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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

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Prominent Passengers Among the Arrivals Yesterday by the American Mail Steamer Monterey. '

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 12

MR. L. S. ABRAHAMS, K. C., returned from a holiday visit to California. LIEUTENANT J C ELWORTHY R.N., formerly A.D.C. to the Governor-General of…

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Windows Broken, Shop Wrecked Confiscated Ball Brings Reprisal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 1

To stop a number of youths from playing handball against the wall of his shop in Bourke Street, Darling- hurst, last night, a foreign fish-shop…

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A Night Ashore. Sailor's Rough Experience

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 14

A sergeant at the Regent-street police station received a shock early yesterday, when a man, whose face was covered with blood, dashed into the station…

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Old Schooner Fills Up Pumps Rushed to the Scene

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 5

The old three-master schooner Louis Theriault, which has lain idle in Sydney Harbor for many years, commenced to fill up yesterday while…

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Nearly Sank at Her Moorings Old Schooner Had to Be Pumped

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

The old dismasted schooner, Louis Theriault, which almost sank at her moorings on Friday, had shipped no further water yesterday…

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Man Leaps From Ferry Steamer. Believed to Be Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 9

A great deal of excitement was caused on the Manly ferry steamer Balgowlah last night when a man leaped overboard as the vessel was passing Dobroyd Point. The ferry captain put the…

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Sensation on Manly Steamer Man Reported to Have Jumped Into Harbor

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

WATER POLICE searched unsuccessfully for hours last night for the body of a man who is stated to have jumped from a…

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New Type of Steamer. a Boom for the Coal Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 4

Further cable advices received from London in connection with the new type of cargo vessels now being constructed to the designs of Sir Joseph…

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Two 'Planes in Head-on Crash at 1000 Feet Dead Pilots Dragged From the Blazing Wreckage Twisted Steel Collided with Terrific Force During Air Manoeuvres Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 1

TWO young members of the Australian Air Force, Air Cadet K. A Crisp and Air Cadet J. P. B. McDonnell, were incinerated when…

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All Australian. a Steamer Fixed to Load Fruit

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 4

It is reported that the steamer Millais is due at Sydney on April 3 from the United Kingdom to start loading: a cargo of fruit for the English…

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Mystery Plane Wreckage Joy From "Sun" Toy Fund

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 32

INSPECTING a compressor leg (left) and some molten metal from a plane washed up at Jervis Bay. Captain T. E. Johnson, Chief Aircraft Inspector, has not come to a definite conclusion as to the type of…

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Wrecker Hill Going Soon Running Away From Stricken State Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 6

ALTHOUGH Mr. Hill, Premier of South Australia, who has been appointed Agent-General in London, will reside…

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Won't Replace Wrecked 'Planes Sequel to Death Crash Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 1

The Minister for Defence, [?] George Pearce, stated to-day that there was no likelihood of the two Air Force Wapitis, which were…

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Kianga Sold. Interesting History. "Wreck That Sailed Again."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 9

The coastal steamer Kianga, famous as the "wreck that sailed again," has changed hands. She has been purchased by the Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Co., Ltd., from the…

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Police Patrol Wrecked in Collision. Rushing to a Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 9

While racing along Livingstone-road, Marrickville, to the scene of a robbery last night, the western districts police wireless patrol came into collision with a lorry at the…

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Schooner Wrecked Reported To Be Total Loss Passengers Rescued SUVA

The Sun · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 3

News was received this morning that Brown and Joske's auxilliary schooner Jan was wrecked on Thursday off the island of Naltabua…

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Washed Ashore. Bottle and Tablet. Tweed Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 12

A bottle recently washed ashore south of Cudgen Headland is stated to have contained a message and a request from Captain Amundsen. It is thought that the bottle was thrown…

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Appalling Disaster in Rhenish Prussia Gas Explosion Wrecks Big District Over 100 Are Dead More Than 2000 Injured; Women, Children Buried Poison Fear Causes Panic London

The Sun · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 1

AN appalling disaster has occurred at Neukirchen, in Rhenish Prussia, where an explosion hurled aloft the largest gasometer in the Saar Valley, killed over 100…

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Insists on "Security" France's Attitude on Disarmament Wreck Parley? London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 7

With tiresome persistence France again threatens to wreck the Disarmament Conference by the re-introduction…

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Roosevelt May Wreck America Preposterous Pride Of Bankrupt Nation

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1933 · page 18

"THE American people will never stand for a British lump sum proposal, whereby Britain would cut three-fourths of her debt away," so says Mr. H. Rainey, of Illinois, Democratic leader in the House of…

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