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South Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

8 stories in South Coast's papers

Salvage From Wreck. at Milton

The Nowra Leader · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 1

In referring to the breaking up of the wreck of the steamer Northern Firth, the Milton "Times" states that the aboriginals in the vicinity have…

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In Two Wrecks and Three Wars. D. O. Cutts Retires Eventful Career

The Nowra Leader · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 6

The appended report we have taken from the Sydney "Evening News" (now defunct) under date March 22, 1922:…

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Trawler Ashore on Cow Dory’s Beach at Tanja

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 June 1932 · page 2

The trawler, Charlie Cam, while returning to Sydney from Green- Cape, with good cargo of fish, sprang a leak and had to be beached at…

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Searching for a Wreck

The Bega District News · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 2

A party from Bega, comprisining Messrs. D. S. Rosenthall, C. Ayres, C. 0. Fox, Constable Abbott, and R, Lovelock, metered to Tanja on…

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The Wrecked Trawler

The Bega District News · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 2

Large numbers of Bega and district people motored out yesterday to the wreck of the trawler Charlie Cam. The scene of the wreck is known locally as…

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En Route to England Trip on "One Class Steamer"

The Nowra Leader · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 8

Mr. H. A. Dossetor, who at one time was on the staff of the "Illawarra Mercury" and left recently for England, in writing from Colombo…

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Steamer or Train ? Which Is the Cheaper?

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 5 October 1932 · page 6

At the usual monthly meeting of the Cudgera branch, after delegates had reviewed the actions taken at the last meeting of the Tweed District…

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His First Wreck

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1932 · page 2

Wet weather and the absence of the needful is not conducive to the best of spirits, and Mr. Oldboy was cer[?]inly feeling a little grumpy…

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