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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Another Air Force Crash ’Plane Wrecked When Landing Two Injured at Coota-mundra

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 2

Another Air Force crash occurred at Cootamundra on Monday at 11.40 a.m., as the squadron was leaving the Cootamundra aerodrome for…

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Australia Bound Freight Steamer Ashore London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 1

The freighter, Stuart Star ran ashore broadside on to a rocky coast off Hook Point lighthouse. She is taking water in three holds, and it…

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"Grain-wrecking" Seven Russians Executed Moscow

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 1

Seven Russians were executed at This to-day on charges of grainwrecking activities. Officials of the Georgian Grain Trust are being tried…

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Wreck Hero Death While on Fishing Expedition

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 2

Hero of a wreck rescue 32 years ago, Mr. William Ferrier, aged 57 years, a well-known fisherman, of Queenscliff (V.), died following a seizure in…

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Italian Flying Boat Wrecked in Same Manner As Cygnus Romw

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 7

An Italian military flying boat was about to take off from Brisbane when it crashed back on to water in a similar manner to the Imperial…

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Stranded Steamer Crew Arrives in Sydney Story of Averted Tragedy SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1937 · page 1

The crew of the stranded steamer Saros, which went ashore during a dense fog off the Victorian coast, arrived in Sydney to-day by the…

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