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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

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Horses Injured on Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 2

DURING a disturbance on the steamer Westralia on Thursday night Dame Moab and Visage, who were returning to Sydney after having…

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Collier Bealiba Ashore. Two Miles South of Norah Head

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 4

The 512-ton collier Beallba, which left Botany on Thursday night last for Catherine Hill Bay, went ashore on Pelican Point, south of Norah Head,…

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Rain's Havoc in W.a. Railways Wrecked: Mails Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 7

PERTH, Friday.--Owing to wash- aways no trains will arrive in Perth from eastern States, Kalgoorlie, Albany, or Geraldton to-day, and the…

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Riches Embarrassment May Wreck Govt. Taxpayers or Jobless to Benefit ? Socialists' Sway Growing London

Truth · Sunday 11 March 1934 · page 16

WHAT shall we do with the Budget surplus? This problem is facing Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the…

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Mission Ketch Reports Lord Howe Island

The Sun · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 11

The mission ketch Patteson called in here to-day to report and to have her engines overhauled…

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Rescues on the Beaches Five People Brought Ashore Yesterday

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

Swimming more than 60 yards beltman C. Tutnall, of the local club, brought an unconscious man, who subsequently gave his name as W…

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Crew of Wrecked Collier Bealiba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 12

Members of the crew of the Bealiba, with their belongings, on the beach at Pelican Point, Norah Head, where the vessel was wrecked on Friday…

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Busy Steamer

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 10

The Huddart, Parker passenger steamer Zealandia, which arrived yesterday morning, railed at midnight for Newcastle to coal. She is expected back in Sydney late…

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Crew Saved As Fishing Schooner Sinks

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 1

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Mon. THE steamer Western Land, while proceeding to New York from Southampton, sighted through a snowstorm a fishing schooner disabled 50 miles south of Halifax…

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Bealiba Wreck. Vessel Beginning to Break Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 9

The wrecked coaster Bealiba Is now lying on her side at Pelican Point. Heavy seas have been pounding the stranded vessel, and she Is said by observers to be breaking-up…

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Wrecked Ship for Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 7

With a big list to starboard, the abandoned collier Bealiba is in danger of going to pieces on Pelican Point, two miles south of Norah Head,…

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Twice Ashore. Chinese Coastal Steamer's

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 5

The second misfortune to befall the ship in the course of a few days took place when the well-known Chinese coastal steamer Hai Ning, flagship of…

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Shipwright's Death on Steamer

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 6

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the City Coroner's inquest yesterday, into the death of Charles Cowie, 50, ship's carpenter,…

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For Scrap Iron Dismantling Old Steamer Grafton

The Sun · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 10

The steamer Induna, which was originally built for the England-South African trade, is being dismantled and the ironwork is being…

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Wrecked Lugger. Trepanning in Caledon Bay

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 5

A radio message from the mission ketch Holly, to the Superintendent of Police at Darwin, giving details of the wreck of Mr. F. H. Gray, a Darwin…

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Launch Wrecked. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 14

The Cairns police have advised that the launch Mossman has been wrecked a mile north-east of Cape Tribulation. Another launch circled the wreck, but could not see…

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A Steamer Plus Tea and Lime Bealiba for £75

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 4

When the collier Bealiba came from the builders' yard she was admired as a "splendid little ship." Yesterday, as a wreck on Pelican…

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Old Steamer Induna. Ironwork to be Shipped to Japan

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 5

The steamer Induna, lying in the Clarence River at Grafton, is being dismantled and the ironwork is to be shipped to Sydney for export to…

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Launch Wrecked. Man's Peril at Heads. Rescued From Ledge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 9

After his launch was wrecked in a bombora under the cliffs at South Head yesterday morning, Mr. Robert Wild of Pacific-street, Watson's Bay, swam to the cliff, and managed…

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Bealiba Wreck Sold at Auction for £75

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 13

The wreck of the collier Bealiba, which was lost on Pelican Point, near Norah Head, last Friday, was yesterday sold at auction by Fraser, Uther, and Co., Ltd., for £75. The…

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