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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

1,111 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 56

Death Near in Sea Ordeal Crawled Home with Worn-out Crew Vessel Would Soon Have Foundered 22-Hour Vigil

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 4

Her crew, hollow-eyed and exhausted after their 22-hour vigil, the Hunter River Co.'s steamer Allyn River limped into the…

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River Steamer. Strikes a Sandbank. Passengers' Strenuous Time. Tweed Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 12

About 35 passengers on board the Tweed River passenger steamer Mibbin had a thrilling experience this afternoon, when the steamer, in attempting to berth at the crane…

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Skipper Caused Some Excitement Ran River Steamer Aground to Save Her

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 3

TWEED HEADS, Wednesday.--Swept downstream by a racing tide, the small steamer Mibbin, conveying 30 passengers from Murwillumbah to…

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Steamer on Sand Bank Lifeboats Used Passengers Are Rescued Thrill on Tweed Tweed Heads

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 1

PASSENGERS on the Tweed River steamer Mibbin had a thrilling experience this afternoon, when the steamer, in attempting to berth at the…

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30 Missing Steamer Lost Fruitless Search S.O.S. Came Too Late New York

Evening News · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 1

NO TRACE has been found by ships, which answered her S.O.S. call, of the British steamer Tees Bridge, 3898…

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Wrecked by Storm Church Rebuilt

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 15

Among the buildings which suffered severely in the storm of October 7, was the brick Methodist Church, at North Baulkham Hills. The foof was…

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Race with Death Small Coastal Steamer's Plight on the Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 4

Battling against heavy east, the little wooden roaster, Ailyn River, of 57-tons, belonging to the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship…

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Crew of Doomed Ship Rescued in Fierce Gale American Skipper Is Hero of Another Sea Epic Freighter's Rudder Carried Away; Lifeboats Smashed British Steamer Is Missing London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

After driving his ship through heavy seas for 36 hours, Captain Fried, in the U.S. liner America, rescued the entire crew of the Italian freighter Florida, in a 75-miles-an-hour gale. This is Captain Fried's second demonstration of his daring…

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Red Gold Plot to Wreck Labor? Charges by A.W.U. Fierce War on the Communists Tweed Heads

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 12

The A.W.U., at its convention in Coolangatta, has declared merciless war on Communists. Charges are being made that there is an organised conspiracy on a huge scale among Sydney…

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Bank Clerk's Forced Resignation Career Wrecked by Bank of A'asia for 123 Overdraft 14 Years' Record Does Not Count

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 4

THAT it is a mistake which might be made by any person operating on a current account is not taken into consideration. No second chance was…

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Roast Peanuts Carry Steamer to Safety London

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 1

Tons of peanuts shovelled into the furnaces saved the French cargo steamer Belgrano (4943 tons), telegraphs the Marseilles correspondent…

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Setting Their House in Order S.F.S. Reviews Position Should Another Steamer be Hired For the Spectators? Proposed International Races

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 12

THE taste of that great race for the Bradley's Head championship still lingers in the mouth of those fortunate enough to have seen it, as a pleasant memory, which we hope will be repeated very shortly, for there are some tasty morsels still left on the programme of the Sydney Flying Squadron…

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Steamer Period

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 19

Howard Smith, Ltd., advise that the cargo steamer Period, which w sa[?]n route from Melbourne to Newcastle, put into Jervis Bay with engine-room trouble. The vessel resumed her voyage at noon yesterday…

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Road Wrecking Goes Merrily on

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 1

A perfectly good footpath, recently put down in Bligh-street, Newtown, proved an irresistible temptation to those who delight in wrecking our thoroughfares…

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Theatres and Cinemas "The Wrecker" Soon; Last Nights of "Vagabond"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 9

"Hit the Deck" will transfer to Her Majesty's on February 8, for by then "The Vagabond King" will have ended its most successful run…

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A Charred Wreck

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 5

All that is left of the big wool press at the works of the Australian Wool and Produce Company, burnt out on Tuesday night…

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Seaman Overboard Schooner's Rough Voyage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 15

Nine and a half days out from Greymouth (N.Z.), the auxiliary schooner Huia reached; Sydney yesterday with a cargo of white pine…

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Research Steamer Dana at Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 20

The vessel is being used by a marine zoological expedition, which is making investigations in the South Seas. Professor Johannes Schmidt is in charge of the expedition…

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On World Tour Steamer Brings Film

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 2

THE steamer Dana, which will arrive at Sydney next Tuesday on a two years expedition round the world. will berth at Circular Quay. She will bring…

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Wrecked by Storms the North Baulkham Hills Church

The Methodist · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 18

The church was wrecked in a storm on October 7 last year. It was rebuilt and used again for public worship on Sunday, January 12. At the…

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