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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1935

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Loongana Dispute. Steamer Laid Up. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 10

Officials of the Union Steamship Company said to-night that no arrangements had been made for the departure of the Loongana on Tuesday. The steamer's sailing was cancelled…

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Two Ships Ashore On Japanese Coast. Fishermen Rescue Crew. Tokyo, Feb. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 10

The British freighter Catherine Radcliffe (3590 tons) was caught in a storm before dawn and was blown ashore at Cape Daito, south of the mouth of the Tone River. A…

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'Plane Wrecked. Crash from 1000 Feet. Pilot Injured. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 9

A de Havilland Gipsy Moth 'plane, piloted by W. McCausland, of Launceston, went into a spin during an aerobatics competition at Western Junction aerodrome on Saturday, and…

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Family Is Cut Off by Live Wires Seven Trapped In Wrecked Room During Night Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 5

AN exciting and terrifying experience befell Mr. and Mrs. J. Sadler and their five children in their hornet at Footscray early…

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Congress Makes Roosevelt Feel the Whip Veto Threat Is Ignored May Wreck His Big Jobs Plan Labor Leaders' Victory WASHINGTON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

CONGRESS defiance of President Roosevelt has developed into the leading public sensation, with the possibility…

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Vessels Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 5

The British steamer Catherine Radcliffe (5,590 tons) was blown ashore at Capo Daito, south of the mouth of the Tone River, says…

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Arrested on Steamer. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 12

Norman Frederick Putt, married, [?] arrested on the arrival of the Maheno at the Bluff and charged that at Melbourne, on November 14, be being the bailee of a…

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Wanted to Stay Woman Removed From Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 9

A woman who was found without a ticket on the Ormiston soon after the steamer left Melbourne refused to leave the vessel at Sydney…

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Ferry Steamer Strikes Rock at Mosman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 9

Early yesterday morning the ferry steamer Kirawa collided with a rock near the old Cremorne wharf in Mosman Bay. There were a large number of passengers on board,…

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Radio Control--See Page 7, Col. 2. Fears for Steamer & Big 'Plane Reports Of Loss At Sea ("The Labor Daily" Special.)

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed. POUNDED by mountainous sens in a terrific mid-Atlantic gale, the British steamer Blairgowrie is…

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Steamer Given Up for Lost

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 1

NEW YORK Thursday, THE liners Europa and American Banker have given up the search for the…

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When Motor Boat Is a Passenger Steamer

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 10

The motor boat which plies between Cronulla and Bundeena is in the eyes of the law, a passenger steamship Mr. Goidle. S.M., at…

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"Plot" to Wreck 'Plane Post's Flight to Stratosphere New York

The Sun · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 1

ENGINEERS assert that the failure of Wiley Post, the one-eyed American aviator, to reach the stratosphere was…

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22 DROWN Rescuers And Wreck CASABLANCA

The Sun · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 1

THE wreck of a small fishing vessel was responsible to-day for the loss of 22 lives. Twelve men were drowned…

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Disabled Steamer to Be Towed to Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 15

Last night the tug St. Olaves left port bound for Bannister Point, on the South Coast, where the steamer Belbowrie was at anchor partly disabled by the loss of one of her propellers…

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Seamen Cramped on New Tas. Steamer Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 7

Unless improvements are made in the seamen's quarters of the new Tasmanian steamer Tarooma the seamen will he advised not to take…

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R.S.L. at Sea Sub-Branch On Steamer

The Sun · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 3

WITH the formation of a sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, affiliated to the New South Wales branch, among the officers and crew of the steamer Westralia, this State now boasts the first "floating sub-branch" in its history…

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Chilvers May Wreck Grade Leaders' Prospects Game at Concord Is Vital Western Suburbs' Good Fortune May Break Gordon's Task

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 3

TWO of the games in the twelfth round of grade cricket series, which commences to-day, promise…

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The Royal George. Historic Wreck Recalled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 11

What schoolboy lives to-day who cannot recall Cowper's epic poem, "The Wreck of the Royal George," When brave Kempenfeldt went down…

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Fishing Smack Wrecked. Heavy Loss of Life. CASABLANCA, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1935 · page 15

Twelve men were drowned when a lifeboat capsised on the way to rescue a Spanish smack which was driven on to rocks in a terrific gale…

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