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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

1,043 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 53

Girl's Escapade. Boards Steamer in Harbour. Leaves with Pilot at Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 11

An adventure on which a 17-year-old Newcastle girl had entered with high hopes and fine address ended yesterday afternoon when she was taken from a P. and O. Branch…

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'Ware Wreckers. Queer Referendum Tactics

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1930 · page 26

In the first half of this year two contentious and important questions will be submitted to a plebiscite or referendum. One, in the State sphere, is concerned with…

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Stranded Steamer Milora. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 12

A report from Rockhampton states that attempts to get the Milora off the sandbank today by means of a dredge again proved unsuccessful, though on one occasion the task…

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New Karepo. Second Steamer for the U.s.s. Co

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 7 February 1930 · page 4

The Union Steamship Company's second steamer Karspo has arrived at Wellington from Birkenhead, via the Panama Canal Captain W. W…

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Whose Lifeboat?

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1930 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Saturday. FROM Coledate Heights to-day, an object tossing about in the waves, caught the…

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A Mystery Lifeboat Washed Up Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 9 February 1930 · page 6

Mr. Casey, of Coledale, noticed from Coledale Heights to-day an object being tossed about by the waves. Wading into the surf to capture it, he was…

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Steamer John Williams. Usefulness Outgrown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 13

The London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams, which for more than 30 years has voyaged between Sydney and the Gilbert Islands, and is probably the best-known vessel…

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Rough Voyage for Q'land Steamer [?]

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 11

THE steamer insisted had a [?] during the [?] Townsville to [?] which it reached last [?]…

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Steamer Damaged. Struck Submerged Object. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 12

During the voyage from Sydney to Fremantle at 1 o'clock on Friday morning the French steamer Commissaire Ramel struck a submerged object, and the propeller was…

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British Steamer on Fire at Azores LONDON

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 1

The British steamer Maimoa, bound from New Zealand to London, reports that No. 3 hold is on fire. She gives her position as latitude…

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Fire on Steamer Making for Azores London

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 1

THE Brush steamer Maimos. 8011 tons, bound from Napier to London, has sent a wireless message to say that No. 3 hold is on fire, and that she…

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Tramp Steamer in Port with Unhappy Crew Several Times Aground Food Supplies Ran Short Tossed by Storms

Daily Pictorial · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 5

Buffeted by storms and with her crew telling strange tales of misery, misfortune, and disaffection, the tramp steamer Luciston…

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Over the Odds! Race Crowd Runs Amok Wrecks Everything False Start Ruins a Meeting Paris

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 1

A false start at the Vincennes trotting races yesterday led to the worst racecourse riot in France in the past quarter of a century. Unprecedented scenes of disorder followed, and…

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Washed Ashore

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 18

GRAFTON, Tuesday. -- For three miles along the beach at Wooll, the sand is strewn with hundreds of cases of limes, and scores of bales of straw…

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Steamer's Adventurous Voyage From Ocean Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 14

The Luciston photographed by a member of the Coringa's crew after the tug had taken the vessel in tow. The steamer's propeller and rudder were damaged when she was driven on the reef at Ocean Island…

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Fire on British Steamer. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 11

The Shaw Savill and Albion freighter Malmoa (8011 tons) proceeding from Napier (N.Z.) to London sent a wheless message from lat. 48.40 N., long 32.40 W., in the…

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Lost Actor Is Found Almost Wrecked by Talkie Fears

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 2

Sick and a nervous wreck, Ian Devereux, actor in "The Desert Song," who disappeared three weks ago, was found last night…

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"Wreck" Now a World-beater Chrissie Dahm Tells Her Ambitions j

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 6

Chrissie Dahm confessed her ambition to the "Pictorial" last night when she chatted at her home in Gloucester Street, City…

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Island Ketch Stella Maris for Mission Work

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 5

A MISSION ketch, said to be the first of its kind ever built in N.S.W., has been completed at M'Mahon's Point, and will shortly be…

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Govt. to Build Steamer Cockatoo Dockyard Trade with Tasmania Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 1

The Federal Government has instituted an inquiry regarding the possibility of building steamship at the Cookatoo Dockyards suitable for the…

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