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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

8 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Submarine Chaser Wrecked

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 7

TOKIO.—The recently invented submersible submarine chaser, which is being tested in Sasebo Harbor, collided with a torpedo boat. The…

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Latest Cable News the Mozura Wreck

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 2

90KI0.—A further message with regard to the Mozura disaster shows that the dead now total 46. All hope is abandoned for the remainder,…

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Trawler Wrecked SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

During the heavy fog last night the Sydney trawler David Blake struck the Mimosa Rock, near Tathra, on the South Coast. Heavy seas are running…

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Wrecked Steamer. Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 1

The crew of the coastal steamer Nambucca which went ashore near Nambucca Heads yesterday, have left the stranded…

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Latest Cable News Disastrous Steamer Explosion

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 2

HONGKONG, Wednesday.— The Chinese steam launch Yuri was proceeding down Canton Harbor this morning, when the boiler exploded,…

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Steamer Refloated

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 2

A radio message received today states that the stranded steamer Montoro has been refloated…

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Latest Cable News Steamer Adrift and Helpless

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 2

LONDON.—Grave anxiety is felt for the British cargo steamer "Mill pool," of 4218 tons, to whose assistance the Cunarder "Ascanfa" and…

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’Plane Wreckage Not That of Ulm’s HONOLULU

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 1

United States’ navy officials believe the aeroplane pieces found at Niihau are part of a condemned navy ’plane, as the strut is of aliminium while…

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