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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Eliers' Amazeng Escape From Death. Plane Wrecked on Hill. Rescue by Land Party. Sergeant Saved by Inflated Vest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 17

Pilot-Officer G. K. Buscombe and Sergeant W. H. Gould, of the Royal Australian Air Force, who had been missing since Wednesday morning, were found alive and well beside their wrecked Hawker Demon 'plane in wild hilly country "on…

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Lusitania Wreck to Be Filmed

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 10

AFTER hopefully battling the worst storm season the Atlantic had known for 50 years, the Ophir has had to give up the attempt to salvage…

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Yacht Ashore on Rocky Beach Forster

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1937 · page 2

The 10-ton yacht, Moonbil, owned by Mr. Clifton Penny, Sydney solicitor, ran ashore on a rocky beach to-night…

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Newcastle Steam Passenger Service To Go New Cargo Steamer

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1937 · page 25

THE directors of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co. have decided to gradually relinquish the company's passenger service between…

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Gas Explosions Wreck Two Buildings New York

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1937 · page 1

Gas explosions and fire destroyed two three-story buildings in the heart of the business section of…

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Bodies Washed Ashore. Paris, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 10

Five dead men, bound h[?]nd and foot, three of them gagged, were washed up on the coast of Brittany. It is believed that they were victims of a…

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Yacht Aground. Swept by Heavy Seas. Party Wades Ashore. Forster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 9

The 10-ton yacht, Moonbill, bound from Sydney on a cruise to Queensland waters, ran ashore at Forster Beach last night in a heavy north-east sea, and is…

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Warship and Steamer in Collision London

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 5

THE battleship Malaya collided with the Dutch steamer Kertosono in a heavy fog off the coast of Portugal. The Malaya stood by the merchant…

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Warship in Collision With Dutch Steamer. LONDON, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 10

The British £3,000,000 battleship Malaya, which left Devonport on December 31 after a three years refit, which cost £1,000,000, collided in a thick fog off Oporto with the…

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Steamer Sold to Chinese Craigend Going To Shanghai

The Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 10

The interstate steamer Craigend, which belonged to Jas. Patrick and Co.'s fleet, has been sold to the Chinese, and will sail for Shanghai…

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Financial Crash May Wreck Blum's Work Higher Cost of Living Money Hoarding Increases France in Danger London

The Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1937 · page 15

DIPLOMATIC circles, as well as financial, are watching the situation in France with much uneasiness…

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Ferry Which Went Ashore

The Sun · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 21

The ferry, which figured in a sensational incident last night when it ran ashore off Birchgrove, photographed at the Sydney Ferries workshop, where it was taken for repairs to-day…

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Scarred Soviet Steamer Warsaw

The Sun · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 23

Listing heavily and with one propeller missing, her decks scarred and scored by air bombs, her hull gapped above the waterline, and her funnels…

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Ferry Ashore On Mudbank in Harbour. Captain's Sudden Illness

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 10

The ferry steamer Lady Northcote ran on a mudbank in Water View Bay last night arid was held fast. It was reported to the water police that…

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Air Crash. Wrecked 'Plane Found. Millionaire a Victim. San Francisco, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 12

The big passenger aeroplane which dived into the bay here yesterday with 11 persons aboard was found, after a long search, floating upside down and…

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Wrecked -- Bitten by Shark

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 7

HURLED into wild surf when a launch capsized near " Smoky Cape, Arthur Redman was bitten by a shark as he swam…

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Man Killed by Shark at Newcastle Attacked in Surf at Cook's Hill Both Legs Were Gashed Above The Knees Body Floats Ashore Newcastle

The Sun · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 1

SHOCKINGLY mutilated, a surf bather, Jack Welsh, 32, of Denison-street, Hamilton, was killed by a shark at Newcastle to-day. Lunging at the man's legs, the shark seized and…

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Shipwreck Verdict. Kakariki Solely To Blame. Captain White's Default. No Gross Misconduct. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 17

The Court of Marine Inquiry found to-day that the collision between the steamships Caradale and Kakariki in Hobson's Hay, about 11.11 p.m. on…

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Aurie's Star So Fast That Caulfield Crowd Thought He Was a Meteor Went Like Rocket to Wreck Record Course Books Got Out Of It Thanks To Colossal Punt On Beech wood Betting Boys Badly Bitten Caulfield

Truth · Sunday 14 February 1937 · page 2

TURNING on a paralysing burst of brilliance in the first furlong of to-day's Oakleigh Plate the South Australian sprinter Aurie's Star ran his opponents into the ground and toddled past the post an…

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Steamer Sinks. Alongside Wharf. Cause a Mystery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 9

The steamer Erringhi, a vessel of about 100 tons, sank at its moorings alongside the Albion Wharf, Darling Harbour, yesterday. She lies in about…

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