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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Rebel Raids Damage British Steamer British Sailor Killed VALENCIA

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 1

During yesterday's raid by rebel planes, two British steamers, the Jean Weems and the Paract, were damaged, and the Norwegian Legation was…

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British Steamer Attacked by Nationalist Trawler and 'Plane London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 4

The British steamer, Hillfern, was fired on by a Spanish Nationalist trawler of Gijon and later machine-gunned by a Nationalist 'plane, which…

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Russian Steamer to Be Searched Disappearance of General in Paris Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1937 · page 1

Inspectors of the French Surette Nationale have been sent to Havre to investigate and search the Russian, steamer Marye Llyanuva, which left…

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Blazing Shirt Pilot Steamer Sees Signals Two Brothers Rescued Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 1

The blaze from a petrol-soaked shirt led the pilot steamer Captain Cook to the rescue of two youths who had spent last night drifting down the coast in a…

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Steamer Wrecked Off Scotland Five Men Missing London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 October 1937 · page 1

"Never mind me! Look for the other five!" With these words the skipper of a steamer wrecked off Buchan Ness, Scotland, greeted the arrival of…

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Soviet Penalty for Wrecking Moscow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1937 · page 2

A new decree authorises 25 years' imprisonment instead of the death sentence as a penalty for arson and wrecking…

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Seaplane Attack on Italian Steamer London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 October 1937 · page 1

Lloyd's picked up a radio from Algiers stating that an Italian steamer was attacked by a seaplane in the Mediterranean, but was not dmaged…

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Spanish Liner Ashore Shelled by Nationalists Algiers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 4

The Spanish liner Cabisantotome ran ashore on fire off the Algerian coast after two hours' shelling by two Nationalist destroyers. One member…

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Grounding of Steamer Court Holds Captain Responsible Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 2

The grounding of we coastal steamer, Urana, at Old Bar, Manning River, on August 31 was inquired into by the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day, when…

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Italian Migrants Steamer Passenger's Criticism "More Than I Could Stand" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 1

Further criticism of southern European migrants was made by an English garage proprietor (Mr. E. G. Humphries) on his arrival in sydney…

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Italian Migrants Steamer Passenger’s Criticism “More Than I Could Stand”

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 4

Further criticism of southern European migrants was made by an English garage proprietor (Mr. E. G. Humphries) on his arrival in Sydney…

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Urana Wreck Master's Certificate Suspended Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 1

After the inquiry into the wrecking of the coastal steamer, Urana, at Old Bar on August 31, the Marine Court to-day ordered the suspension for four months…

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Tumut School Teacher Body Washed Ashore Woman Who Fell From Ferry

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 4

The body of Miss Christine Honore Daley-Glennon, 33, who fell from the Mainly ferry steamer Bellubora on tuesday night,…

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Body Washed Ashore Tumut School Teacher SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 1

The body of Miss Christine Honore Daley-Glennon, aged 33 years, who fell from the Manly ferry steamer Bellubera on Tuesday night, October…

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Captured Steamer Released London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 1

The Foreign Office relates how a Rebel armed trawler captured the British steamer Stangrove, carrying refugees from Gijon. The cruiser, Southampton, however, rushed to the scene, and demanded the release of the vessel on the ground that it…

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Body Washed Ashore Woman Who Fell From Ferry Tumut School Teacher Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 1

The body of Miss Christine Honore Daley-Glennon, aged 33 years, who fell from the Manly ferry steamer Bellubera on Tuesday night, October l2, was found…

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British Steamer Captured by Nationalists Released When Cruiser Arrives London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 1

While the British steamer Stangrove was carrying 600 refugees, mostly women and children, from Gijon (Northern Spain) yesterday, it was…

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Steamer Bombed and Sunk Paris

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 1

An unknown aeroplane bombarded the French steamer Quedmellah M. carrying grain cargo from Morocco to France 50 mlies from Barcelona…

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Refusal to Load Wheat on Japanese Steamer Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 6

Ninety wharf laborers this afternoon walked off the Japanese steamer Tamon Maru, which was loading wheat at Geelong…

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Spanish Trouble French Steamer Bombed Crew Rescued Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 4

An unknown aeroplane bombed the French steamer Ouedmellah, carrying a grain cargo from Morocco to France, when 50 miles from Barcelona. Two…

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