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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Yacht Isis Wrecked Near Melbourne. Crew Struggles Ashore. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 9

The yacht, Isis (71 tons), owned by Mr. W. O. Buckland, of Melbourne, when caught by a gale which swept the bay at 1 o'clock this morning, dragged her anchor and was…

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Small Steamer. Wrecked Near Hobart. HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 10

The steamer Lintrose (153 tons), owned by the Huon Steamship Co, Hobart, was wrecked off the Derwent Lighthouse at the entrance to the Derwent early this morning…

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Steamer Newton Elm in Dock at Walsh Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 12

The Newton Elm, which ran aground recently on the North Coast, taking the water this week after having been in the Walsh Island Dock at Newcastle…

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Hard Labor at Long Bay Done While Injured Dislocated Thumb As Compensation Claim No Order Made Hurt While Working on Japanese Steamer

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 6

ACCORDING to Joseph Henry Slater, of Glebe, the term, "hard labor" applied to his sentence of one month's…

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The Wrecked Norwegian Yacht Teddy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 12

Mr. Erling Tambs' yacht Teddy entering Sydney Harbour last year after her trans-Tasman Sea crossing. The Teddy was wrecked on Wednesday off Kawau Island, on the Auckland, New Zealand, coast…

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Engine Wrecks Itself. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 10

An engineer, A. Perry, escaped injury at Forbes power station when it crankshaft in an engine broke and wrecked the unit. Pieces of iron and steel fiew through the engine house…

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Graphic Story. Wreck of the Teddy. Mrs. Tambs' Experience. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 9

A vivid story of terrifying experiences when the yacht Teddy was wrecked yesterday on Challenger Island was told to-day by Mrs. Tambs…

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The Northern Firth. Menace of Floating Wreckage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 9

Battered by heavy seas, the wrecked freighter Northern Firth, which stranded on Brush Island on February 21, was rapidly breaking up yesterday. Its destruction is now only a…

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Menace to Shipping Wreckage From the Northern Firth Radio Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 9

The wrecked Northern Firth late yesterday afternoon became a danger to navigation as big seas tore her…

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Small Steamer Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 4

The small steamer Lintrose was wrecked off the Derwent Lighthouse (Tasmania) on Thursday morning. Laden with poles, the vessel met…

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Lintrose May Be Total Wreck Heavy Seas Prevent Inspection

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 5

HOBART, Friday.--Owing to mountainous seas in Storm Bay, an inspection of the coastal steamer Lintrose, which was driven ashore…

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Wrecked Near Boston Steamer Prince David. VANCOUVER, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1932 · page 9

The Canadian National steamer Prince David (6892 tons), bound for the Bermudas from Boston, with 84 passengers, struck a reef 12 miles out of port, and is sinking…

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Big Steamer Runs on Reef Off Bermuda 234 Passengers and Crew Saved by Liner Ship Sinking New York

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1932 · page 1

THE liner Prince David, 6892 tons, is sinking on a reef near Hamilton, Bermuda The 234 passengers and crew…

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Lang, Wrecker

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1932 · page 6

IT has been said that every country gets the government that it deserves. The exception proves the rule;…

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Second Mate Charged Evidence at Firth Wreck Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1932 · page 7

The stranding of the Northern Firth off Brush Island on February 21 was yesterday inquired into by Mr. Laidiaw, C.S.M., assisted by assessors,…

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Iron to Wreck Express Discovery on Line Near Grafton

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1932 · page 7

GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Railway officials travelling on a trolley ahead of the Brisbane express this afternoon discovered…

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Steamer Ulimaroa. to Be Replaced by Zealandia. Ulimaroa's Long Service

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 4

When the Huddart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa arrived at Auckland on March 1, from Sydney, she completed her 400th trip to New Zealand—a notable record in her long career in the Sydney New Zealand passenger service, and for her…

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Uncharted Rock Cause of Northern Firth Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 6

It was found by the Commonwealth Court of Marine Enquiry yesterday that the steamer Northern Firth struck an uncharted rock off Brush…

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Worry Caused Man's Death Shipwrecked Hulk the Reason

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An illness, stated to have been brought about by worries following the stranding of the hulk of the Hygeia at…

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Concert for North Ashore Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 8

The Royal Australian Artillery Band will give a performance to-morrow night at 8.15 at the Amphitheatre, Balmoral Beach. Artists assisting will be Mr. Walter Kingsley, Miss Margaret Blackburn, Mr…

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