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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

620 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 31

Little Glimpses of Wild Life By Gladys Thomson, B.Sc. A Hermit Crab Who Carried His "Sentry Box" Ashore

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 46

THE hermit crabs are among the most abundant of all the crustaceans of the north Queensland seashore, and we have talked of their habits and of their curious…

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Police Say Emden Bell On Way To Germany Alleged Payment of £160 Steamer Searched at Two Ports

The Sun · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 13

ANOTHER chapter is now revealed in the extraordinary history of the Emden bell, which was first stolen from Garden Island, then dug up in Sydney Domain by detectives and Commonwealth secret…

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Golden Harvest. Still Ashore at Wellington

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 4

The American steamer Golden Harvest, which left Wellington on Tuesday night, went ashore on Barrett's Reef, Wellington Heads…

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The Canberra. a Favourite Passenger Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 4

The well-known and favourite passenger steamer Canberra, which is so popular in the Melbourne-Sydney and Queensland trades, has for the last…

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Steamer Refloated Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 10

--After 400,000 feet of timber on her deck was discharged the American freighter Golden Harvest was to-day towed off Barrett's Reef, near the…

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To Ocean Grave Old Paddle-Steamer Scuttled

The Sun · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 25

On her last voyage--to the depths of the Pacific--the hulk of the former paddle steamer Newcastle was towed through the Heads to-day by…

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Emden Bell. Stolen War Relic. May be on Way to Germany. Steamer Twice Searched

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 11

Detectives and naval intelligence officials, who have been investigating the disappearance of the Emden Bell, suspect that it might be on the German cargo steamer Main, which…

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Rowing the Captain Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 14

Captain F. C. Bradley (in the stern) being rowed ashore by senior officers of H.M.A.S. Australia yesterday…

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Mail Steamer

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 10

The Union S.S. Co.'s [?]tcamer Makura should arrive at Sydney to-morrow with passengers, general cargo and malls, from san, Francisco, vis ports…

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Steamer Newcastle Goes to Davy Jones

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 1

YESTERDAY the old paddle-wheel steamer Newcastle was towed nearly 20 miles off the Heads and sunk. Two charges of dynamite were used, and she went quickly, bow first, to the bottom…

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Sinking of Old Paddle Steamer Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 14

The Newcastle, formerly on the Sydney-Newcastle run, was towed fifteen miles from the Heads yesterday, and sunk…

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Newcastle Scuttled. Last of Famous Paddle-steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 13

Sydney saw the last of the famous paddlesteamer Newcastle early yesterday morning, when the stripped bulk was towed 15 miles to sea by the firefloat tug Hydra, and scuttled…

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Steamer Golden Harvest. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 16

A diver explored the port side of the [?] of the Golden Harvent to-day, but failed to find any holes. The examination will be continued to-morrow. Meantime, portion of the cargo is being discharged…

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Shop Wrecked Bomb Explosion in Townsville

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1933 · page 7

TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.--An explosion, believed to have been caused by a bomb, did considerable damage in the basement of premises in…

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Dispute About Unloading Steamer. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 10

A hold-up occurred during the unloading of timber cargo from the Golden Harvest, for which the waterside workers are demanding 5/ an hour extra, or 9/ an hour…

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American Freighter Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 June 1933 · page 13

THE AMERICAN FREIGHTER Golden Harvest hard and fast on Barrett's Reef, at the entrance to Wellington Harbor. She was refloated at the third attempt, and reached port with her forward holds flooded…

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The Canberra. a Favourite Passenger Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 June 1933 · page 3

The well-known and favourite passenger steamer Canberra, which is so popular in the Melbourne-Sydney and Queensland trades, has for the last…

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Steamer on Reef at Entrance to Wellington Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1933 · page 14

The cargo steamer Golden Harvest (which was subsequently refloated) on Barrett's Reef, at the entrance to Wellington (New Zealand) Harbour. Pencarrow Head and lighthouse are on the left…

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'Plane Wrecked. Occupants' Remarkable Escape. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1933 · page 11

When an aeroplane Lose-dived from a height of 70 feet near Nanango this morning, the pilot escaped with minor injuries, and a passenger was not hurt, although the machine…

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Mr. and Mrs. Mollison in 'Plane Crash Proposed Flight Over the Atlantic Is Abandoned Plane Wrecked London

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 1

WHILE taking off at Croydon to-day on their projected non-stop flight to New York, J.A. Mollision and his…

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