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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

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Steamer Naldera Ten Feet of Water in Hold Mutton Jettisoned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 3

A cable message was received by the Sydney Marine Underriters' Association that the liner Naldera struck a heavy storm shortly before reaching…

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Battle with Cyclone Steamer's Ordeal Arrival at Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 1

Battered after a titanic battle with a cyclone which blew for days on end, the steamer Largo Law arrived in Newcastle yesterday for repairs…

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The Roadside Wreck

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 4

Everyone has seen it somewhere of other along the bush roads; it is the wrecked sulky. It may have been Old Wilson or young Bob Jones, who…

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Steamer Passenger Missing Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 1

When the steamer Karoola arrived from Melbourne today it was reported that a third class passenger, Paul MacGar[?]y of Melbourne…

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The Roadside Wreck

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 2

Everyone bas seen it somewhere or other along the bosh roads; it is the wrecked sulky. It may have been Old Wilson's or young Bob…

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"The Wreckers" Visit to St. Peter's Much Damage and Theft Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 1

A gang, self-styled "The Wreckers," visited the premises of Cerutti Spilstead Co., wood turners, at St. Peter's during the week-end and did consider…

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Famous Yacht Wrecked in New Hebrides Port Vila (New Hebrides)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 6

The yacht Snark was wrecked off the island of Epi (New Hebrides). This yacht was made fashion by Jack London who wrote "The Voyage of the…

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Chinese Pirates Capture a Steamer London, July 22

The Daily Express · Thursday 24 July 1930 · page 1

Hong Kong telegrams state that Chinese pirates, travelling as passengers aboard the steamer Helekion, overpowered the Chinese…

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Wireless Telephony 'Plane Converses with Steamer 6000 Miles Apart London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 July 1930 · page 1

A new record for long distance radiotelephony was established when the occupants of an aeroplane in South America conversed with the liner…

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Mission Schooner Wrecked at Samari 7 Natives Drowned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 2

The general secretary of the Methodist Missionary Society of Australia (The Rev. G. Berton) has received a wireless message from Samarai…

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Mission Launch Wrecked Canberra

The Daily Express · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 2

The Prime Minister received a radiogram from the Lieutenant Governor of Papua, Sir Gilbert Murray, reporting that the Methodist…

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Mission Launch Wreck Natives Went Mad Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 July 1930 · page 2

A radio message received from Port Moresby states that the loss of the Methodist mission launch Bromilow occurred on the night of…

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Steamer Sinking Wireless for Help London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 2

The steamer Narbuddah sent a winless message that it was sinkin about 100 miles east of Gilbraltar after a collision with a Spanish steamer…

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Steamer Sinking Collision Off Gibraltar London, July 31

The Daily Express · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 1

The Nerbudda wirelessed that she was sinking 100 miles east of Gibral[?]ar, after collision with a Spanish steamer. Salvage [?] rushing…

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Steamer Held Up Trouble with Crew Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1930 · page 4

The steamer Moeraki did not sail for New Zealand to-day owing to trouble with the crew. It is expected that the vessel will sail to-morrow. It…

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Steamer in Trouble 100 Miler Off Gibraltar Help Being Sent. Olbraltar

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1930 · page 4

The steamer Me[?]buda, which same into collision with a Spanish vessel about 100 miles from here, now reports what she requires help. The stokehold…

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Steamer Sold for £26 Fremantle (W.a.)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 2

The steamer Lyguern was again submitted at public auction, and was sold for £26 to the bidder who placed the highest bid on Friday. On that day be…

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Castaways on Bird Island Smack Blown Off Course Refusal To Leave By Steamer BRISBANE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 August 1930 · page 5

On her last voyage to the East, the steamer Taiping found about 35 men and women castaways on Bird Island, about 800 miles from Thursday Island…

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Ejected From Wine Shop Mob Wreck the Building Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 11 August 1930 · page 1

Following on the ejection of a man from a wine saloon in Surry Hills yesterday afternoon, about twenty youths wrecked the place last night…

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Steamer, Afire in Indian Ocean Durban, August 11

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 August 1930 · page 1

The British steamer Brookwood, from Tune to New Caledonia with a cargo of coal, wirelessed that its afterhold is afire. The crew were…

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