What About a Tramp-steamer Jamboree? Here's Some Real Nautical Excitement For Sydney's Celebrations 'Marie Celeste' and Flying Dutchman Would Be A Help
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 4
MR. DUNNINGHAM, Minister in charge of the N.S.W. Celebrations, announces proudly that a number of American warships are coming out to visit the festival…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 17
The tender for the purchase of the wreck of the coastal fielghter Saros, received from Mr. D. R. Allan, of Mallacoota, has been accepted by the London underwriters, who…
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The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 3
Mr. David Allan, a Mallacoota fisherman and guest-house proprietor, whose tender for the purchase of the wrecked freighter Saros at Cape…
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The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1938 · page 1
As soon as the heavy seas now running subside, Mr. David Allan, Mallacoota fisherman and guesthouse proprietor, who paid about £70 for a whole ship -- the wrecked freighter Saros -- will begin the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 1
TOKIO, Sunday.--Military authorities have detained British steamer Marion Moller (3827 tons), alleged to have entered the fortified zone. Crew…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fishermen Swim Ashore. Ferry Fouls Lines of Net
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 6
As the ferry steamer Lady Scott was approaching the Greenwich wharf from Longueville, on the Lane Cove River yesterday morning, the propeller [?]ouled the lines of a net…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 4
The wreck of the Howard Smith freighter Saros, which grounded at Cape Everard in a dense fog on Christmas night, has been purchased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gas Explosion. Chemist's Shop Wrecked. Five Persons Injured. Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 9
A violent explosion, believed to be due to an accumulation of gases, wrecked a chemist's shop and damaged others in a block at Remuera this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dismantling Saros Wreck. Fisherman's Big Task. MELBOURNE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 6
The exposed position of the wreck of the freighter Saros presents a difficult problem for Mr. D. R. Allan, the Mallacoota fisherman, who hopes to dismantle it this week. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Giant Liner for Aust. N.Z. 27,000 ton Passenger Steamer Being Built Dom. Monarch
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 6
RECENTLY it was announced that the new 27,000-ton passenger liner, now being built for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., Ltd., would be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russian Bishops Arrested. "Traitors, Spies, Wreckers." (Published in "The Times.") LONDON, Jan. 10
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 11
The Riga correspondent of "The Times" says: "Seven bishops of the Orthodox Church, including the Metropolitan of Moscow, have been charged as enemies of the people, traitors,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Crash in Forest. Farmer Discovers Wreck. New York, Jan. 11
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 18
A farmer has reported to the North-west Airlines that a plane, which had been missing for many hours, crashed into a forest clearing at Bozeman, Montana, and was burned. Eight…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mother-in-law Home Wrecker By Dorothy Dix--Copyright
The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 18
Dear Dorothy Dix,-- My husband is one of the best men in the world. We have two fine children and we were happy until two…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Collier Ashore, Is Refloated Newcastle
The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 15
At 3.15 a.m. to-day, the collier Himatangi was refloated from the sand ridge at Swansea, where it went aground yesterday. It was not…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Boy Drowned. Companion Swims Ashore. Canoe Capsizes in Botany Bay
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 16
Reginald Marshall, 14 of Underwood Street Botany, was drowned in Botany Bay yesterday when a canoe, in which he and George Harris, 13, of Folkestone Parade, Botany, were…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Loans Unlimited. Wreckers of Federal Loan Council
The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 22
During the week Premier Stevens, the political Micawber of the Commonwealth, who meditates about public loans every day and dreams of them every night, had…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Clipper Burned at Sea, All Dead Took Fire Dumping Petrol Is Theory Trail Of Oil On Waves Led Search Vessel To The Scene Of Wreck New York
The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 1
THE Pan-American Airways' flying-boat Samoan Clipper has been burned at sea. Captain Edwin Musick and his crew of six are dead…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 13
On Tuesday morning (Samoan time) the Samoan Clipper, which had left Pago Pago earlier for Auckland, sent a message stating that it had turned…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Clipper Disaster. Theory of Explosion While in Air. Oil and Wreckage on Sea. Great Airman and Crew Perish. New York, Jan. 13
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 13
Pan-American Airways has definitely announced the loss of the flying-boat Samoan Clipper on Tuesday morning (Samoan time), with Captain Musick and the crew of six. The flying-boat apparently exploded in the air while…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Not Deterred by Disaster Clipper Co. to Carry on Oil Track Tells Of Tragedy Wreckage Found
The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 1
OUT of a welter of contradictory reports came the official advice yesterday that the huge Pan-American Airways Sikorsky flying boat the Samoan Clipper, which was engaged in blazing a 7000 mile aerial trade route…
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