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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Aerodrome Sensation Motorist Wrecks Planes Smithys Dramatic PROTECTlON of Southern Cross Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 3

A motor car, which had been taken from a showroom of a city motor firm, dashed at breakneck speed around the Archerfield aerdorome…

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Steamer Sinks Eighteen Drowned TOKIO

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1932 · page 1

Before daylight to-day the steamer Hino Maru collided with the Nichifuku Maro. The latter sank immediately. Eighteen persons were…

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Steamer Manganui Terrific Storm Met Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1932 · page 1

When the steamers Maunganui from Wellington (N.Z.) arrived this morning it was reported that she met a terrific storm. The vessel was struck…

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Japanese Steamer Sinks Eighteen Drowned Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 August 1932 · page 2

Before daylight today, the steamer Hino Maru collided with the Nichifuku Maro. The latter sank immediately. Eighteen persons were…

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Wreck of Alert Sole Survivor's Death Memory of 1893. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1932 · page 1

The death occurred in London to-day of Mr. Robert Ponding, aged 68 years, a ship's cook. Ponting was the sole survivor of the wreck of the…

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French Steamer Strikes Kirribilli Point Fog in Harbor Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1932 · page 1

During a heavy fog which enveloped Sydney Harbor this morning, the French steamer, St. Vincent de Paul, from Noumea, struck Kirribilli Point…

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Mutiny on Steamer Chinese Crew Locked Up by Fascists Naples

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 2

The Chinese crew of the British tanker Halotis, numbering 26, mutineed and was only controlled when the Fascist militia had drawn their…

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Transfer of Gold Steamer Passengers Questioned Luggage Searched SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 August 1932 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

Detectives yesterday boarded the liner Manganul, on arrival from New Zealand, and questioned two men and a woman, whom they believed were…

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Mr. Mollison Wife Urges Return by Steamer. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 2

Mrs. Mollison (formerly Miss Amy Johnson) has sent at urgent cable message to her husband urging him to return by steamer owing to the…

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MR. J. A. Mollison Return Flight Abandoned Back to London by Steamer London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 September 1932 · page 1

"The weather has beaten me. I am terribly disappointed. I have been feeling rotten for the last few days. I will return to London by steamer…

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Defaulting Accountant Eludes Police Escape From Steamer Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1932 · page 1

Louis Leitzleman, an accountant, who is charged with having robbed his employers at Marseilles of £15,000, has again eluded the police. After a…

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Bay Steamer Ashore Passengers Taken Off by Fishermen Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 4

The 70-year-old Bay steamer Edina ran ashore in a heavy fog 200 yards from Corio Bay this afternoon. The steamer was bound for Geelong. The…

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Cricket Tate Indisposed Mat Join Steamer at Marseilles London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 September 1932 · page 3

The doctor said this morning that M. W. Test, the English Test bowler, though he was a nervous breakdown, is fit physically. A specialist who was…

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Bottle From Steamer Floats 1700 Miles Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A bottle, which was thrown from the liner Aorangi between Auckland and Sydney in April, 1931, has been picked up on the beach at Wallaby…

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Ship Wrecked Three of Crew Saved San Francisco

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1932 · page 2

The steamer President Madison, in the North Pacific, has reported by wireless the rescue of three men from the freighter Nevada (5600 tons),…

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Young Stowaway on Japanese Steamer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1932 · page 4

While the Japanese mail steamer Atsuta Maru, which arried in Sydney to-day was between Brisbane and Sydney a young stowaway was found…

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Attempt on Strongroom Fails Thieves Wreck Office Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 1

When their efforts to open the strongroom failed, thieves who broke into the office of Messrs. Sharpe Bros. at Glebe last night set about to wreck…

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Travelled on Steamer Without Paying Fare Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 2

When William Van Lamme appeared at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having travelled on board the steamer Zealandia to New…

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