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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

11 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Vessel Wrecked

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 7

The cargo vessel Northern Firth, which is uncles charter to the Patrick Steamship Company, ran aground on Brush Island, 30 miles south of…

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Steamer Abandoned Crew Take to Boats 18 Missing LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 1

The French schooner, Rouzie, was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay, and her crew of 29 put off in eight boats. Three have since been found empty…

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Wreckers and Builders

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 2

Every one of us is by virtue of our citizenship, a builder or a wrecker. The wrecker is haying his fling among us because there is not in Australia a…

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Vessel, Ashore

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 April 1932 · page 2

Port Mila, New" Hebrides—On Wednesday the Burns-Phillip steamer Malinoa ran ashore on a reef on the island of Aoba during a cyclone,…

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Steamer's Big Death Roll

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 May 1932 · page 2

Paris.—The arrival of the steamer Andrellebon at Djibouti with the survivors of the Georges Phillipar, including Captain Vicq, has enabled…

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Letters to the Editor Lang —Wrecker Ot Labor

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 2

Sir,—Since his elevation to place and power in the Labor movement, Lang, as a wrecker, holds a record bradmanesque in its greatness. He wrecked the…

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The State That Jack Wrecked

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 2

This is the State, that Jack wrecked. This is the country all harassed and worn— The bailiff’s in and the cash has “gorn”…

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The State That Jack Wrecked

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 2

This is the State that Jack wrecked, This is the country all harassed and worn— The bailiff's in and the cash has…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Steamer Ulmarra Safe

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1932 · page 7

The steamer Uimarra reached Sydney yesterday morning after a protracted voyage, which was due to an accident to the machinery…

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Steamer Wrecked on Maiden Voyage

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 November 1932 · page 2

The mission steamer Southern Cross was totally wrecked yesterday on the island of Aneityun, in the New Hebrides, while on her maiden…

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Southern Cross Wreck

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1932 · page 7

The master of the wrecked mission vessel Southern Cross is safe, having reached Vila in a launch. Details of the wreck show that the officers…

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