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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

8 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Lost Paringa Lifeboat Wreckage Found

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 4

The finding of a battered portion of a lifeboat at Torquay with the name Paringa painted on the stern is the first definite clue of the fate of the…

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Fire on Steamer

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE.—Damage estimated at more than £10,000 was caused by a fire which broke out on the interstate vessel Taroona while she was…

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Pirate Trawler Report by British Steamer LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 1

The British steamer Avocata advised Lloyds to-day that while passing Salvage Islands, 180 miles south of Madeira, yesterday the watch saw…

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Our Racing Letter Doomben Cup Winner Verdun Might be a Possibility for Southern Spring Races Big Cash Investment of Price-wrecker was a Sore Point with Fireman's Trainer. Young Jockey Overdoes Front-Running Tactics

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 1

One of the most interesting developments of winter form is Verdun, who on Saturday won the Doomben Cup at a mile and a quarter. He beat…

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Latest Cable News Trail of Wrecked Machines in Big Air Race

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 2

LONDON.—Scott aid Gutherie were the only airmen to reach Johannesburg in the air race. Victor Smith abandoned the race at Khartoum on…

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Terrific Explosion French Powder Factory Wrecked MARSEILLES

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 November 1936 · page 1

Thirty are believed to have been killed and at least 200 injured to-day as the result of a terrific explosion in the Government powder factory in…

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Telegraphic News Sydney. 2 p.m. Air Liner Wrecked

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 2

The A.N.A. 'plane, Loila, which left Melbourne at 8 o'clock this morning on a trip to Sydney, crashed into a fence at Seymour aerodrome, and…

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The Civil War German Steamer Seized London

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 December 1936 · page 1

The Government official in Spain says that the German steamer Palos, which was captured yesterday by a Spanish Government warship, was carrying…

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