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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

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Wholesale Wreckers In Brisbane BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 2

THE door of the fourth safe to be blown by thieves in a Valley furniture warehouse last night flew through two…

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Eleven Drowned. Dutch Steamer Founders

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 5

After springing a leak off Textel Island, the steamer Oakford foundered and eleven of the officers and crew were drowned. A Dutch lifeboat had…

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Swedish Steamer Founders. Seven Lives Lost

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 5

When the trawler Kurd collided with the Swedish steamer Castor, off Flamborough in a dense fog on December 21 last, seven lives were lost…

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Disabled Launches. Rescue by Coastal Steamer. Surf Boat's Assistance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 9

Several motor launches, buffeted by choppy seas and a strong southerly wind, were in trouble at the week-end. The crews of two disabled launches were rescued by members of…

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Woman Jumps Over Gap Body Is Recovered By The Pilot Steamer Coat on Cliff

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

THE GAP free from suicides since August last, claimed another victim yesterday when Miss Helen Alison Langwill, 38, who is…

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Only Broken Leg When Plane Is Wrecked Paris

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 8

The Indian aviator, Mohn Singh, had a remarkable escape from death yesterday when the high-speed plane in which he was attempting to fly…

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Jekyll-hyde Steamer Saved Oil Duties

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 7

TO avoid legally the heavy duty on fuel oil consumed on the Australian coast, the captain of the Swedish steamer…

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Another Huge French Swindle New Scandal Involves £2,500,000 Sum Ministry May Be Wrecked Manager of Bank Is Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. A NEW French financial scandal has been revealed by the arrest of Georges Alexandre, manager of the Civil Servants…

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Lifeboat Race International Aspect in To-morrow's Event

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 6

Seven lifeboats will probably compete in the international race (suggested by "The Telegraph") at to-morrow's Anniversary Day Regatta…

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Ship's Engineer Dies Put Ashore at Port Kembla Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 7

Mr. Samuel Ferguson, chief engineer of the Mellwraith, McEacharn freighter, Koollga, died in a private hospital here last night, aged 44 years…

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"Wrecker."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 9

Not a wrecker, but an ideal lover for Genevieve Tohin. This is Jack Holt in "The Wrecker." the Cinema's featured attraction for Saturday, Monday and…

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The Red Hand of the Wreckers Strikes Precipitated by Communists The Workers Deluded and Misled for the Purposes of Political Expediency Action Should Be Taken to Suppress the Agitators

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 1

MILITANT unionists, representing the inner circle that to-day controls Langism in this State, have been endeavoring to…

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Saved By Hole Under Wreck

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 1

A CREVICE in the bank of Hackett's Creek, St. Marys, saved the life of Daniel Fisher, of St. Marys, when the car in which he and four other men were driving, crashed through a bridge and dropped twenty feet yesterday…

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Sailing Vessels Collide One Ashore; Cargo Jettisoned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 17

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Two ketches carrying wheat to the windjammer fleet came into collision between Goose Island and the mainland near…

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Shipwrecked Sailors. Companies' Obligations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 5

Steamship companies are not obligated to return shipwrecked seamen of their own vessels to their home ports at their own expense, according…

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Master Colin To Wreck Greensea's Record

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 2

GREENSEA has won four Brush Hurdles all in a line and weight of money this Friday will say that he will win…

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Tourist Steamer. New Order from Hamburg-American Line

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 5

A contract is reported to have been placed with a Hamburg yard for a new vessel for the Hamburg-American Line's service to Heligoland and the…

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Cinema News "The Wrecker."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 2

The current attraction at the Parramatta Cinema has a brilliant cast of performers. The leading stars are Jack Holt and the blonde star, Genevieve Tobin. The…

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Bank Scandal Wrecks Govt. Chautemps C a B I N E T R E S I G N S Riots Break Out In Paris 500 Arrested Paris

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

PUBLIC uneasiness caused by the Stavisky bank scandal has led to the downfall of the French Government. The…

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Driven Back Mission Schooner In Huge Seas HUSKISSON

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 6

The auxiliary mission schooner, Patteson, which left Sydney on January 19, for New Hebrides, returned to Jervis Bay during the…

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