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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Easter Cruise Steamer to Visit Lovely Pacific Isles

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 14

A SIXTEEN days' comprehensive tour, taking in Tonga, FIJI. Lord Howe, and Norfolk Islands, will be made by the Mollwralth, McEachatn line steamer,…

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'Plane Wrecked Making a Forced Landing. Five Occupants Escape. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 9

Five occupants of a plane had a remarkable escape to-day when, after making a forced landing in an orchard six miles from Stanthorpe, the plane turned over. The pilot…

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Aeroplane Is Wrecked In Forced Lading BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 1

WHEN a plane made a forced landing in an orchard near Stanthorpe to-day, and was wrecked, five occupants, including a mother and a…

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Ketch Lightbearer. Repairs Effected

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

The mission ketch Lightbearer, which was forced to return to Sydney on Monday through engine trouble, is expected to leave…

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Steamer Crew in Brawl Strike Boil-over In Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 7

A BRAWL at the corner of King and Sussex Streets, city, early last night provided an interesting sidelight on the strike…

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Aorangi's Crew Is Praised Their Fine Work In Quarantine Steamer Sails

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 8

INDICATING the manner in which the crew of the Aorangi had responded to the occasion when the ship was quarantined last week the…

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Chinese Pirates and 70 British Children Mystery Of Missing Steamer Navy in Big Sea Search Kidnapping Fears After A Long Silence SHANGHAI

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 1

FEAR is felt for the safety of 70 British children aboard the steamer Tung Chow, of which nothing has been heard…

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Stage-Fright Can Completely Wreck A Young Life Not Only Seen on Stage Examination Bogeys No Control

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 9

STAGE fright is a painful malady not peculiar to the theatrical profession It affects us all at some time or…

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Business Wrecked On Permanent Wave!

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 1

HER business was wrecked on a permanent wave. So Mrs. Ruby Hilda Bonas told Mr. Justice Lukin in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday…

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LIGHTNING. Trams, School, and Home Struck. Chimney Wrecked. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 9

Two tram cars, a school and a house were struck by lightning during a thunderstorm in the Newcastle district yesterday. No person was injured, and the damage done was…

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SMALLPOX. Mail Steamer Quarantined

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 4

The Canadian-Australian mail steamer Aorangi, carrying 320 passengers from Canada and New Zealand, was quarantined when it reached Sydney last Thursday…

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Steamer Strikes Buoy. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 17

Shortly after entering Newcastle Harbour to-day the steamer Mungana touched the buoy which marks the moorings of the pilot steamer Birubi. The Birubi slipped the buoy,…

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Steamer Held Up. Crew Leaves Canberra at Sydney

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 20

Arising out of trouble that occurred on the steamer Canberra while the vessel was in Brisbane recently the firemen walked off the steamer at Sydney last week…

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Ketch Topsy Refloated NARRABARBA

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 20

After many attempts, the fishing ketch Topsy, driven ashore late last year at the Nadgie River, has been refloated. She has sailed for…

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Schooner on 40,000 Mile Trip Father And Sons On World Tour

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 7

REGISTERED as the second largest yacht in the Sydney Yacht Club, the staysail schooner Sirius, 34 tons, owned by Mr. Harold…

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Second Albert Gold Cup Won Outright By J. M. Hardie's Schooner Windward

Referee · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 11

THE second Albert Gold Cup—the gift of Mr. Prank Albert to the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Sydney—has been won outright by Mr. J. M. Hardle's…

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Launch Sinks During Tow by Steamer. Crew of Two Rescued. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 11

The wooden steam launch Naiad, of 15 tons, foundered north of Norah Head at about 5 a.m. to-day, after springing a leak at 11 o'clock last night, while steaming from the…

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Stop Press Steamer Ashore Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

The Adelaide Co. steamer Boolana went ashore on a mud bank in the harbor when about to leave port on the full tide early…

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Leaking Steamer. Crew Forced to Man Pumps. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 16

The former Australian coastal steamer Eumeralla, which has been moored in Hobson's Bay for almost seven years, is experiencing great difficulty in leaving the waters in which…

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Wreck Fear & Flood Toll Fishing Vessel Missing 1500 Homeless In U.S.A.

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

A FISHING vessel is believed to have foundered in the North Sea during the recent severe storms, and 1500 persons were rendered…

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