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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

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Sir Isaac Isaacs. Visit to the King. Farewell at Steamer's Side. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1936 · page 10

Sir Isaac Isaacs left to-day by the Strathnaver for London, where he will report to the King on his term as Governor-General. Sir Isaac Isaacs said that he regarded his journey…

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Marist Mission Schooner Fund. Vicariate of the Northern Solomons

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 March 1936 · page 32
Also in The Catholic Press

With the latest Hat or subscriptions the fund has just reached £243, which means 1-8 or the amount required to purchase the schooner. Precious days and…

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French Steamer Sinks in Fog Nine Lives Lost London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 1

Nine lives were lost in the sinking of the French steamer Boree, 1145 tons, of Caen, in a fog near The Wash yesterday. Thirteen of the crew…

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Steamer Founders. Nine Lives Lost. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1936 · page 17

Nine lives were lost in the sinking of the French steamer Boree (1145 tons) in a fog near the Wash yesterday morning. Thirteen of the crew were rescued, but…

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Spanish Situation Ful of Dynamite Communists on the Warpath Blazing Churches, Wrecked Houses, Dangerous Rioting Premer's Difficulty Madrid

Truth · Sunday 29 March 1936 · page 14

AGAINST a background of blazing churches, wrecked clubs and offices, and dangerous street rioting, Don Manuel Azana, the Spanish Premier, has started the difficult task of steering the young Republic through…

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Melbourne Nazis Vote on Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Wearing swastika emblems in their coat lapels and giving the Nazi salute, 70 German nationals in Melbourne boarded the…

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Germans and Vote. Outside Three—mile Limit. Steamer Recalled. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 9

The German freighter Stassfurt, when she had almost cleared Port Phillip Heads on Saturday for Sydney, received orders from Hamburg to return to Melbourne, and this…

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Fisherman's Boat Wrecked on Bombora. Mile Swim in Heavy Seas. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1936 · page 9

When their motor boat crashed on to a bombora and capsized yesterday, three Coff's Harbour fishermen, Bill Edwards, Ray Selby, anc another man, were thrown into the sea,…

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Manly Ferry Ashore in Dense Fog on Rocks Refloated by Tugs Harbor Perils Collision Averted

The Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 1

IN a dense fog which completely disorganised Harbor traffic, the ferry Curl Curl, bound for Manly with 50 passengers on board, went aground on…

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Here Is a Shock For St. George! Wrecked? Back Division Country Gain Is Serious

The Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

Unless St. George Rugby League officials become extremely busy during the next few days its first grade back…

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Stranded Ferry Steamer

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 1

The Manly ferry steamer, Curl Curl, as she lay stranded off Bradley's Head yesterday. Bound from the Quay to Manly, with about fifty passengers aboard, she went aground in the early morning fog, and was not refloated and taken to dock till the afternoon…

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Steamer Sinks Two Lighters Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 6

When the motor snip Templar suddenly reversed late lost night as she was leaving Fremantle wharf for the Eastern States two lighters…

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Cook Delayed Steamer Taxi Search Succeeded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 4

Shortly before the steamer Wanganella was due to sail from No. 3 Darling Harbor at 8 p.m. yesterday a cook walked off the vessel…

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Manly Ferry Goes Ashore in Fog. Passengers Rescued by Launch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 14

Losing her bearings in the dense fog on the harbour yesterday morning, the Manly ferry Curl Curl ran on to a ree[?] at Bradley's Head, and for seven hours was held fast on the…

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Captain Cook. Pilot Steamer to be Replaced After a Gallant Career

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 13

The days of the Captain Cook are numbered. The most famous vessel in Australia, and the oldest pilot steamer in commission in the…

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Alarm for Gas Attacks—manly Ferry Steamer Curl Curl Aground at Bradley's Head

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 16

At left: A siren attached to a bicycle, to give warning of a gas attack from the air, was tested at Hendon, London, recently. Above: An aerial view, from Mr. H. C. Durant's…

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The Hand of the Wrecker: Police Football Photonews

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 5

TOPPLING TO THE GROUND WITH A MIGHTY ROAR this chimney of Rowland's Cordial Factory crumpled into a mass of debris and loose bricks in Hay Street, City, yesterday. MRS. STOCKWELL. MRS. A. A. KEMP (Vice-President) MISS MOLESDALE…

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Goods Seized on the Steamer Taiping

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 12

Customs searchers entering the King's bond with goods seized on board the Australian-Oriental liner Taiping yesterday. Despite a successful raid in Brisbane, the vessel, which carries a Chinese crew, proved worthy of further attention on arrival in Sydney…

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The Mission Schooner Raphael of the Vicariate of the Northern Solomons

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 21

The Malaita arrived from the Islands last week and brought news of the Mission of the Northern Solomons and of its struggle against great odds…

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