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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931

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Steamer Goulburn Crew Quickly Obtained Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 1

When the owners called for a crew for the steamer Goulburn to-day there was a quick response. A full union complement was soon signed on…

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Violent Gale Lashes British Coast Schooner Wrecked London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 2

Great Britain and the surrounding coasts to-day experienced a violent gale. The St. Anne, a French three-masted schooner, went ashore at Port…

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'Plane Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 November 1931 · page 7

An Australian National Airways moth 'plane, piloted by Mr. O. B. Hall, of Sydney, and carrying a passenger, Mr. J. Campbell, was…

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Steamer Wrecked Off Fanning Island Suva (Fiji)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 2

The steamer Reulah went aground yesterday at the entrance to a lagoon at Fanning Island, and it is believed that the vessel is a total wreck…

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'Plane Wrecked in Forced Landing Cairo

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 November 1931 · page 2

Mr. Mollison was forced to land in a maize field near Minis, Upper Egypt. He was uninjured, but it is reported that the machine was…

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Derailment in New Zealand Seventeen Waggons Wrecked Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 1

A serious railway accident occurred on the main line about 100 miles from Auckland last night when a goods train left the rails. Seventeen waggons…

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Terrific Explosion Followed by Fire Two Shops Wrecked Extensive Damage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

Two shops in Queen's Parade, Clifton Hill, were completely wrecked and the street extensively damaged at 12.50 o'clock this morning when a…

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Shipping Mishaps Steamers and Tug Ashore Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1931 · page 4

The North Coast steamer Namabneea struck a breakwater at Nambneea Heads yesterday afternoon and later went aground. Hopes of refloating…

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Five Killed Explosions Wreck Tanker Montreal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 1

Five people were killed and an un-estimated number injured when three heavy explosions wrecked a tanker, owned by the Standard Oil Company,…

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Imported Wreckers Among Appointees Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 1

Referring to the new appointments to the Upper House, the leader of the Western Movement (Mr Body) said today that they included imported…

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The Post Mortem Wrecks in the Willimbong War

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 2

The WilUmbong War has been lost and won. Now for the post mortem. Bill Adams might have won the battle of Waterloo, but he lost the…

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Chinese Students Disorder in Shanghai Government Offices Wrecked SHANGHAI

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 2

Local students continue to demonstrate in the city. There was an outbreak of violence last night when the Chinese administrative headquarters…

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Steamer Founders One Boat Reaches Land Many Drowned OSLO

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 December 1931 · page 1
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Brought ashore near Maaloey famished and exhausted, in a boat containing the corpses of four ship mates, an English first officer, Savage, and…

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Discovery on Steamer Man with Arteries Severed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 1

When the steamer Ulimaroa was at sea, passengers saw that the blankets in the calan of one of the second class passengers were soaked with blood…

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Fire on Steamer 250 Chinese Perish Passengers Panic-stricken Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1931 · page 1

Approximately 250 Chinese passengers on the Chinese inter-Island steamer Tateh of 800 tons, are believed to have perished early…

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Loss of Rum-runner First Officer's Evidence How Vessel Foundered Oslo

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1931 · page 1

When an inquiry into the loss of the rum runner Venus opened at Maaloey the first officer of the vessel, Savage, caused a surprise by declaring…

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Steamer Aground SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 3

The steamer Newton, Elm ran aground at Crescent Head, 180 miles north of Newcastle, this morning. This captain wirelessed that the…

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Shanghai Students Invade Newspaper Office Plant Wrecked Troops Compelled To Fire SHANGHAI

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1931 · page 1

Fulfilling expectations, students assembled here and went on a rampage this afternoon. They first attacked the plant of the "Daily News," the…

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Stranded Steamer Little Hope of Refloating Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1931 · page 1

The latest Information indicates hat there is little improvement in the position of the steamer Newton Elm, which grounded near Crescent Head,…

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