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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

1,043 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 53

P. & O. Branch Steamer

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 8

The Balranald will arrive here this morning from Liverpool, and berth at No. 21 Pyrmont, at about 8 o'clock…

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Ferry Steamer. Crashes Into Quay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 16

Passengers from Clifton Gardens and the Zoo on board the ferry steamer Kareela had an exciting experience on Saturday night, when the ferry overshot the wharf and crashed…

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Man Missing When Steamer Berths at Newcastle Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 5

NEWCASTLE police are inquiring into the disappearance of Mr. J. Stewart, licensee of the Crown and…

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Furniture Wrecked. Fight at Alexandria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 16

In response to a telephone call about 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, Constables Roach, Jardine, and Healy visited a house in Buckland-street, Alexandria. Over a hundred people were…

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University Students Back To Work Another Street Wrecked By Main

The Sun · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 18

HISTORY IN FURNITURE.--The official party at the opening to-day of Messrs. Bebarfalds Exhibition of period furniture. Photographed in the Louis XV room, the group includes the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair),Chief Civic Commissioner (Mr, John Garlick), Judge Backhouse, Judge Cohen, and the general manager of the company (Mr. Rich)…

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Fell Down Hold Visitor on Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 5

FALLING in feet from the middle deck into the hold of the steamer Rairansid [?] is berthed at No 21 Jones' Bay, Stanley Kelly 34, of…

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Steamer in Distress. London, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 11

The American steamer Unicol, 5959 tons, proceeding from Geelong to New York, with a crew of 40, and nine passengers, is totally disabled 880 miles from Balboa. Immediate…

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Police As Vandals Home Wrecked Furniture Smashed by Constables No Explanation

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 March 1930 · page 6

FOR the second time inside a month police have broken into the home of Mrs. Lawler, 21 Goodchap Street, Surry Hills, and,…

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Twenty Perish Steamer's Petrol Caught Alight

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 4

DAGOTA (Columbia), Tues. Over twenty passengers on a river steamer lost their lives when the petrol fuel caught…

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£120,000 Steamer Cockatoo Is. Job Canberra

Evening News · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 7

THE proposed construction of a light-house steamer at Cockatoo Island by the Commonwealth Shipping Board has been the subject of a conference…

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Who Wants to Buy a Schooner? No. Offer When Louis Theriault is Offered at Auction

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 11

No offers were made yesterday for the auxiliary schooner Louis Theriault, which was offered for sale by auction…

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Printer's Slip "Honest Wrecker" Macdonald's Title London

Evening News · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 1

THIS morning's meeting between the British spokesman for the Naval Conference, and the newspaper men resolved itself into a mock…

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Beat Sharks and Starvation Wrecked Men Lost in Wilderness

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday.--Foundering at Wedge Island, about 45 miles north of Fremantle, the crew of five of the steam launch Arab…

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Chapter Xvi. the Wreck of the Lorlei

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1930 · page 5

"Darling Peter!" "My little Eunice!" "Oh, I've never been on the sea before, Peter. It makes you feel... Oh!" she…

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The Islands. Steamer Subsidies. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 15

The Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) said in the House of Representatives to-day, in reply to Dr. Maloney (Vic.), that the subsidies paid to Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. for…

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Steamer Seized. by United States Marshal. Vancouver, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 12

The freighter Chief Capllano, bound from Vancouver to Osaka, was boarded and seized by a United States marshal in San Juan Strait, and towed into Seattle, following a…

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Shipping INTELLIGENCE & Weather Torr Head Refloated Steamer from Australia Grounded at Calcutta

Daily Pictorial · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 11

The steamer Torr Head, which was reported ashore in the Hooghly, Calcutta, on March 17, has been refloated…

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Shipwreck Relief. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 8

To date the New Zealand Shipwreck Society has distributed £3222 towards relief of sufferers by the wreck of the Manuka…

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Sensational Sequel to 'Plane Crash in Maroubra Street Terrible Burns Man Grips High Power Cable Moth Wrecked Hit Road Near Pilot's Garage

Evening News · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 1

SENSATIONAL sequel to an amazing 'plane crash in a Maroubra street to-day, was the suffering of terrible burns by James Noble (47), a linesman, who was repairing a high tension cable torn down by the plane…

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Tossed in Breakers Launch Goes Ashore Engine Failed Moruya

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1930 · page 2

Mr. Don Rose, who was accompanied by Messrs. L. D. Collett, A. W. Constable, and two youths, had a narrow escape to-day…

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