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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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Sank at Sea Schooner's Crew in Peril Food and Water Short Auckland

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 6

The big seas encountered by the schooner Elsie Mary, 130 tons, which left Gisborne for Auckland at 8 p.m. on…

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Aux. Schooner Abandoned. the Crew Safe

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 4

The wooden auxiliary schooner Elsie Mary, 134 tons gross, was abandoned on Monday last off Alderman Islands. The crew of seven were…

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Castaways Rescued After Schooner Sinks. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 11

The auxiliary schooner Elsie Mary, bound from Gisborne to Auckland, sprang a leak in a gale and was abandoned when nearly sinking…

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Theatre Royal.—"the Wrecker"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 March 1929 · page 12

The railway mystery drama, "The [?]er' keeps audiences excited at the Theatre Royal, where the stage effects ar[?] remarkably well produced. There will be an afternoon performance to-day…

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Stop Press Record Wrecked. Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 24 March 1929 · page 1

Another world's record went wes[?] to-night, when Cor Biekenmolen se[?] out to break the world's 10 mile motor paced record, and succeeded…

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With Tide Steamer Strikes Wharf Narrow Escapes Brisbane

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 11

There was excitement on the waterfront this morning when the interstate steamer Canberra crashed into the Boundary-street…

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Manacled! Crew of Sunken Schooner Held in Custody (Continued from Page 1) New Orleans

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 12

The crew of the British schooner Imalone, which was sunk by a United States Coastguard boat 200 miles off the Louisiana coast, was landed here…

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Sunk at Sea. After a Fight. British Schooner. Said to be Rmn-runner New York, March 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 13

The British auxiliary schooner Imalone, suspected of being a contraband carrier,' was sunk off the coast near New Orleans in a battle with coastguard craft. One of the…

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Skipper of Sunken Ram Schooner is Man of Parts

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 1

Halifax (Nova Scotia), Monday ("Sun" Special) The captain of the schooner I'm Alone, which was sunk by a U.S. Coastguard cutter as a suspected rum runner, is known in British admiralty circles as Lt.-Commander J. T. Randell, D.S.C., Croix…

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Diary Tells of Wreck 150-Mile Blizzard Tore Plane to Pieces Bay of Whales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 4

Here is the diary of Laurence Gould, geologist and geographer, written in the tent at Rockefeller Mountains during the days ending…

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RUM-RUNNING. The Sunken Schooner. Terms of Liquor Treaty. Washington, March 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 17

To-day the Secretary of the United States Treasury (Mr. Mellon) said that the coast-guards were fully justified, under international law, in sinking the schooner I'm Alone. The…

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Italian Destroyer Wrecked Helping Cruiser Sinks Chinese Steamer SHANGHAI

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 4

The Italian destroyer, Muggia, has been wrecked on a rock at the mouth of the Yangtze. The vessel is a total loss, but there…

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The Case for the Public Coal Industry Wrecked by Political Meddling Blame Cast Upon W. M. Hughes Staggering Increases in Costs

Evening News · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 4

(These articles have been submitted to the "Evening News" by Sir Thomas Henley, M.L.A., who takes full responsibility for all statements herein.) No. II. THERE are times in a nation's history when if a public…

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Destroyer Wrecked. Crew Rescued. Shanghai, March 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 15

The Italian destroyer Muggla, while returning from Amoy to Shanghai in a fog, grounded on Finger Rock during the night of March 25. The vessel sank, but everybody was saved…

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Coroner to Inquire Annie M. Miller Wreck

The Sun · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 15

Although none of the bodies of the seven men who were lost after the Sinking of the Annie M. Miller between South Head and Bondi early in…

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Speed Rider Killed Body Found Near Wrecked Machine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 3

GOULBURN, Thursday. -- Just before the start of a speed trial to-day, in preparation for the tourist trophy races, which are to be held…

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FOUNDERED. Off Victorian Coast. Wheat Steamer. Rescue Vessel Damaged by Collision. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 13

The Norwegian steamer Selje, of 6630 tons, foundered at a spot 120 miles west of Port Phillip Heads to-night, after a collision with the Kaituna, bound from Adelaide to…

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Schooner's Fast Trip

The Sun · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 7

Only six days out from Hoklanga the auxiliary schooner Margaret W. a regular timber trader, reached Sydney to-day…

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Ships Collide at Sea Steamer Selje Sunk Kaituna Limping Toward Melb. Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 6

ASSISTANCE from the steamer Ferndale was declined by the Union Company's cargo steamer Kaituna, which is making for Melbourne with her bows badly damaged as the result of a collision with the…

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Palace Theatre.—"the Wrecker."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 8

"White Collars" having finished its run at the Palace Theatre, the Palace now houses Arnold R[?]ley's mystery play. "The Wrecker," which has been transferred thence from the Theatre Royal…

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