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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Steamer in Cyclone Agents Not Over-anxious Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 1

The agents for the Japanese steamer Shausing (formerly the British steamer Bright Vega), which is still in a cyclone ; 'off the east coast of Queensland, are…

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To See Coronation Shipload Leaves Sydney 4000 Throng Steamer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 1

A crowd of at least 4000 people thronged the Grion before it sailed from Sydney Harbor for London to-day. Congestion was so great that…

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Easter Steamer Excursion

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 4

The Huddart Parker line announces a special Easter excursion by the Zealandia, which leaves Sydney for New Zealand on March 23. Excursion…

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Steamer Strikes a Mine Marseilles

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 1

The steamer Llandovery Castle, en route to Marseilles from Gibraltar, with 300 passengers, struck a mine off Cape Cerbere, where the French and…

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Spanish War Loyalist Mines Cause Havoc Rebel Trenches Wrecked Fighting in Capital LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 11

Spanish loyalist mines have caused havoc in the rebel positions in University City. The bodies of men and horses were flung into the air by a…

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Six Drowned Launch Wrecked Off North Head Three Men Rescued Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 1

Six men, and possibly seven, whose names nave not yet been ascertained, were drowned to-day when a 33ft. launch was wrecked…

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Spanish Steamer Bombed and Sunk in Bay of Biscay. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 March 1937 · page 1

The Admiralty stated to-day that an unknown steamer had repented being fired upon by an unknown warship in the Bay of Biscay…

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Bomb Cropped On French Steamer PARIS

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 March 1937 · page 1

Aircraft bombed the French steamer Djbel Antar, off Minorca. A bomb fell on the deck, but did not explode, and there were no…

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Steamer Taiping Abandoned Heavy Seas on Coast Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 2

Badly swamped by heavy seas, and with engines now useless, the steamer Taiping, which has been in distress since Saturday night, is now…

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Telegraphic News SYDNEY, Monday Steamer Taiping Abandoned

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2

Almost engulfed in heavy seas, the steamer Taiping, which has been in distress since Saturday night off the Queensland coast, was abandoned…

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Thrilling Rescues Story of Haiping Wreck Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 1

Stories of the rescue of the crew of the wrecked steamer Haiping, were told when the freighter, Mildura, reached Brisbane to-day with…

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Dutch Steamer Captured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

The Rebel navy has captured a Dutch steam which, it is alleged, was transporting arms at the time…

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Spanish War More Loyalist Successes Italians in Flight Dutch Steamer Captured LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

The Spanish rebels attempting to reorganise the Italians at Padillada Hita, are desperately resisting the loyalists on the…

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British Steamer on Fire London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1937 · page 1

A crew of 72 was rescued by lifeboats from the British steamer Marie Moller, in which a fire broke out when the vessel, which was bound for…

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Distressed Steamer San Francisco

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 6

The Empress or Canada to-day wirelessed that the United States steamer Volunteer, which sent out, messages on Sunday stating that, she was leaking…

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Spanish War Steamer Destroyed by Rebels in French Waters Warning to British Ships LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 1

The Spanish steamer Mar Caspio. of 3080 tons, from Newcastle-on-Tyne, which coaled at Bayonne, went ashore after it had been shelled by…

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Wreck of British Air Liner Secret Inquiries in France London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 4

The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the French authorities are conducting a secret inquiry into the crash of the…

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Missing Duchess Plane Wreckage Found

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 13

A strut found on Yarmouth Beach has been identified as part of the aeroplane in which the Duchess of Bedford is presumed to have met…

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British Steamer Stopped Bilbao

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 1

Rebel warships stopped a food-laden British steamer, Thorpe Hall, outside Bilbao, but sheered off when the destroyers, Begle and Brazen, sped to the rescue, with gun crews at their stations…

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British Steamer Stopped by Rebel Warships Destroyers Effect Rescue BILBAO

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 1

Spanish rebel warships stopped a food-laden British steamer, Thorp Hall, outside Bilbao to-day, but veered off when the destroyers, Veagle and…

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