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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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Wrecked Gunnindal Master to Show Cause Guilty of Negligence Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 2

The Court of Marine Inquiry today found Captain Howse, the master of the trawler Gunniadal, which was wrecked near Cape Howe, guilty of negligence…

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Wrecked Steamer Norwich City Survivors Arrival in Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 1

Survivors of the steamer Norwich City, which was recently wrecked off the coast of Fiji, arrived in Sydney to-day. They gave a graphic account of…

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Launch in Trouble. Pilot Steamer Rescues Occupant Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 1

A small motor launch got into difficulties off the coast early this morning. The pilot steamer Captain Cook went to the rescue of the sole…

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Manuka Wreck Ashore in a Fog Passengers Safely Landed Dunedin, N.Z.

The Daily Express · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 1

The Union Company’s steamer, Manuka, ran ashore in a fog about 40 miles south of Dunedin last night and this morning was reported to…

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Manuka Wrecked Rocks Struck in Fog Passengers Safe Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 5

The Union Co.'s steamer Manuka ran ashore on the rocks about 40 miles south of Dunedin last night, and this morning was reported to be a total…

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Tale of 100 Years Ago White Pirates Living Like Beasts Wrecking, Robbery, Rapine and Debauchery Give Place to Order and Beauty

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 December 1929 · page 3

One hundred and twenty-two years ago, Kangaroo Island, now holding a very different reputation, began a chapter of its history that seems…

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Wrecked Manuka Vessel Capsizes Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 4

The wrecked steamer Manuka capsized during the night, and rolled over onto deep water…

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Cape Flight Crashed at Night Wrecked on Mountain Side London, Dec. 19

The Daily Express · Saturday 21 December 1929 · page 1

There is still no connected story of the R.A.F. disaster. French officials are of opinion that the fliers lost their way in a storm, and were…

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Pack Up Your Troubles Woman Plays Piano Averted Panic in Manuka Wreck Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Express · Monday 23 December 1929 · page 1

Remarkable courage was displayed by Mrs. Legge, of Melbourne, on the wreak of the Manuka, and the fine example she set won the admiration…

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A False Alarm Dinghy and Lifebelts Washed Ashore Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 24 December 1929 · page 1

When a dinghy was washed up on Ocean Beach, Woy Woy, last night and lifebelts and lifebuoys were seen in the breakers, it was feared that a…

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Fire on Steamer Early Morning Outbreak Singapore

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 December 1929 · page 8

Fifty passengers were aroused from sleep at 3 o'clock this morning and ordered ashore, following an outbreak of fire on the round-the-world liner,…

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Grim Fight Lifeboat to Help of Disabled Steamer Crew Rescued London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1929 · page 1

The Fleetwood lifeboat rescued six men, the skeleton crew from tho French steamer, Tchad, bound from Bordeaux to Morccambe. The Tchad dragged her…

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Further Gales in Great Britain German Steamer Abandoned LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1929 · page 2

The gale along the English coast extended inland, causing considerable damage to property and uprooting large trees. In Manchester, a house…

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