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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

1,043 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 53

Clearing Wreckage

Evening News · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 7

Clearing away the wreckage after the derailment of a number of trucks of a goods train at Haselbrook to-day…

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Naval Conference Not Wrecked Yet" British View Progress Waits on France Meetings on Bridge Three-power Pact Mentioned London

Evening News · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 13

"WE have not begun to salvage the ship. We cannot, until she becomes a wreck. She has not officially become a wreck, and she is still making progress. There were two meetings on the bridge this morning."…

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'Plane Wrecked. Flying to Australia. Accident in France. LONDON, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 11

Mr. Parkerson, a New Zealand business man, who was to attempt to fly to Australia, leaving from Lympne aerodrome, left for France at 6 o'clock this morning…

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Naval Parley Not a Wreck Return of French Delegates LONDON

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 4

"We have not begun to salvage the ship, and cannot till it becomes a wreck, but it is still making progress," said the British…

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Man Missing From Steamer Newcastle Trip Newcastle

Evening News · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 7

NEWCASTLE police are investigating the mysterious disappearance from the Hunter River Company's steamer Gwydir of Mr. E. G…

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The Barefaced Wreckers

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 March 1930 · page 4

THE State of New South Wales for two and a half years now has had to tolerate a policy of political wreckage at which all sections of the community must stand aghast. If the disastrous record of the Bavin Government be closely…

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New Steamer Bombo. for the Kiama Metal Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 4

Exhaustive and, in every respect, satisfactory speed trials were recently carried out in the Firth of Forth by the new steamer Bombo, which has…

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"Idle As a Painted Ship Upon a Painted Ocean" Sunrise Scene Six-masted Schooner Arrives Helen B. Sterling One of the Last Windjammers

Evening News · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 5

A BRILLIANT sunrise, and, outlined on the horizon, 20 miles to sea, a six-masted windjammer in full sail! That was the scene which greeted the signalmaster at South Head, Mr. Charles Knott, when he swept the skyline through his…

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Strange Hoodoo on Steamer Gwydir Two Men in Queer Sea Mystery Both Vanish Missing on Trip to Newcastle No Trace Newcastle, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 1

Recent events indicate the presence of a strange hoodoo over the Newcastle steamer Gwydir…

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Amazing Wreck Stroy 13 Drowned in Record Island Tragedy

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 27 March 1930 · page 2

Adrift for five days in a small dinghy, three white men and a crowd of natives spent five days of terror near Rabaul, after…

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Schooner in Port

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 12

The Helen B. Stirling in Sydney harbour yesterday, after her long voyage of 78 days from the United States…

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P. and O. Branch Steamer

The Labor Daily · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 6

The Ballarat will berth at No. 9 Walsh Day, this morning at 7 o'clock on her arrival from London…

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Six-masted Schooner Completes Long Voyage From U.s.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 14

The lumber strewn decks of the Helen B. Stirling, which arrived yesterday, 78 days out from Portland, U.S.A. A visit from a vessel of this type to Sydney is rather unusual these days…

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Fender Wreckers Careless Parking

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1930 · page 10

Damage is frequently caused to cars left in congested parking areas during the owners absence through the difficulty of inexperienced drivers moving their…

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[?]rere "City of Sydney" Has Landed Fire Ravaged Steamer at Cockatoo

The Sun · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 16

TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY in which the City of Sydney has landed are the above pictures. On top is a roughly-moulded plan offering difficulties to searchers; above, the type of waterway in the area; and at right, typical natives in more open country…

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Oh Gosh! That Nervous Wreck Ford at 40 m.p.h

Evening News · Monday 31 March 1930 · page 8

WITH nervous wreck painted on the rad[?]or of a very old model Ford car and "Oh gosh" painted on the rear Frank Alfred Bolton d[?]o[?]…

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The Otranto. Collision with French Steamer. London, March 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 11

The Orient liner Otranto collided with the French steamer Bernardin de St, Pierre, which was anchored in Port Said Harbour. The Otranto's damage was apparently sllght. She…

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Death Wins Seven Are Lost in Wreck Gallant Rescue Attempt London

The Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 1

Seven shipwrecked seamen, after watching heroic attempts to rescue them in a raging sea, disappeared…

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Gang Wreck Shop at Redfern Man & Wife Hurt Fruit Pelted All Over Premises Register Robbed

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 1

A man and his wife were hurt and their shop wrecked ed by a Redfern gang last night…

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Shop Wrecked by Mob Brutal Attack on Man and Wife

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 1 April 1930 · page 4

A larrikin gang wrecked Guiseppe Lamaro's fruit shop, in Elizabeth Street, Redfern, last night, attacked Lamaro and his…

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