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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

8 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Infantile Paralysis on Steamer

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 7

When the steamer Maunganul arrived at Bluff (New Zealand) last night the health authorities were notified that a Tasmanian boy, aged 9…

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Rebel Warplanes Kill Members of Crew of British Steamer PARIS

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

Spanish insurgents’ warships have captured the American oil tanker, Nantucket Chief. BARCELONA, Thursday…

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Steamer Morinda Ashore Passengers and Crew Take to Lifeboats SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 1

The Burns Philp steamer Morinoa is ashore off Malo Island in the New Hebredies, and preparations are being made to disembark the passengers and…

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Steamer Ashore Passengers Rescued SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

News of the rescue of passengers aboard the steamer Bund which went ashore in the Kei Islands in Dutch Indies, was brought to Sydney by the…

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British Steamer Bombed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 3

VALENCIA.—The British steamer Thorpeness, which was bombed early in the year, was the victim of another aerial attack this morning and…

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Casualties on Steamer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 2

When the steamer Morinda arrived to-day from the New Hebrides three passengers and a member or the crew were conveyed to hospital…

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British Steamer Bombed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 July 1938 · page 2

MADRID.— Rebel planes bombed and sank the British steamer "Dell-wyn" in Gandia Harbour…

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British Liner Held Up by Rebel Steamer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 2

LONDON.—The British liner Llandaff Castle, bound from England to South Africa, was held by up a Spanish rebel armed trawler in the…

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