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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931

18 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Plane Wrecked at Exeter Occupants Suffer Minor Injuries Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

Flight-Lieutenant Charlesworth and Cadet Johnson, of the R.A.A.F., suffered minor injuries when the Wapiti plane, in which they were flying,…

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Latest Cable News Ship Ashore

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 2

The British motor ship Enton is ashore on a reef in New Caledonia She is not in any immediate danger, however. A vessel from Noumes…

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Telegraphic News (Australian Press Association Message)STEAMER Wrecked in Fog Ten Lives Lost LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 1

With the loss of ten lives, the steamer Citrine, from Glasgow, bound for North Wales, was wrecked on Bradda Head,…

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Survivors of Wrecked Viking Three Picked Up St. John’s Newfoundland

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 March 1931 · page 1

The sealer Beothic picked up a dory containing three more survivors of the Viking which was wrecked by an…

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Ship Ashore

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 2

During a dense fog the liner Malabar struck a reef known as Little Bomba, and is now held fast on it with her side caved in. There was…

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Roundabout Jottings Origin of the Lifeboat

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 April 1931 · page 3

After a terrible shipwreck in the Tyne in 1789, rewards, were offered for a design for a boat to save lives. Two designs sent in, which were selected,…

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The Wrecked Liner

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 2

Owing to the heavy swell salvage operations on the wrecked steamer Malabar, which could no the undertaken yesterday, were postponed…

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Wrecked ’Plane Pilot Still Sought Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 1

It is expected that word will be received to-day from the searchers, who are in the Tallarook Ranges, looking for J. H. Ekin’s ’plane. It is believed…

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Typewriter Wrecker

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 3

Smashing typewriters isn’t as easy a it sounds. Tallulah Bankhead, while engaged in acting a scene for her initial Paramount picture, “Tarnished Lady,”…

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Air Liner Wrecked Through Bad Weather Five Killed PARIS

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 2

Five persons, including a well-known Parisian mannequin, were killed when the Cannes to Paris air liner crashed, near Grengable, owing to the pilot…

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Cutter Wrecked

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 7

A radio report from Flinders Island states that the cutter Romp was wrecked on July 30 at Gone Point as the result of being caught in a…

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Trawler Strikes Reef Crew Go Ashore Vessel Floats Off in Night SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 1

The trawler Koraaga struck a reef at Jervis Bay late last night. Within a short time there was ten feet of water in the hold, and Captain Reid ordered…

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Steamer Floated

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 7

The steamer Kianga, which was recently wrecked near Moruya, has been floated. She put to sea yesterday, but had to return, leaking. She…

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Steamer Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 2

The ferry steamer Lady Scott dashed into the wharf at Blue Nose Point this morning, tearing away part of the wharf. Water poured into her…

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Steamer Goulburn Gets Full Union Crew Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 October 1931 · page 1

When the owners called for a crew. for the steamer Goulburn in Melbourne to-day a full Union complement was speedily secured…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 2

The Suva steamer Beulah was wrecked yesterday at the entrance to the lagoon at Fanning Island. It is believed she is a total loss. There…

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Buiding Wrecked High Explosives and Fire Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 November 1931 · page 1

Two brick shops at Clifton Hill Victoria were completely, and a third extensively damaged early this morning when a terrific explosion…

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Southern Star To Pick up Air Mail From Wrecked Liner SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 1

Australian National Airways advised this morning that on Monday, the airliner Southern Star, will leave Sydney en route for Alor Star, to pick up the…

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