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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

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The Mission Schooner Raphael. of the Vicariate of the Northern Solomons

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 37

The Malaita arrived from the islands last week, and brought news of the mission on the Northern Solomons and of its struggle against great odds. The Very Rev…

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Ketch Lost World Tour Ends

The Sun · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

Two young Sydney men, Hector Packman and Fred Scott, who set, out In a Ketch to see the world last year, lost their ship on the rocks in…

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Ferry Ashore Lane Cove Mishap

The Sun · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 11

A Lane Cove ferry steamer, with about 100 passengers aboard, went ashore this afternoon on the right of Valentia-street wharf…

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Bushfires' Trail of Wreckage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 1

BUSHFIRE HAVOC at Gunyah, Victoria. What was once a motor car is now a ruin…

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Missed Dunbar Wreck. Mullumbimby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 10

The death occurred yesterday morning of William Bower, 79 years, a pioneer of both the north and the south coast districts. Born in Birmingham, England, he came to…

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Amy Weeps Beside Plane Wreck LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 3

MRS. AMY MOLLISON has confessed that when she discovered her flight to the Cape would…

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Grave Rift May Wreck Cabinet: Baldwin to Go? London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 3

SO wide is the barely concealed rift in the British Cabinet over foreign policy that it is freely stated, with some authority, that portfolios will be completely reshuffled after Easter…

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Yacht Ashore Wind Hinders Ships

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 17

A 35ft. yacht broke from its moorings off the beach at Watson's Bay today, and was blown ashore. Attempts will be made to refloat it as…

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Wrecked Sampan. 31 Japanese Castaways Reach Thursday Island. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 17

Thirty-one Japanese arrived at Thursday Island this evening in four small boats. They were the crew of the sampan Fuku Jyu Maru (47 tons), which was wrecked last…

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Wrecked Japanese Are Held Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 6

THIRTY-ONE Japanese, their sampan wrecked, arrived at Thursday Island this morning in four small boats…

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Auxiliary Schooner Huia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 21

The auxilliary schooner Hula arrived at Sydney yesterday from Melbourne, and anchored in Rose Bay to load explosives for Townsville. She left Melbourne on Saturday last, ond had an…

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Yacht Ashore in Yesterday's Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 16

A large yacht broke from its moorings and was driven ashore at Watson's Bay, at the height of yesterday's gale on the Harbour…

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Vicariate of the Northern Solomons. the Mission Schooner Raphael

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 29

The Marist Fathers thank once more their friends and benefactors who have subscribed to the fund during the week. In less than three months his Lordship…

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The Mission Schooner Raphael of the Vicariate of the Northern Solomons

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 19

The Marist Fathers thank once more their friends and benefactors who have subscribed to the fund during the week. In less than three months now Bishop…

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Wreck of Sampan Crew's Privations. Wan Mutilated by Shark. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 13

The story of the wrecking of the sampan FuKujyu" Maru, 31 tun Ivors of which reached Thursday Island yesterday in rowing boats, was told to-day by Captain…

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Arm Taken By Shark then Shipwrecked Thursday Island

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

TO have an arm torn off by a shark and then to face the rigors of an open boat voyage, without receiving medical attention, was the ordeal of one of the members of the crew of the wrecked sampan Fukujyu Maru…

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Fifty Hurt When Balcony Crashes Women in Huddled Heaps in Wreckage Touching Scenes at Hospital Dubbo

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

TOUCHING scenes were witnessed at Dubbo Hospital to-night, while relatives of about 50 persons who were injured when the balcony of the Macquarie View Hotel collapsed this afternoon, waited for news of the injured. So heavy were the casualties that…

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Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Air Liner Down in Fog, Eleven Burned to Death Brave Stewardess Drags Two From Wreck New York

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

ITS pilots blinded by fog and sleet, the air-liner Sun. Racer crashed at 200 miles an hour into Chestnut Ridge, the "aviators' graveyard" of the Alleghanies, and burst into flames…

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Lone Raider to Wreck Ring First Hurdle Race About 2 Miles.—1.0

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 11 April 1936 · page 2

WERE about to introduce you to a real hurd[?]ogist. COLD SPRING is the gentleman, and ne's all the way…

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Washed Ashore in Night Wreck Man and Wife Escape in Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 April 1936 · page 2

A MAN and his wife were washed ashore in high surf when their disabled launch was smashed to…

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