaped death to-day, when a vulture struck the propeller of his plane…

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Lugger Foundered Ten Lives Lost Two Launches Feared For Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 1

Ten lives were lost when the lugger Mildred foundered between Schnapper Island and Cape Tribulation, about 55 miles from Cooktown (Q.), during a…

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Bertram Henry Lewis Committed For Trial by Coroner Suspicious Fire at Gular Store Lengthy and Prolonged Hearing Expert Considers Explosion Wrecked Store Before Fire

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 1

At the Gulargambone Court House on Monday an inquiry was commenced into circumstances sur rounding the fire which destroyed the store premises of the late Henry James Lewis, at Gular,…

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Steamer Ashore Rapidly Breaking Up Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 1

During last night, a large quantity of wreckage from the steamer Jap was washed ashore at Forster. The vessel is rapidly breaking up…

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Salvaging Wrecks Seeking Sunken Treasure

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 2

The Italian salvage ship, Artiglio II., which recovered the gold bullion from the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Egypt, off the coast of France, has…

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Salvaging Wrecks Seeking Sunken Treasure

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 3

THE Italian salvage ship, Artiglio II, which recovered the gold bullion from the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Egypt, off the coast of…

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Amnesty Bill Wrecked Spanish Government Madrid

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 1

The Premier (M. Leroux) to-day resigned from office,and the Government will be dissolved. A state of alarm throughout Spain…

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A Total Wreck Steamer Nambucca Sydeny

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 1

The steamer Nambucca has broken in halves, and is now a total wreck…

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Steamer Ashore Passengers Safe. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 August 1934 · page 1

The 'steamer Montoro which went ashore on the coast of New Guinea is reported to be badly bumping on the rocks, and fears…

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Steamer Collision. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 5

A sensational accident occurred near Newcastle last night when the Ferry Steamer Blue Bell collided with the steamer Warraneen,…

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Latest Telegrams Mutiny on Steamer. London

The Western Herald · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 4

A Shanghai message states another shocking outrage in so-called Manchukuo has just reached there. The guards employed…

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Safe in Port Steamer Not Badly Damaged Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 1

The steamer Milora, which grounded in Port Phillip Bay, and was subsequently refloated, was towed into Williamstown last night…

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Holiday Season in the City of Sydney Frail Females in Frailer Frills Angry Elements Wreck all Fashion's Frocking Blouse Vogue Once Again Popular

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 5

It is not possible, to live, in the city without being caught, up in the whirl of excitement surrounding the spring racing season and the Eight Hour Day…

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Missing Mail Plane Charred Wreck Pilot and Passengers Gone Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 1

Reduced to a charred mass of wreckage, the missing Qantas mail plane, Atalanta, was discovered about 60 miles from Longreach to-day…

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Eight-Hour Procession Wrecked by Rain and Cold

Western Age · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 1

Heavy rain and extreme cold was responsible for a poor attendance at Sydney Six-Hour Hay procession, and of sixty unions scheduled to…

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