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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Telegrams a North Coast Wreck Yamba

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 October 1935 · page 2

The schooner Pearl ran aground on the beach and was wrecked. The crew struggled through the breakers and were…

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Schooner Wrecked Exciting Beach Scene Crew Swim and Wade Ashore Grafton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1935 · page 12

The schooner Pearl, owned by Messrs. J. Harcus and J. H. Ford, of Yam[?] Beach, went ashore on Yamba Beach yesterday afternoon, and was…

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'Plane on Fire Airmen's Narrow Escape Machine Wrecked in Landing SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 November 1935 · page 4

Two Sydney airmen, Rex Nicholl, aged 26 years, and Arthur Needham, aged 29 years, had a narrow escape from death yesterday when their…

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Steamer Founders 90 Passengers and Crew Drowned CONSTANTINOPLE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1935 · page 1

The steamer Inebolu foundered entering Smynra Harbor shortly after midnight, more than 90 passengers and crew being drowned…

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Lifeboat for Aeroplanes Safety for Airmen

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 November 1935 · page 13

Demonstrating a new idea for safety when flying over water, three Soviet airmen have jumped with a lifeboat by parachute from an…

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Steamer Loses Propeller Off South Australian Coast Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1935 · page 11

A message from Adelaide states that the Bank Line cargo vessel Lindenbank, of 550 tons, has lost her propeller and is drifting towards the…

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Steamer Founders WITH 20 Persons on Board Upturned Boat Discovered London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1935 · page 1

Following an S.O.S. from the North Sea last night, the steamer Sheafbrook with 20 persons aboard has vanished completely. The ship's…

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Lifeboat for Aeroplane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1935 · page 1

Demonstrating a new idea of safety when flying over water, three Soviet airmen have jumped with a lifeboat by parachute from an aeroplane and used…

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Setback for Seamen Cargo Steamer Manned by Volunteers Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1935 · page 1

The seamen received a setback to-day when the marine stewards and pantrymen decided at a special meeting to man all vessels The Patrick…

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Disastrous Storm Serious Damage at Methul & Ashbridge Homesteads Wrecked Crops Ruined

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 6 December 1935 · page 2

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War From the Air Abyssinian City of Dessye Bombed Crown Prince's Palace Wrecked Emperor's Headquarters' Halle Salassie Escapes And Heads Defence Addis Ababa

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 December 1935 · page 1

Many were killed and wounded in three Italian air raids on Dessye, in which it is estimated that thousands of tons of explosives and incendiary…

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'Plane Wrecked En Route for Antarctic Search ATLANTA (Georgia)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 1

A 'plane which was being flown to participate in the search for Ellsworth and Kenyon crashed at the airport here, and was wrecked. The pilot and…

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'Plane Wrecked En Route for Antarctic Search New Machine Chartered

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 1

ATLANTA (Georgia), Monday.—A 'plane which was being flown to participate in the search for Ellsworth and Kenyon, crashed at the airport…

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Belgian Air Liner Crashes in England Eleven Killed Hill Top Strewn With Wreckage Sir John Carden Among Dead Machine Was Flying Low With Ice Coating on Wings LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1935 · page 1

The worst disaster in which a civil aeroplane has been involved in England occurred near Tetsfield (Kent), about 15 miles from Croydon, at; dusk to-day when an Italian triple-engined Savoye monoplane, owned by the Belgium…

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Bass Strait Air Liner Crashes Wing Collapses in Mid Air Machine Wrecked but Passengers Unhurt Pilot Reaches Island Amazingly Skilful Work MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1935 · page 1

After one wing had collapsed in orphe air, the giant Holyman Airways liner Lepena crashed on Hunter Island in Bass Strait…

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Wrecked Lepena Salvaging Would Be Costly Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 December 1935 · page 4

The chairman of Holyman's Airways (Captain I. Holyman) said to-day that the salvaging of the air liner Lepena would be a costly business. It could…

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Car in River Two Men Swim Ashore Forbes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 December 1935 · page 1

When the accelerator of a jammed on the approach to gerald's Bridge near Forbes yesterday, the car dived 40ft into the river, in…

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The Weather Torrential Rain Experienced in Gippsland Ten Inches Recorded Bridges Wrecked and Roads Damaged Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 December 1935 · page 6

Torrential rain washed out most of the campers in Gippsland last night. More than 10 indies of rain have fallen and dozens of people spent a…

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Steamer Paringa Fails to Report Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 December 1935 · page 1

Ail shipping on the Victorian coast has been instructed to keep a lookout for the steamer Paringa, whose failure to report her position is…

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Arms for Abyssinia. Landed From British Steamer London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1935 · page 4

The Hargeisa (British Somaliland) correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that eleven lorries passed there to-day on their way to Abyssinia with…

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