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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Missing 'Plane Wreck Survivors on Board Marseilles

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 1

An aeroplane piloted by Goulette, who recently broke the Cape record, and Moreau, in which two survivors of the lost Georges Philippar, M…

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Eucharistic Congress Pilgrims Audience of Pope Steamer Speeded Up

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 3

ROME, Thursday. Under the Orient Co.'s special instructions, the liner Ormonde was speeded up, and reached Naples a day…

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Eucharist Congress Pilgrims Audience of Pope Steamer Speeded Up Home

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 2

Under the Orient Co.'s special instructions the liner Ormonde was speeded up and reached Naples a day head of the schedule to permit 150…

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"Lang the Wrecker" Mr. Coates' Comparison Coonamble

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 6

Speaking here to-night the leader of the Federal Labour Party (Mr. Coates, M.L.C.) described Mr. Lang as the champion wrecker of Labor…

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The State That Jack Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 15

[In his election campaigning, Mr. Tom Collins, M.H.R., hits off many recitations. He gave at Wagga a now version of "the House that Jack…

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Rooms Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 3

Early on Tuesday morning the committee rooms of Mr. E. W. Grover, Federal A.L.P. candidate for King seat were wrecked. The…

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Carpenter Injured While Working on Steamer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 1

While working in the hold of the steamer Ballarat to-day Thomas Baxendale, aged 54 years, a carpenter, of Balmain, was seriously injured when…

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Steamer Disabled in Great Australian Bight Broken Tail Shaft Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 1

The deputy Director of Navigation (Captain Williams) this morning received a wireless message that the steamer, Milluna, was disabled in the…

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Cheeky Thieves Note Left in Office Premises Almost Wrecked Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 1

Thieves who entered the offices of T. A. Field Ltd., in Thomas street, city, almost wrecked the premises. They attempted to open the safe with…

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The State That Jack Wrecked

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 5

This is the State that Jack wrecked. This is the country, all harassed and worn. The he balliff's in, and the cash has…

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Forced Landing at Methul Plane Wrecked: Occupants Escape Coolamon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 1

With his vision obscured by a dense fog and his petrol almost exhausted, Mr. F. Ashley, pilot of the aeroplane Wattlebird, decided to make a forced…

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Southern Cloud Rumor of Discovery of Wreckage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 7

Following the report by a stranger that he had seen the wreckage of the missing Australian National Airways liner Southern Cloud in the foothills…

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Atlantic Airman Found on Drifting 'Plane Steamer to the Rescue London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1932 · page 1

If the steamer Circle Shell had not happened to deviate from its usual course, it would not have found the airman Stanislaus Hausner, who…

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Steamer Ferndale on Rock 29 Miles From Algiers Gibraltar

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 1

The Aberdeen-Commonwealth liner Ferndale sent out an S.O.S. at 11 o'clock to-night that it had struck a rock, indicating its position at 29 miles…

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Ferdale Wrecked Broken in two LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 1

Aground on a submerged rock off the coast of Algiers, in 22 fathoms of water, the Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line freighter Ferndale has…

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Ferndale Wrecked Broken in Two on Rock Off Algiers London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 1

Aground on a submerged rock off the coast of Algiers, in 22 fathoms of water, the Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line freighter Ferndale has…

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Wrecked Ferndale 50 of Crew at Algiers Algiers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1932 · page 2

Fifty members of the crew of the Ferndale, which struck a rock off Alggers on Thursday night, have landed at Algiers. They are being…

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Ferndale Wreck Further Leake Develop Discharge of Cargo Algiers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 1

Owing to a strong wind the Aberdeen asd Commonwealth freighter Ferndale, which struck a rock off Algiers, has developed further leaks in the…

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Wrecked Ferndale Vessel Breaking Up Algiers

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 1

The Aberdeen and Commonwealth freighter Ferndale, which struck a rock off Algiers, broke below the bridge, end the forepart settled down…

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Storms in Victoria Steamer Crashes Into Bridge Town Swept by Gale Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1932 · page 3

Cold, stormy weather was again experienced to-day. When the coastal steamer Laranuh was approaching a berth at South…

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