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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Body Washed Ashore Youth Was Missing for Week

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The body of William Harvey, 20, who left Port Lincoln last Sunday in a 14-foot dinghy on a fishing trip with Harry…

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Disabled in Gale. Steamer Marrawah. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 7

An S.O.S. signal from the Holyman line steamer Marrawah shortly after noon to-day was followed by an intimation that the engines of the steamer had broken down, [?]nd that…

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Helpless Steamer Battling in Bass Strait Marrawah's Sos; Gale's Menace Huge Seas Battering Lame Ship Twenty-seven on 600-Tonner Distress Signals

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Her engines precariously patched up, and at the mercy…

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Yacht-like Trader. Topsail Schooner Huia. Years of Useful Service

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 4

Although almost 38 years old, the auxiliary topsail schooner Huia is still as sound and seaworthy as the day she left…

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MALTA. Signor Giunta's Outburst From Deck of Steamer. London, March 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 9

A message from Malta says that, in answer to the Italian Foreign Office the "Chronicle" reports that Signor Giunta, Italian Undersecretary for the Interior, while on his way to…

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Fight on Steamer

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 7

Stated to have been involved in a brawl on the steamer Ba[?]ranald at Walsh Bay last night. Frank Roach, 35, a member of the crew, was taken…

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Ketch Vileehi. Pacific Pleasure Cruise. Visit to Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 12

In the course of a two years' cruise of the Pacific, the United States auxiliary ketch Vileehi reached Sydney yesterday. She had on board the owner, Mr. Hiram T. Horton,…

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Voyage of Ketch Day Dream. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 12

Major Lee Murray, accompanied by his wi[?]e and a friend, continued their voyage yesterday in their 54-ton ketch Day Dream, en route to the Barrier Reef and the Gulf of…

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Yacht-like Trader. Topsail Schooner Huia. Years of Useful Service

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 8

Although almost 38 years old, the auxiliary topsail schooner Huia is still as sound and seaworthy as the day she left…

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Wreckage Spells Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 5

PERTH, Wednesday.--Pieces of wreckage of a fishing-boat, found near Dongarra, are believed to be portion of the fishing-boat Sea Prince, which…

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Steamer's Heavy Cargo. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 14

Eight steel rollers, each weighing more than 15 tons, are included in the cargo of the steamer Port Hobart, which arrived in Melbourne to-day. The rollers were taken aboard…

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Reduction Of Steamer Fares LONDON, Friday. (Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 1

BRUSSELS reports state that all companies represented at the North Atlantic Shipping Conference,…

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MR. J. A. MOLLISON Returning by Steamer. CAPETOWN, March 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 14

Mr. J. A. Mollison, who made a record filght from England to the Cape this week, is returning by mail steamer. He says he desires quiet, in order to correlate his experiences, so…

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Narrow Escapes In Plane Crash Rescued From Wreckage Crash Into Fence

The Sun · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 5

Two Air Force men had remarkable escapes from death at Mascot this afternoon, when a departmental…

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To Be Sold Wreck Of Northern Firth

The Sun · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 5

The remains of the wrecked steamer, Northern Firth, will be auctioned next Wednesday by F. R. Strange, Ltd., and some of the cargo…

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Tombstone Cargo How It Wrecked Schooner

The Sun · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 6

When the Ancient Mariner shot the albatross, in defiance of sea lore, the superstition worked out in reality. Another tradition regarding…

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Six Days of Fight with Hurricane Small Schooner Drags Her Anchor Seamanship Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 5

Battling through one of the worst gales within the memory of the oldest seamen on the South Australian coast, the…

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Sea Gives Up Its Dead; Two Bodies Found Man and Boy Victims of S. Aust. Fishing Fatality Flung Ashore Woman Searching the Ocean for Lost Husband Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 6

THE body of Lex Hammond, 14, one of four who set away on a fishing expedition last Saturday, never to return, was flung up on…

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Wrecked Waggon Carried on Engine. Driver Escapes Death. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 9

Edward Clutterbuck, fruit and vegetable merchant, of Wodonga, had a narrow escape from death. He was returning to his home from the Chinese gardens with a load of vegetables…

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'Ware Steamer Thieves Official Warning to Passengers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 5

"Beware of thieves on sailing days" is the warning of shipping officials to passengers. Just before the Sierra sailed from…

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