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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

1,111 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 56

Suspect Smuggler Eats Shipwrecked Comrade Helsingfors (Finland)

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

The newspaper "Hufvudstadsbladet" reports that four suspected alcohol smugglers were shipwrecked on ice in the Gulf of Finland. Two were…

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"The Wrecker" Realistic Stage Effects

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 7

Realistic stage effects are a feature of "The Wrecker," the new mystery play which opened at "the Theatre Royal on Saturday night…

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Thrills Galore "The Wrecker" at the Royal

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 7

BY the author of that railway thriller, "The Ghost Train." "The Wrecker" is every hit as exciting as the former play. In fact, it is more…

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No Trace of Wreck Victims Search By Sea and Land

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 7

The search for the missing members of the crew of the ill-fated Annie M. Miller was continued yesterday without success…

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Weird Realism in "The Wrecker" Audience Moves From Thrill to Thrill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 9

A large and expectant audience saw the first performance of "The Wrecker" at the Theatre Royal on Saturday…

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Use at Wrecks Watson's B. Lifeboat Held Drill To-day

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 4

ALTHOUGH there is a [?] by the state [?]…

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Destruction of Schooner Robert R. Hind

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 14

The vessel was arrested for debt several years ago. She was set alight in Kerosene Bay yesterday, and burned to the water's edge…

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Visitors on Research Steamer Dana

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 14

The apparatus being exhibited is used to test the water, and record the temperature at various depths of the sea…

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Set on Fire. Schooner Robert R. Hind. a Harbour Spectacle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 12

An arresting spectacle on. the harbour yesterday was provided by the destruction by fire of the former American,,four-masted schooner, Robert R. Hind, in Kerosene Bay…

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No Bodies From Wreck

Evening News · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 9

Although quantities of wreckage from the ill-fated collier. Annie M. Miller, which sank near the Heads on Friday night, have been washed ashmore, none of…

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Death Plunge Inquest on Monday 'Plane Total Wreck Goulburn

The Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 19

The inquest concerning the death of Captain F. W. Cornish and Mr. G. K. Wride, the victims of yesterday's plane fatality at Maruian, will be…

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Schooner Margaret W.

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 5

The well-known aux. 4-masted schooner Margaret W, which arrived at Auckland on January 19 from the Thames, is now having new engines…

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Foundered Off South Head: The Annie M. Miller

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 24

In a choppy east-south-easterly sea the coastal steamer Annie M. Miller, 600 tons, foundered off Macquarie…

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Ship Beached Hole in Plates Crew Safe Ashore Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 13

The coastal steamer Casmo had to be reached at Warrnambool last night when she struck some submerged object, which [?] a hole in her plates…

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Wrecked Bridges Damage on Nambucca Macksville

Evening News · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 5

The Nambucca River is now practically normal and water on the low-lying lands…

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Gloucester Shops. Mud-covered Floors. Clearing the Wreckage. (From Our Special Representative.) TAREF

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 17

This morning the floods waters had receded from most of the low-lying parts ot the Tareo district. Great stretches of country are, how[?] still under water at Coopernook and…

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MUSIC & DRAMA "The Wrecker"

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 23

THE story of "The Wrecker," which was produced at the Theatre Royal on Saturday night, is full of improbabilities, and even when the mystery connected with the Great, Trunk Railway has…

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Two Wrecks North Pacific Disaster Towline Breaks Vancouver

The Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 3

Two cargo ships out from Vancouver met their end in the graveyard of the North Pacific to-day. The Alloway sent out distress…

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Annie M. Miller Wreck Inquiry -- -- A Flood in Martin Place

The Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 22

ANNIE M. MILLER DISASTER. -- The preliminary inquiry into the wreck of the Annie M. Miller outside the Heads was begun to-day. This picture shows the survivors on arrival to give evidence. They are (left to right): Messrs. Mat Woodbury. W. Bennett, K. R. McRae, J. A. Tracey, O, Petersen, and G. Wheatley. FORGETFULNESS SALE. -- There was a large attendance…

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Family Courts at Work Saving Homes From Wreck United States Reform

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 6

MR. H. SNELL. British M.P., who introduced the Courts of Domestic Relations Bill into the House of Commons recently, bus come to the…

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