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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

620 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 31

French Steamer Aground (Special Beam Service) Antwerp

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 1

The Messageries Maritimes steamer Ville d'Amiens, 6975 tons, en route from Sydney to Dunkirk, went aground in the River Scheldt to-day…

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Seppl And Fred Have A Day Ashore MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1933 · page 2

Petty Officer Fred Frenzel, of the German cruiser Koln, anchored off Mornington Peninsula, came ashore last night…

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British Prisoners Read Their lndictment Soviet in 67 Pages Lays Charges of Machinery Wrecking Dismissal for Editor Who Spoke Out Moscow

The Sun · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 1

THE indictment against the arrested Metropolitan-Vickers engineers, and others, which runs into 67 pages, was confidentially shown to-day to those of the British accused who are out on parole…

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Calmly Smoked Amid Wreckage of Windows MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 1

WILLIAM WHITE 29, motor mechanic, was remanded at the City Court to-day on a charge of having wilfully damaged and…

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Wreck Survivors

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Twenty- three of the 40 cadets of the visiting cruiser Koln are survivors of the wreck of the German training ship…

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Soviet Toils Menace British Workers In Sabotage Trial Law's Most Dramatic Battle Watched By Millions Dazed and Strange, Vickers' Employee Admits Guilt; Plans Wrecked? Sinister Power Over Six Lives

Truth · Sunday 16 April 1933 · page 12

WITH British Government leaders ready to move at any moment in the hope of saving six men from the menacing toils of Soviet Russia, dramatic surprise and uncertainty have been caused in the rial of the British engineers charged with industrial sabotage and espionage by the plea of guilty by one of the arrested…

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Lean Years Have Left Physical Wrecks Children and Mothers Suffer London

The Sun · Sunday 16 April 1933 · page 5

Following three years depression, signs of physical and social deterioration are becoming increasingly evident…

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Verdict in Russian Trial on Tuesday Bribery Allegations to Wreck Soviet Machinery "Browbeaten" Sensational Stories Told by Russian Accused London

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 1

THE fourth day's trial of the Metropolitan Vickers engineers ended in the completion of the heating of the evidence…

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British Steamer Adrift Four Days. Tempestuous Voyage. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 11

Officers of the steamer City of Delhi, which berthed in Brisbane to-day, told the story of a tempestuous voyage from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, during which the vessel drifted…

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Japs. Occupy 250 Sq Miles of China Proper the Chinese Withdraw Across the Luan River Bombs From Sky Telegraphs Wrecked; Heavy Damage to Property Peiping

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 1

THE Japanese occupied Chingwangtao on Saturday, completing the annexation of 250 square miles of China proper…

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Attempt to Wreck Continental Express Perth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 4

FOUR miles from Kalgoorlie, while travelling at 35 miles per hour, the Transcontinental Express encountered a jarrah…

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Has Robbiano Crashed in Bay of Bengal? Plane Wreckage Found; Other Flights Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 1

Wreckage of an aeroplane said to be that of the Italian flier, Captain Leonardi Robbiano, who has been missing…

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Ketch Wrecked. Survivor's Vivid Account. Saved by Lifeboat. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 13

The story of the wreck of the New Zealand ketch Water Lily, off the Island of Valtapu in the Ellice Group, was told by two of the crew, Messrs. John Harris and F. St. J. Parson…

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Steamer Ulysses. Some Interesting Passengers. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 12

Among the English businessmen who are passengers by the Ulysses, which put into Newcastle to-day for bunkers, is Mr. V. F. Abbott, formerly general manager of the iron…

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Steamer Ulysses. Arrives at Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 4

The Blue Funnel steamer Ulysses, which is on a four months' tour from Liverpool to Australia, arrived at Sydney yesterday morning with a large…

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AVIATION. Body Washed Ashore. May Be That of Signor Robbiano. Calcutta, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 10

The search for the Italian aviator Signor Robbiano, who was flying to Australia, is being continued. A body, believed to be his, has been washed ashore on Charbadu Island,…

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Steamer Benholm. Outbreak of Fire. Naval Party's Assistance. London, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 10

A message from Gibraltar states that in response to a wireless appeal from the copraladen steamer Benholm, 5026 tons, from Suva, which was on fire in the after-hold and…

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Fourteen Months Since Narromine's Catholic Church Was Wrecked. Over £2400 Collected for New Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 16
Also in Catholic Freeman's Journal

For the benefit of readers who perhaps have missed some of our weekly letters, it is now 14 months since the Church of St. Augustine at Narromine was destroyed by…

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Labor Commits Itself to the Russian Policy Creed of the Wreckers Socialisation of Credit Means the Confiscation of all Property and Individual Initiative the Way to Barbarism and Infidelity

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 1

THE Easter conference of tho State Labor Party has spoken, with the result that the people know exactly what to expect if ever…

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