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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

620 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 31

Island Steamer

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 June 1933 · page 10

The Burns, Phlip Island steamer Morinda is expected at Sydney on Monday morning, with passengers and general cargo, from the New…

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Grim Arctic Adventure Frozen Men Are Cast Overboard From Lifeboat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 June 1933 · page 5

TROMSOE, May 10. -- I have heard to-day the tale of an Arctic tragedy as grim and poignant as any which has ever occurred…

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Steamer Namoi Scuttled Old Paddle Vessel's End

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 June 1933 · page 1

Formerly considered the finest paddle steamer in Australia, the Namol was towed outside the Heads yesterday by the tug Hydra, and…

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The Last of the Old Paddle Steamer Namoi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 June 1933 · page 16

The Namoi, formerly well known on the Sydney-Newcastle service, was towed nineteen miles to sea yesterday and sunk…

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Steamer Refloated

The Sun · Sunday 18 June 1933 · page 2

The coastal steamer Allenwood, which went aground on the northern spit at Cape Hawke Harbor on Friday, was refloated at high tide…

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Firewood From Old Schooner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 12

Portion of the timber from the dismantled Helen B. Stirling is being sold for firewood…

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Stolen And Wrecked

The Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 8

After having been stolen on Friday from Willoughby, this car, belonging to Mr. J. Jeffries, of Woollahra, was fauna on Sunday about 50 feet over the rocks at Roseville Chase, in the condition in which it is shown in the picture…

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Takes Off For World Flight-- Theatre in Hands of Wreckers

The Sun · Wednesday 21 June 1933 · page 18

OKLAHOMA SISTERS, said to be the only quadruplets in the United Slates. All received their diplomas from the same high school on the same day. They are 18 years old. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, in the hands of the demolishes, is quickly being despoiled of its internal embellishment…

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Where Wreckers Hold the Stage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 June 1933 · page 9

LOOKING FROM backstage into the auditorium of Her Majesty's Theatre, now in the course of demolition…

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French Mail Steamer

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 10

The Messageries Maritimes steamer [?] d'Amions arrived at Sydney arrived at Sydney yesterday, with passengers and general car go, from Marsell[?]es, vin ports…

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Man Drowned When Fishing Boat Capsized Youth Is Rescued by Brave Act of Unemployed Eye-witness Pilot Steamer and Surf Boat Assist in Search Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 8

WHILE tending lobster pots from a small open boat on the seaward side of Groper Rock, below Fort Scratchley,…

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How Rokkjer Nearly Wrecked the Ring Pat on the Back for the Club

Truth · Sunday 25 June 1933 · page 2

"A DERBY PROPOSITION!" That's how the hard-heads summed up Tale Teller's chance in the mile two-year-old event at Moorefield yesterday. A nice lump of a fellow, he had run close behind the…

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The Bushworkers' Budget Splendid Progress by New N.s.w. Branch. General Secretary Grayndler Answers Propaganda of Union-wreckers. Members Warned Against Disgruntled Whisperers

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 June 1933 · page 17

A RECENT statement in a Sydney capitalist evening paper, with the headlines, "Big Deficit," "A.W.U. In Bad Position," clearly indicates that some of the…

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Mail Steamer

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 10

On Saturday morning the Union liner Ma[?]ul will arrive at Sydney with passengers and general cargo from San Francisco…

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Tanker Ashore at Cape York

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 1

ACCORDING to a report received by the Navigation Department yesterday afternoon the Shell oil tanker…

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The Black Cat Went Ashore And Stayed There

The Sun · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 9

To those who hold with signs and portents there is food for thought in the story of the Christina Fraser's black cat…

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"Shipwrecked." Maloja Passengers Did Not Know

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 12

"How do you like being shipwrecked?" asked one tourist of another at breakfast on board the P. and O. liner Maloja on the morning the vessel left Port Moresby. "What on earth…

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Thin Blood Wrecks Health

Truth · Sunday 2 July 1933 · page 9

When your blood is thin and weak, you feel utterly wretched. Your nerves, tissues and organs must have nourishment to replace and mend the wear…

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Cargo Steamer

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 8

Huddart, Parker, Ltd., advise that the Yarra will arrive at Sydney early this morning with general cargo from Geelong…

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Arrival of New Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 12

The Fiona, the latest addition to the Colonial Sugar Refining Co.'s fleet, arrived from England on Saturday…

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