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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Today's News Of The World Frown Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Admit Wrecking, Spying Moscow Court Hears Queer Crime Recital Treason Prisoners Say Innocent Shot MOSCOW

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

BEFORE going into secret session to hear evidence of alleged espionage in the Red Army, the Soviet Supreme Court today listened to astonishing admissions of deliberately created train wrecks from…

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Court Sequel to Loss of a Ketch

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 6

LEAVE will be sought in the Probate Court next month by Simon John Barclay, of Artarmon, for leave to swear to the death of his…

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A Japanese Steamer Chartered for the U.K. or Continent

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 4

It has been reported that the steamer San Francisco Maru has been chartered to load 7100 tons of wheat at a South Australian port for the…

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Gales Raging. Steamer Lost. Many Others Damaged. London, Jan 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 18

Gales are raging in the Atlantic and along the British coasts, and snow and blizzards are being experienced in the south-west of England and elsewhere…

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Five Men Drowned in Steamer Collision. Tragedy Near Melbourne. One Vessel Sinks in Three Minutes. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 17

The Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Kakariki (887 tons) sank in three minutes after a collision with the Patrick Line freighter Caradale (1896 tons) off the Gellibrand Pile Light at 11.11 o'clock last night…

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41 Perish in Wrecks Blizzards Sweep Europe London

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 2

THE gales and storms which are sweeping the North Sea, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean have been responsible for two…

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Three-card Stuff Tricks Test Tenderfeet Australian Hopes Flop and Fade In Kindergarten Atmosphere Atrocious Lack of Enterprise Fails to Wreck England Fleetwood-Smtth Ruins Most Deadly Attack ADELAIDE

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 8

LAST WEEK I wrote that our State team's young players had ability, but no head, and repeatedly lost their wickets through ma king the same mistake. Well, I regret to say that bad as that seemed, the young chaps have no need to hide their heads in shame when compared to our 1937 Australian XI. The Australian;, batting has been shocking under ideal conditions. McCabe and…

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Two Pilots Killed. 'Plane Crashes. Wrecked in Paddock. Dual Control Machine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 3

Frederick J. Wridgway, 27, of Hawthorn, and Ian Colin Mackenzie, 23, of St. Kilda-road, Melbourne, were killed when an aeroplane crashed in…

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Man's Fatal Fall On Japanese Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.--K. Asawa, 30, of the Japanese steamer Tenyo Maru, sustained fatal injuries at sea yesterday, when he fell into the hold…

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S.O.S. From Russian Steamer London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 5

TWO ships arc racing to the aid of the Russian steamer Irtyseh, which Is In distress In a gale off the Shetland Islands. There has been…

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Helpless Steamer. S.O.S. Message Answered. New York, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 11

Ten hours after the American freighter Meanticut (6061 tons), leaking badly and rolling helplessly in mid-Atlantic, sent an S.O.S., the Netherlands-American freighter Edam…

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Wreck May Be Blown Up. Kakariki's Position. Danger to Shipping. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 11

The Union Steam Ship Company's vessel Kakariki, which sank near Williamstown on Friday night, may be blown up, as the wreck is in a…

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Diver's Search of Wreck Seeking Bodies of Missing Seamen Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 7

Another search of the wrecked Kakarikl will be made to-morrow by Diver Johnstone for the bodies of Charles Lynge and Athol Martin…

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Bomb Wrecks British Embassy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 3

THE RUINED INTERIOR of the British Embassy at Madrid, which was bombed and wrecked by Franco's rebel airmen, despite the fact that a Union Jack was painted on the building…

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Kakariki Wreck. Danger in Fog. Inquiry To-morrow. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 16

Parts of the superstructure of the Union Steamship Company's steamer Kakariki, which foundered last Friday after a collision with the Caradale, near Williamstown, were…

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Collision in Bay Captain Tells of Wreck Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 20

THAT, after giving one warning blast of the ship's whistle, he knew that a collision with the Kakariki…

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'Plane Disaster. Four Occupants Killed. Burnt Wreck Found. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 11

The De Havilland aeroplane chartered by the "Daily Express" for a survey of the projected internal air routes throughout Britain was found to-day, a burnt wreck in a field…

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Wrecked 'Plane Seen in Scrub Country Food Is Dropped From the Air Man Walking Where Crash Occurred Land Party on Way Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 1

WRECKED in a clear patch of scrubby country, the missing R.A.A.F. Hawker Demon 'plane has been located 10 to 15 miles from Waratak, Tasmania…

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Scurry to Improve New Guinea Communications Will Steamer & Aerial Services Clash?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 22

GERMANY'S interest in her former colonies seems to be awakening a dreamy Federal Government to the need for prompt action to sponsor plans for the more intensive development of the mandated territory of New Guinea…

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Kakariki Wreck. Marine Inquiry. Union Secretary Walks Out. MELBOUUENE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 18

When the Court of Marine Inquiry continued its investigations of the collision between the steamers Caradale and Kakariki to-day, Mr. W J…

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