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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

1,043 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 53

German Submarines Accounted for 12,000 Lives Dummy Ships Mislead "Gun" Floats Ashore With Sailors On It Navy Story London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

Lecturing to the united Service Institution on the Grand Fleet in wartime, Captain Frewen referred to the tremendous losses…

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Nanking's Spanner to Wreck Pact Machinery? Mukden's Dilemma Shanghai

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

Following on the action of the Nanking Government in recalling to the capital the Chinese delegate to the Moscow Conference (on the…

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2600 Miles Schooner's Battle 7 Weeks at Sea Blown Across Atlantic London

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 4

THIRTY miles from her destination, St. Johns, Newfoundland, the fishing schooner Neptune, ran into a gale, in consequence of which…

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The Story of Manly Where Captain Phillip First Stepped Ashore: Early Settlers: A Record of Achievement Growth of Ferry Service

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 5

The story of Manly is woven like a bright thread into the tapestry of our history. For it was to Manly Cove that Captain Phillip, leading the First Fleet, came on that memorable day in January, 1788, when the white-winged argosy sailed through the…

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Fishing Schooner Drifts on Brink of Disaster For 48 Days Thirty Miles From Port She Is Battered 2600 MILES Grew Faces Death in Terrible Atlantic Gales: Glass of Water a Day Record of Terror, Suffering, Bravery London

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 4

Thirty miles from her destination -- St. Johns, Newfoundland -- the fishing schooner, Neptune, a new vessel, ran into continuous gales, and the voyage ended yesterday, 48 days later, at Tobermory,…

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7 Weeks in Sea's Grip Tiny Schooner Blown Across Atlantic Scottish Haven London, Sunday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

The three-masted British schooner Neptune of St. Johns (Newfoundland) a wooden vessel of 126 tons, has been towed into Tobermory Bay (on the…

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Storm-lashed British Steamer in Peril Race to Rescue Vancouver

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

Several steamers are racing to the aid of the storm-battered British freighter North Pacific (3900 tons) which is in peril…

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Amazing Voyage. Schooner Adrift in Hurricane. Swept Across Atlantic. Woman Passenger's Ordeal. (British Official Wireless,) LONDON, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 11

The three-masted British schooner Neptune, of St. John's, Newfoundland, a wooden vessel of 126 tons, has been towed into Tobermory Bay, on the west…

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Wreck in Bass Strait?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Sunday.--Either a yacht or a fishing boat has foundered at Wallabi Cove in the Kent Group. Bass Strait, about 170 miles from…

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Salvaging Hatry Wreckage Banks Taken to Task

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 14

LONDON, January 18.--The Stock Exchange announcement of £1,000,000 pool from which holders of worthless Hatry securities may be largely…

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Lifeboat Drill

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 6

But the young crew seems to be rath or undisciplined…

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Ketch Lost Dragged Anchor Mystery Solved Melbourne [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 5

THE mystery surrounding the [?] of a small vessel in the [?] Group, Bass Strait was cleared [?] to-day by a wireless message from…

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Stock Exchange Boom That Burst Crew's Ordeal Steamer Wreck in Fijian Cyclone Auckland, [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 9

THE ordeal of Captain [?] his 12-years-old son [?] engineer, and two sailors fo[?] wreck of the Fijian Gover[?]…

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Stage and Screen Hollywood's Aerial Smash — Moulin Rouge Wrecked — Pans Protests Against Talkies "Thou-Shalt-Nots' American Censors Canada Stricter Than Australia

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 17

UNTIL mail news arrives from Hollywood all the circumstances surrounding the aeroplane smash which resulted in the death of Kenneth…

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Yacht Wrecked. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 11

According to a message received last night by the Deputy-Director of Navigation (Captain Bolger), a fishing yacht painted white has been wrecked near Erith Island, in the…

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Ketch Breaks Up in Bass Strait Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 1

The Government lighthouse steamer, Lady Loch, in a wireless message to-day, cleared up the mystery which surrounded the wreck of a small vessel…

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Cargo Steamer's Captain Seriously Ill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

Captain Howell-Price, master of the Federal Steam Navigation Co.'s cargo steamer Somerset, was seriously ill when the ship arrived early…

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Tramp Steamer's Roaming Adventures Crew's Cruise of Romance Saw the World

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 9

A year at sea, the globe circled, both the Suez and Panama Canals navigated, and 45,000 miles covered!…

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Big Shark Caught. On Hook and Line. Thrill for Steamer Passengers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 15

Hundreds of passengers from the steamers Marama and Maunganul, with friends, who had come to welcome them, witnessed an exciting struggle between a large shark and a…

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Ships with "Eyes" Device That Locales Submerged Wrecks

The World's News · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

THE dream of an Italian engineer who has spent years planning a ship that would search for and raise treasure from the bed of the ocean has been fulfilled…

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