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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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'Plane Crash 2 Men Escape Machine Wrecked NOWRA

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 August 1937 · page 1

When a 'plane crashed at the aerodrome here yesterday afternoon, the pilot and passenger had miraculous escapes from serious injury, for the…

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The Latest Ruin in Shanghai Chinese Wreck Consulate Retaliation by Japanese TOKIO

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1937 · page 1

A message from Shanghai states that the Japanese Consulate-General there has been reduced to ruins by Chinese bombs, but the officials refuse…

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Aeroplane Crash Two Men Narrowly Escape Machine Completely Wrecked Nowra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1937 · page 1

When a plane crashed at the aerodrome here this afternoon, the pilot and passenger had miraculous escapes from serious injury, for the machine…

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Air Raid on Santander British Steamer Embarks 2000 Refugees London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 4

After the British steamer Thorpe Bay had embarked 2000 women and children refugees from Santander, Nationalist Junkers and bombers…

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Italian Destroyer Reported to Have Chased Spanish Steamer Valencia

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 4

An Italian destroyer is reported to have chased and fired on the Spanish steamer Aldecoa, which took refuge at Algiers, undamaged…

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90 Foreigners Arrive Criticised by Passengers on Steamer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 1

The steamer Strathaird, which arrived to-day, brought 90 foreigners to the city, nearly 80 being Greeks and the remainder Germans and…

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British Steamer Attacked by Aircraft LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 1

The British steamer, Noemi Julia, which was attacked, by foreign aircraft this morning, has arrived at Port Vendres. The captain said that two bombs were dropped, but they fell astern. He said the steamer was flying the British flag, carried harmless…

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Steamer Wrecked Eighteen of Crew Saved One Man Missing Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 4

In heavy fog the North Coast Steam Navigation Co's cargo vessel, Urana (519 tons) ran ashore at Old Bar, at the entrance to the Manning River…

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Submarine Sinks Soviet Steamer! Soviet Steamer Torpedoed and Sunk in Mediterranean ALGIERS

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

An unknown submarine torpedoed and sank the Soviet steamer Timoryazed in the Mediterranean near Tigsirt. Algerian fishermen rescued and landed the crew of 29…

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North Coast Wreck No Lives Lost SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

Further particulars of the wreck of the steamer Urana at Old Bar, Manning River, last night show that the fog was so thick…

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Wreck at Manning River Reef Struck in Terrific Sea Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 1

Further particulars of the wreck of the steamer Urana at Old Bar, Manning River, last night, show that the fog was so thick that witnesses of the…

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Liners Blown Ashore

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 4

The wind was of such velocity that the instruments at the Observatory ceased to register after it had attained a force of between…

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Kingsford Smith's 'Plane Wreckage Identified Rangoon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 6

The Aviation Department officially confirms the identification marks of the aeroplane wreckage found in May as Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's, and…

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Many Believed Drowned Steamer Sinks Off Florida

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 1

PANAMA CITY (Florida), Thursday.—After swimming 25 miles in raging seas. Addley Baker, aged 29 years, a seaman, staggered ashore…

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More Ships Torpedoed British Tanker and Soviet Steamer Raider Hoists Nationalist Flag Collective Action by Powers Urged to End Mediterranean Piracy LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 1

While the British Cabinet was actually deciding on measures to meet the menace of piracy in the Mediterranean, a Soviet steamer was sunk off Skyres Island by a submarine which is reported to have hoisted a Spanish…

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Steamer Explosion Engineer Killed LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 September 1937 · page 1

An explosion off Las Palmas, in the engine room of the steamer, Sydney Star, bound from Australia, caused fatal injuries to engineer Mawdsley…

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Engineer Killed Explosion on Steamer From Australia London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 1

An explosion off Las Palmas in the engine-room of the steamer Sydney Star, bound from Australia, caused fatal injuries to Engineer Mawdsley…

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British Steamer Captured London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 1

The British steamer, Stanworld, 1019 tons, was captured by a Spanish Rebel torpedo boat off the Basque coast. The incident was witnessed by a British…

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Bomb Outrages Paris Buildings Wrecked Work of Extremists Postponement of Meeting Saves Life PARIS

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 4

Bombs exploded simultaneously at 10.5 o'clock last night at the headquarters of the Employers' Federation and the Industrie Metallurgique, near…

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Steamer Allowed to Proceed Hong Kong

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 1

A Japanese destroyer halted the steamer Pandos Rawaltindi, 100 miles from Hong Kong, early to-day. The liner signalled that she was bound…

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