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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Steamer Aground In Danger of breaking Up MIAMI (Florida)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 2

The steamer Dixie, with 250 passengers, which went aground on a reef in a hurricane, is in danger of breaking up…

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Storm Off Florida Passenger Steamer Strikes Reef Miami (Florida)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 2

The fury of a tropical storm beat across the Florida. Keys to-night, and as it whirled to the north-west the entire southern tip of the peninsula was…

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Miami Hurricane Between 400 AND 500 Lives Lost Veterans' Camp Wrecked Many Hospital Patients Killed MIAMI

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 1

The lo[?]s of life in the hurricane which swept the coast of Florida, near Miami, from the Atlantic, early in the week is now estimated to be between…

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Schooner Seth Parker Again in Distress Honolulu

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 5

The schooner Seth Parker is in distress 650 miles south-east of Honolulu, and radioed at 9 p.m. that water was three feet deep in the hold and rising…

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Wrecked 'Plane Occupants Arrive at Alice Springs Crocodile Killed and Eaten Alice Springs

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 3

The pilot and passengers of the Monospar plane which made a forced landing about 40 miles from Ti Tree Station on Friday reached here…

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Kobenhavn Mystery May Be Cleared Up Skeletons and Lifeboat Found LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 4

The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Mali" says that a number of whitened skeletons in the desert, and a wrecked ship's boat, are believed…

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Australian Steamer Trouble at Vancouver Over Handling of Cargo Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1935 · page 1

The crew of the Union Steamship Co.'s steamer Wairuna, which left Sydney on August 2 and arrived here on September 13, refused to-day to give…

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Seriously Injured Senator Guthrie's Son Crashes Into Roadside Wreckage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 1

James Guthrie, son of Senator Guthrie, and Cecil Scott, a well known actor, were injured—Ghthrie seriously—when the van in which they were returning…

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Air Liner Wreckage Found Passengers Safe? Melbourne

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 4

The wreckage from the air liner Loina, was found in the sea near Chalky Island. Hopes that some of the occupants…

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Another Aeroplane Wrecked Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 October 1935 · page 4

A Moth aeroplane of the Royal Australian Air Force crashed neat Point Cook Victoria, and was wrecked. The two occupants, Flying…

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Lost Air Liner Wreckage Seen Floating Clothing Found 'Plane Must Have Hit Water With Terrific Force. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 1

The wreckage of the air liner Loina, which disappeared between Melbourne and Launceston on Wednesday, was seen yesterday floating half a mile off…

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Lost Loina Wreckage Seen Floating Clothing Found 'Plane Must Have Hit Water With Terrific Force MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1935 · page 4

The wreckage of the air liner Loina, which disappeared between Melbourne and Launceston yesterday, was seen today floating half a mile off the…

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Loina Wreckage Found

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 4

'Practically the whole of the wreckage has been located and will probably be brought to Melbourne for the purpose of expert identification…

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Air Disaster Plane Crashes In Bass Strait Wreckage and Lifebelts Found

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 4

The airliner 'Luna, which left Melbourne at 8.36 a.m. on Wednesday lor Launceston with a crew of three, and two passengers…

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Wrecked Air Liner Cabin Seen in Water 50 Feet Deep Storm Hampers Salvage Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

A terrific storm over Bass Strait, with its centre near Flinders Island, hampered the salvage of the main portion of the wreck of the Loina…

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Schooner Manned by Women

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 3

The French schooner Femme tailed into Vigo Harbor (Spain) recently manned entirely by a crew of women. There are 14 members of the crow…

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Italian Liner Wrecked British Fleet Rescues Passengers London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 October 1935 · page 1

Seven members of the crew or the 13,000 ton Italian liner Ansonia were burnt to death and several others injured, when the vessel caught…

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Italian Steamer Forced to Leave Kenya with Short Coal Supply London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1935 · page 1

It is reported from Mandassa that, in accordance with British instructions and in conformity with the international rales of neutrality apart from…

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U.S. Air Crash Transport 'Plane Wrecked Pilot Killed, Others Injured New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1935 · page 1

Captain Harry Hublitch was killed and his co-pilot Ruth Nichols seriously injured to-day when a commercial transport 'plane crashed into a…

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