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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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Missing Kobenhavn Steamer Junee to Search Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 1

The steamer Junee, belonging to the Adelaide Steamship Co., has been chartered by another company. It is understood that the Junee will search for…

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Devastating Floods Indian Villages Wrecked Appeal for Belief Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 1

Due to an abnormal monsoon, devastating floods have occurred in Assam. Many villagers perished in Silchar, where hundreds of houses were washed…

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Island Freighter Wrecked Off New Guinea Crew Saved Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 2

A message was received in Sydney today that the small island freighter, Vella, was a total wreck off the coast of New Guinea. The crow has been…

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Island Freighter Wrecked off New Guinea SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 1

A message was received in Sydney yesterday that the small island freighter Vella was a total wreck off the coast of New Guinea. The crew…

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Missing Kobenhavn Story of Wreck Discounted Copenhagen

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 4

The East-Asiatic Co., owners of the missing training ship Kobenhavn, consider as unreliable the report that the captain of the steamer Helesius had…

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Bunkers Low Steamer's Plight Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 1

The French steamer, Commandant d'Estreman, bound from Noumea to Sydney, is sheltering at Seal Rocks awaiting coal supplies as her bunkers…

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"Wrecking the Party" Prime Minister Replies to Mr. Theodore Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, to-day referred to the allegations of Mr. Theodore, M.H.R., that he (Mr. Bruce) was trying to wreck the Nationalist…

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'Plane Crashes Two Men Killed Wreckage to Be Examined Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 1

The police have taken charge of the wreckage of the Moth aeroplane which crashed at Bendigo yesterday, resulting in two men being killed. Before the…

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Missing Kobenhavn Message From Search Steamer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 4

The Australian Press Association has received the following wireless message from the steamer Junee, which left Sydney during the week to search…

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Steamer Sunk Name Unknown London, July 8

The Daily Express · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 2

The Danish steamer A[?] Bo[?] wirelessed [?] a vessel [?] after an expo[?] miles north [?] vermouth Life [?] and other [?]…

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Lightship Aground Steamer Picks Up Crew London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 July 1929 · page 5

A mysterious explosion in the North Sea last night, followed by a report that a vessel was seen to be sinking, has new been solved. The lightship…

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Shipwreck in North Sea the Crew Saved London, July 8

The Daily Express · Wednesday 10 July 1929 · page 2

A mysterious explosion in the North sea last night followed by a report that a vessel was seen to have been slaking is now solved…

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Steamer on Fire Sidney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

A wireless message was received in Sydney to-day stating that the steamer King Kadwalion, bound from Africa to Adelaide, had returned to Durban…

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Fire in Hold Australian-bound Steamer Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

[?] age was received in Sydney today that the steamer King Cadwallon, bound from Africa to Adelaide, was returning to Durcan…

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Steamer Abandoned Fire in Holds Crew Scuttle Vessel Cape Town

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 July 1929 · page 2

The steamer King Cadwallon has been abandoned, owing to a further outbreak of fire. It was reported that the steamer was making for Durban…

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Motor Car Thieves Arrested on Steamer Launceston, Monday

The Daily Express · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 1

At Devonport police court, Alfred Miles, 27, Stanley Robinson, 21, and Edward corne[?]us, 25, pleaded guilty to stealing a motor car from…

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Magazine Explodes British Consulate Wrecked London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 1

News has readied here that the explosion of a powder magazine on Friday, in the ancient walled city of Yunnansu, capital of the province of…

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British Steamer Ashore Perim

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

The British steamer, Tongariaro, from Bowen (Q.) to London, went ashore five miles south-west of Ras al Ara, west of Aden. She is not taking…

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Steamer Ashore in Gulf of Aden Perim July 17

The Daily Express · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

The British steamer Tongariro Idom Bowen to London, went ashore five miles east of ‘[?] She is not taking any water aboard…

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Wreckers Communists in A.L.P. A.W.U. MANIFESTO "The Inner Circle" SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 July 1929 · page 2

The Australian Workers' Union issued a manifesto to-night alleging that certain well known Communist members of the Australian Labor Party had…

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