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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Passenger Plane Wrecked Berlin

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 4

A Junker passenger plane which left Boeblinger on April 30 for Breslau, disappeared shortly afterwards, Yesterday. it was found wrecked in…

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Passenger 'Plane Wrecked Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 1

A Junker passenger 'plane which left Boeblinger on April 30 for Breslau disappeared shortly afterwards. To-day it was found wrecked in the…

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Four Killed in Air Crash Air Liner Wrecked U.S.A. Senator a Victim Probable Presidential Candidate Nine Injured Passengers Kansas City

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 May 1935 · page 1

Senator Bronson Cutting, aged 46 years, and three others in a monster air liner, were killed today when the big machine…

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Pilot's Brilliant Landing with Wrecked Under Carriage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1935 · page 1

Mr. Bob Watt, the well known Victorian pilot had an exciting experience when he was obliged to land his De Souttar monoplane on one…

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Exodus From France Gold by Air and Steamer London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 1

A number of Frenchmen have arrived at Croydon aerodrome by air. Some deposited gold ingots in the strongroom there while others are…

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Liner Wrecked CAPETOWN

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 2

The liner Ville de Paris was wrecked north of Fort Dauphin (Madagascar). All the passengers and crew were saved. It is understood that the…

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Another Earthquake at Quetta More Buildings Wrecked Searching the Ruins Death Roll Now Estimated at 30,000 District Now Under Martial Law Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 1

A further shock of 45 minutes' duration was experienced at Quetta, Baluchistan, this afternoon, and in the hills to the east of that…

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Lusitania Wreck Salvage to Be Attempted London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 4

The steamer Ophir is ready to leave Glasgow to search in the vicinity of the Old Head of Kinsale for the wreck of the Lusitania. The Ophir is…

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Driven Ashore Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 June 1935 · page 1

"The Pup," the 16ft. motor boat in which Gordon, Doherty is making an ocean voyage of 4000 miles, was driven ashore this morning at the…

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Motor Boat Ashore Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 1

The Pup, the Port, motor boat in which Gordon Doherty is attempting an ocean voyage of 4000 miles, was driven ashore this morning at…

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Interstate Steamer Service

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 2

Some very fine passenger liners have been placed on the Australian coast in recent years and, with the arrival of the Duntroon in August next, the…

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Police Opinion Wreckage on Beach SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 1

Shortly after midnight Sergeant Taper, after viewing the wreckage at Wattamalla Bay, expressed the opinion that the vessel was vessel was the missing…

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Ketch Wrecked Crew's Fight with Fierce Gale Rescuer on Horseback Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 3

The ketch Tehongi, or Hokianga, was wrecked off Ahipara, at the southern end Of the Ninety Mile Beach. The crew of two, J. W. Wray and D…

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Taxi-cab Wrecked Three Men Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 1

When a taxi-cab crashed into a pole in Oxford street, Darlinghurst, early this morning the vehicle was wrecked, and three persons were injured…

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'Plane Wreck Graphic Personal Narrative Airman in Snowstorm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 6

Mr. F. A. Trainer, a lecturer on phycology, whose aeroplane was wrecked near Taralga on Monday, during a snowstorm, gave a graphic…

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Riots in Canada Strikers Wreck Shops Damage Estimated at £200,000 BEGINA

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 1

Following last night's violent conflict between police and strikers at the relief camp, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who arrived early this…

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Missing Maheno Found Steamer Ashore on Sandy Beach Sighted by Searching Plane Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1935 · page 4

The missing steamer Maheno was discovered to-day on the sandy beach at Fraser Island, about 170 miles from Brisbane, where she had stuck fast. The…

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Foundered Steamer Tug Arriving To-Day Storm Hampers Operations BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 1
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A heavy swell will make difficult the salvage of the Maheno, which broke loose and ran ashore while being towed to Japan. The Oonah…

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Rough Seas Japanese Steamer Delated Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 1

The Atsuto Mara reached here this morning a day late on the trip from Japan. The captain reported that very rough conditions were experienced…

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