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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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General Feeling of Regret Wrecking Of Unity Agreement IMPUDENT

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 7

KEEN disappointment was expressed throughout the Labor Movement yesterday that the intrusion of the demand for the…

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Nine Killed When Flying Boat Hits Mountain Lost Way During Fog Blazing Wreckage In Snow Beatty's Nephew Victim Messina

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 1

THE K3595, a Singapore type, of flying boat, which was on its way from Naples to the R.A.F. seaplane base at Malta, crashed into a hillside in Sicily this morning during a fog. THE nine men on board, including Flight-Lieulenant Beatty, a nephew of Earl Beatty, Were all…

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Sorry He Went? J. J. Leahy Shipwrecked On Silver Wave

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 5

BATHURST squatter J. J. Leahy went to one of his station properties after the first race at the Farm yesterday. Probably…

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Was Short of Food Fisherman Missing; Boat Wreckage Found

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 24

HOBART, Saturday.--No further information has been received regarding the fate of Alexander William Hutchings, 55, the wreckage of…

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Schooner Returns No Trace Of Ulm Found

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

After searching all the islets, rocks, and reefs between the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Islet, a distance of 1200 miles, for traces of Mr. Ulm…

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Navy Fun Day Ashore Saddle Style Jervis Bay

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 9

SAILORS on horseback! The entire population and a few thousand visitors turned out to see the sight…

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Royal Plans Upset Australia's Delay with Schooner at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 1

The U.S. naval tug Ontario having signalled us that she has taken the Seth Parker in tow, we have resumed our voyage after a week's delay…

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Murder Jury Will Go Into Vaudeville Farce Sequel To Lindbergh Case Nice Way They Have in U.S.A. Girl Witness Is Mobbed On Steamer New York

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 1

THE jury in the Lindbergh baby murder case -- eight men and four women--whose verdict three days ago meant…

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New Pilot Steamer for Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 8

PLANS have been drawn up for a steamer to replace the veteran pilot steamer Captain Cook…

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Large Launch for Mission Work. Shipped on Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1935 · page 12

An ocean-going launch was loaded on board the Montoro yesterday, and is to be taken to the St. Matthias Islands, off the coast of New Guinea, where it will be used in mission work…

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Harbor Pilot Steamer

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 4

Representatives of all branches of the State Navigation Department will meet at 2.30 p.m. to-day to discuss proposals for either the rebuilding…

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Spanish Bishop Dead. Obsequies in Wrecked Cathedral

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 40

The funeral at Oviedo, on November 7, the Capital of Asturias, of the Bishop of Oviedo, Monsignor Juain Bautista Luis Perez was the occasion of a great…

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'Plane Wrecked In Swamp Forced Down Passengers' Escape Petrol Pipe Burst Warnervale Mishap Newcastle

The Sun · Thursday 21 February 1935 · page 17

FORCED down in a swamp near Warnervale at 8 a.m. to-day, an aeroplane piloted by Goya Henry, was almost completely wrecked. The pilot and two passengers had remarkable escapes from death…

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Steamer Is Rammed In Fog ROME

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 1

FOUR persons were drowned when the Jugoslav steamer Vilac sank after being rammed by the Italian steamer Rodi in a fog in the Adriatic…

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wrecked Engine of plane in swamp

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 1

THE WRECKED PLANE, piloted by Goya Henry, which made a forced landing in a swamp at Warnervale yesterday…

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Bass Strait Steamer Held Up By Dispute. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 16

When the crew of the Tasma[?] passenger steamer Loongana refused to take the vessel to sea this afternoon a wireless message was sent to the steamer Na[?] which was…

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Steamer Held Up Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 16

WHEN it was tound that two firemen and a seaman were missing as the vessel was about to leave for Tasmania, the crew of the…

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UNION CO's New Steamer Fremantle

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 13

Bound to Melbourne, the Union S.S. Co.'s new twin-screw oil-burning vessel, Taroona, Captain Evan Evans, reached Fremantle early to-day. She…

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WRECKERS at WORK

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1935 · page 4

THE people of Sydney have a fine contempt for ancient landmarks. The Blue Bell Inn, of Phillip-street,…

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New Bass Strait Steamer. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 15

The union Company's new steamer Taroona, for the Launceston-Melbourne service called at Fremantle on Saturday on her way from England to Melbourne. She had made a fast passage, during…

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