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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Steamer in Two Rescues

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Hurrying back from England with the crew of the 2000-ton Norwegian freighter Trym, whom she had rescued during a gale…

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Four Fatalities in Fiercer Storm. Path of Destruction. Wreckage and Chaos. Scores of Casualties as Suburbs are Swept. Appalling Gale Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 11

The most disastrous storm in Sydney's recent history occurred yesterday afternoon, causing the death of four persons, injuring scores of others, wrecking houses and factories and resulting in many thousands of pounds worth of damage, that in Botany…

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Trotsky’s Letter Produced In Court Terrorists Confess To Plotting Murder, Wrecking and Fascist Intervention Foreign Diplomats Present at Trial

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

MOSCOW, Jan. 23.—Trotsky’s letter to Radek, calling for the immediate assassination of Stalin, was produced in evidence at the trial of the 17 counter-revolutionary plotters which began here today. The letter, which also included other detailed…

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Shops Wrecked by Blast Four Persons Hurt In Explosion BRISBANE

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 12

Three women were slightly Injured and extensive damage was caused to three business premises in Queen- street. Brisbane, to-day. following an…

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Trawler Wrecked Four Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 13

Four members of the crew were drowned when the Belgian trawler, Vierge Marie, went ashore on the Lamorna Rocks, near Penzance.-- Air Mail…

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Storm Damage Estimate, £200,000 Appeals to Be Launched for Homeless Workmen Trapped In. Wrecked Factories

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 2

IT is impossible yet to estimate with any accuracy the amount of damage caused by yesterday's terrific storm. It can scarcely be less than £200,000. An appeal lo the Government for help for those…

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Ship Taken in Tow. Disabled Steamer Veni. OSLO, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 14

The disabled Norwegian steamer Ven1 (2981 tons), which was in distress, has been taken in tow by the steamer Jupiter. Meanwhile, the Norwegian steamer Venus,…

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Some Forlorn and Shipwrecked Brother

The World's News · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 38

THE thought, of course, comes from that great poem, "The Psalm of Life," by Henry W. Longfellow. Not only do the lines apply to the one…

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War-time Wreck Located. Genoa, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 14

The salvage ship Artiglio has located the wreck of the British-India Steam Navigation Company's Mongara (8205 tons), which was torpedoed by a German submarine in the…

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Wreckage Seen. Believed to Be Large Aeroplane. Southern Cloud Theory. YASS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 14

A report was received by the Yass police to-night that a resident of Gunning had sighted what appeared to be the wreckage of a large aeroplane,…

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Start Made to Find "Plane Wreck" Yass Expedition Faces Heavy Ordeal

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 13

HOPING to solve at long last the mystery of the disappearance of the Southern Cloud aeroplane, a search party set out from Yass early to-day. The expedition will investigate the report that wreckage…

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Wreckage of 'Plane Report Made to Police May Be Southern Cloud Search To-day Yass

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 1

CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused following a report to-night that portions ol a badly-smashed aeroplane had been seen on a hill…

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Man Rescued in Surf Unconscious When Brought Ashore

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 23

A man rescued in the surf at Bondi this afternoon was unconscious when brought ashore. The Eastern Suburbs Ambulance…

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Wreckage Was Only Flat Rock Search Disproves The Southern Cloud Story Bush Ordeal

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 1

WHAT was surmised to have been the wreckage near Burrinjuck of the monoplane Southern Cloud, which…

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Tanker Docked the Castle Wreckers Photonews

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 5

THE BRITISH OIL TANKER Clam having her 12-ton rudder removed for repair at South Melbourne. It had sustained a twist of 20 degrees on the voyage. A new 7¾ ton one was made. THE CROWD gasped with expectation at the All American Manoeuvres in Florida…

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Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Soviet Mine Sabotage Germans Are Blamed for Death-traps Patriotic Duty To Wreck, Treason Trial Told MOSCOW

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 3

PROSECUTOR VISHINSKY concentrated his efforts at today's session of the Moscow treason trial on dragging out evidence of German wrecking activity in Soviet mines and factories…

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Attempts to Wreck Australia's Air Policy Herald Fights Battle For Plane Importers Unjustified Suggestion That Great Britain Was Rebuffed Air Force Must Be Given The Planes It Wants

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 1

A MOST blatant attempt is being made to persuade the people of Australia that the Defence Department, and the Royal Australian Air Force, in particular, have turned away from Great Britain…

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Mystery of Ketch Court Sequel to Disappearance

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 9

RETURNING home to Sydney from Madang on leave, Francis Barclay, a radio telegraphist, joined as…

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Headway Made by Air Mail Threat To Services By Steamer And Cable Ship Subsidy Canberra

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 16

THE extensive use of the overseas Air Mail Service by the Commonwealth and other Governments for the despatch and receipt of first-class…

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30 Lives Lost In Shipwreck "Working Bee" Of Manly Surfers

The Sun · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 14

A AERIAL view of the Finnish motor vessel Johanna Thorden smashed in two in the Pentland Firth. Scotland, after running into a fierce gale on her maiden voyage from New York. Thirty people, including women and children, were drowned…

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