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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

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Spanish Steamer Shelled Hundreds Watch LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 1

Hundreds rushed to the cliffs at Cromer, in Norfolk, this afternoon, and watched the Spanish Insurgent arm-ed motor ship Nadir shell the Spanish…

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Hundreds See Attack on Steamer From English Coast Republican Ship Sunk by Trawler Spaniards Rescued From Water London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 4

Hundreds rushed to the cliffs at Cromer, in Norfolk, this afternoon and watched the Spanish Nationalist motor vessel Nadir shell the Spanish…

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Treasure From Wrecks the Lutine's Gold

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 6

Gold from the long-lost British frigate Lutine has been brought to the surface recently after nearly 140 years…

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German Steamer Wrecked by Explosion Oaklands (Calif.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1938 · page 2

The German steamer Vancouver was wrecked here by an explosion which the master (Captain W. Moessinger) said might have been caused by…

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British Steamer Bombed Valcencia

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 November 1938 · page 1

The British steamer Stanburn was hit in an air raid to-day and is leaking. There were no casualties…

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Woman Charged with Murder of Seaman Allegation of Violence When Ashore Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 4

The trial began in the Criminari Court at Townsville to-day of Peggy Moore, aged 31 years, on the charge of murdering Douglas Johnstone, a…

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Fire in a Japanese Steamer in Sydney Harbor! Trapped Men Grope Way to Deck Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 1

A fire broke out this morning in the bottom of No. 2 hold of the Japanese steamer Yaa Maru, in Walsh Bay. Six wharf laborers were working below, when an explosion sent splinters of good flying, followed by blinding smoke…

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Nation-Wide Attack on Jews in Germany Thousands of Shops Wrecked Excited Mobs Throng Streets Homes Entered; Inmates Beaten; Furniture Thrown Out Synagogues Nearly All in Ruins BERLIN

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1938 · page 1

The outrages against Jews throughout Germany during last night and to-day can only be described as a program of ferocity unparalleled in recent years. Among the thousands of business premises wrecked are the…

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Barcelona Bombed Fourteen Killed British Steamer Damaged Barcelona

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 November 1938 · page 1

Ten Nationalist aeroplanes bombed the harbor area to-day, killing 14 and wounding 21. Bombs fell on two British steamers…

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Columbian Minister Arrested Photographing Wreckage of Jewish Shops BERLIN

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 November 1938 · page 1

The new Minister for Columbia was arrested for attempting to photograph wreckage of Jewish shops in Berlin. His camera was confiscated, and his…

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Wrecked Launch Found Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 2

A wrecked launch sighted by Captain Gatenby, A.N.A. pilot, near Cape Richmond, on Hinchinbrook Island, last Saturday, has been located by a…

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Pig-iron for Japan Refusal of Wharf Workers to Load Steamer Yesterday's Conference Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1938 · page 4

The [?] of waterside workers at Port Kembla to load pig iron for Japan on the British steamer Dalfram, was discussed at a private conference…

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Wrecked R.A.F. 'Plane Damage Too Extensive to Be of Service Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 4

The Vickers-Wellesley bomber, which crashed in New South Wales, should be "written off" in the opinion or Wing-Commander Gayford, who is…

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Wrecked Flying Boat Particulars of Mails London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 December 1938 · page 2

It is officially announced that the ill[?] flying-boat Cal[?] was carrying all-Australian and New Zealand letter mail prepared on November 23…

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Incident on Steamer Dancer Masquerades As "Hitler" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 1

During a fancy-dress ball on the liner Nieuw Holland en [?] in Singapore to Sydney, Mr. C. M. Penny, a Colombo tea[?] dressed as H…

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Whirlwind Wrecks Roof Fortunate Escapes YOUNG

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 December 1938 · page 1

Shortly before 1 o'clock in the after noon a violent whirlwind struck a house on the corner of Nasmyth aint. Thornhill streets "It tose the roof off…

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Body Washed Ashore Gosford

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 7

The body of John King, aged 17 years, who was drowned in the surf late yesterday afternoon, was washed up on the ocean beach last night…

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Terrific Windstorm Sweeps Through State Fiery Blast in Sydney; Temperature Leaps Extensive Damage; Many Homes Burnt Wreckage Piled in Streets Workmen Blown From Buildings SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 1

Ravaged for hours by a fiery blast swelling to hurri­cane force—75 miles an hour—Sydney was left yesterday with a trail of damage and destruction running into many thousands of pounds…

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Terrific Windstorm Fiery Blast in Sydney Temperature Leaps Many Homes Burnt Wreckage Piled in Streets Workmen Blown From .Buildings

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 2

Ravaged for hours by a fiery blast swelling to hurricane force—78 miles an hour—Sydney was left on Saturday with…

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Flying Boat, Coorong, Wrecked at Darwin Last Night! Torn From Moorings by Gale Mails for Australia Salvaged Darwin

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 1

The Qontes Empire Airways flying boat Coorong was blown on to the cliffs, and severely damaged, last night, during an 80-mile per hour gale, which tore her from her moorings, 200 yards from the shore. The bottom was ripped…

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