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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Never Left Boat 40,000 Miles Without Going Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When Mr. A. B. Beddow, 76, of London, a passenger aboard the Mooltan, gets back to England, he will have…

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Altered Sailing. B.p. Steamer Morinda

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 4

The sailing of the B.P. steamer Morinda, which was listed for February 25, has now been altered, and this vessel will sail on February 20 for…

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Storm Wrecks Many Gardens-- Northern Suburbs Suffer

The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 14

TYPICAL North Sydney road intersection, after the rain had washed away a culvert. Roads were made dangerous for motorists…

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Lurich Wrecked His Own Property

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1932 · page 3

WRESTLER Tom Lurich is no respecter of person or property when he gets property worked up…

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Mangola Ashore. at Thursday Island

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 4

After leaving the wharf at Thursday Island on Monday last, the Burns, Philp steamer Mangola ran aground on Hovel Shoal. She was fast on a…

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Still Ashore. Unsuccessful Attempts to Tow Hayo Maru

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 4

The Japanese steamer Hayo Maru, which went aground north of Bunbury on Sunday last, was still hard and fast yesterday, efforts by the tug Uco…

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The WRECK on the REEF Misadventure of the Endeavour

The World's News · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 16

WHEN Captain Cook sailed northward in H.M.S. Endeavour along the eastern coast of Australia, after…

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Ketch Day Dream Overdue at Brisbane. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 10

No word has been received of the 20-ton ketch Day Dream, which left Sydney on February 6 with three persons on board for Brisbane. The yacht is under the command of its…

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Jap Steamer Leaking Wireless Message Received Fremantle

The Sun · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 19

A wireless message stating that she was leaking in No. 1 hold and was returning to port, was received this morning from the Japanese steamer…

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Steamer Held Up. Dispute Over Exchange Rate. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 13

The Union Steam Ship Co.'s vessel Wairuna, which was to leave for Napier last night, was held up because the crew refused to take the vessel to sea. They requested that…

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Steamer Hayo Maru. Lightering of Cargo. Waterside Workers' Protest. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 13

when the Japanese steamer Hayo Maru was stranded on its way to Bunbury (W.A.) on Sunday morning, the Japanese crow lightered the cargo into a State vessel…

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Political Refugees Australian Schooner Rescues Koepang

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 7

A party of nine deported Portuguese refugees were landed at Koepang, on the island of Timor, this morning from the Dutch steamer…

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Stowaway To Be Put Ashore

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 3

A radio to-day from the steamer Bradfyne, bound from Geelong to Shanghai, advised the discovery of a stowaway on board shortly after the…

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Wreck Hero Here

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 7

From Camden Haven, the auxiliary ketch, Sea Hawke, owned by Mr. Alexander Heynatz, reached Sydney early to-day, and is expected to…

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Steamer Ashore; Crew Saved Northern Firth May Be Total Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 1

Ashore on Brush Island, off Warden Head, near Ulladulla, the Patrick steamer Northern…

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To Melb. Winooka Goes By Steamer for Newmarket

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 2

M. Polson took Winooka by steamer to Melbourne on Saturday. Winooka has done so well in his…

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WRECKED On Brush Island. Northern Firth. Total Loss Probable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 9

The cargo steamer Northern Firth struck the rocky shore of Brush Island, on the south coast, yesterday afternoon. She was-soon driven hard and fast on the…

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Girl's Gallant Rescue Saved Airmen Helped Father Amid Blazing Wreck Graphic Story Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 7

But for the fact that the petrol tank, blazing fiercely, broke away from the 'plane at a critical moment, Messrs. C. T. P. Ulm and J. A. Kerr would have died in the flames when the machine struck the high tension electric wires on…

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Small Hope for Wreck Northern Firth Has £90,000 Worth of Cargo Aboard Graphic Radios Ulladulla

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 8

BROADSIDE on to the seas which even on this, the calmest of days, are washing over her starboard deck, lies the wrecked steamer Northern Firth, abandoned to her fate on Brush Island…

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Ship Wrecked on S. Coast Crew Take to the Boats Vessel Total Loss Heavy Sea

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 1

Bound from Melbourne to Sydney and thence to Brisbane, the interstate cargo Brisbane Northern Firth went ashore on…

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