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South Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939

5 stories in South Coast's papers

Steamer Delayed. Bad for Show Cattle

The Bega District News · Thursday 30 March 1939 · page 2

Owing to rough seas the steamer Cobargo did not get away from Tathra until 6 p.m. on Monday, instead of Saturday. Messrs J. K. Taylor…

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Bad Luck. Show Fowls Die on Steamer

The Bega District News · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 2

Messrs W. Rellly and Sid Rixon last Saturday shipped a coop of six hens and a rooster o Sydney Show. [?] received word on Monday that…

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Wreck of s.s. Bega. 31 Years Ago. (From the “Southern Star” of April 8, 1908

The Bega District News · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 6

It was 31 years yesterday since the steamer Bega. foundered off Bunga Point an hour or so after leaving Tathra. It was on a Sunday night,…

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Torpedoed Steamer Mr Don Balmain, of Bega, a Passenger

The Bega District News · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 5

Bega and district people received a shock during the week when it became known that. Mr Don Balmain, oldest son of Mr W. P. Balmain,…

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After 70 Years Broughton Village Church Almost Wrecked

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 4

The windstorm last week nearly brought about the demolition of the old Broughton Village Church, which has stood the ravages of time for…

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