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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

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Freighter Thought Wrecked Hongkong

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 1

THE British freighter Haida, with a crew of 40, is believed to have been lost at sea. The Haida left Seattle last June…

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Schooner Here From N.z

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 2

The staysail schooner, Aurora Star, set out to race from Auckland to Hobart last month. She arrived at Sydney this afternoon…

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Parties Ashore and on Ship. French and Dutch Guests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

Strolling gipsy players, with violins and guitars, played in the foyer of the Nieuw Holland last night as guests arrived for the reception given by Mr…

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Wrecked Saros Breaks Amidships

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 February 1938 · page 4

The wrecked freighter Saros, which lies on a granite ledge near the shore at Cape Everard, broke amidships early cm Sunday morning. The…

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Family's Cruise on Schooner

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 7

The 41ft. staysail schooner, Aurora Star, will leave Sydney for Western Australia shortly, manned by the owner, Mr. H. E…

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Little Schooner That Braved Tasman Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 7

CREW OF THE schooner Aurora Star. From left: E. Hay, J. Andrews, J. W. Kelly, H. E. Terry (captain), E. H. Terry (his son), L. O'Brien…

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City of Pretoria New Ellerman & Bucknall Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 1

The new Ellerman & Bucknall steamer, City of Pretoria, expected in Australian waters this month on her maiden voyage,…

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The Haweis Polynesia's First Trading Schooner Strange Tales From the South SEAS—No. 17

The World's News · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 6

MOOREA, one of the loveliest islands in the South Seas, lies about twelve miles across the strait from Tahiti. No more exquisite sight can be…

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Cafe Wrecked. Conflict in Rumania. Iron Guards V Lance Bearers. London, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1938 · page 17

The Bucharest correspondent of the ("Daily Telegraph" states that supporters and opponents of M. Goga's Ministry wrecked a fashionable Corso…

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First Steamer

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 13

WITHIN six months of the arrival of the first steamer in Australian waters, the Sophia Jane, plying between Sydney and Newcastle, a small steamer…

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N.s.w. Yachting Schooner Cup to Skipper Muston

Referee · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 24

YACHTS of all classes on Saturday sailed on Sydney Harbor under the aegis of Royal Prince Alfred Club. Looking down the harbor towards Manly from a two miles distance, the dipping' spread of their 150 odd sails suggested the swishing skirts of a ballet…

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Cargo Steamer Ordered For Australia-New Zealand Timber Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 5

The Melbourne firm of H. C. Sleigh, which has ships trading between Australia and New Zealand, has ordered from the…

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Plane Swoops on Steamer Bombing Attack Feared Worships Answer S.O.S. Call For Help Off Spain London, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 1

WITH an aeroplane swooping down like a bolt from the blue, with the obvious intention of bombing the ship, the master…

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Lolorua Forgot to Be an Outlaw Wrecked the Record and Left Those Tommies Lamenting

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 10 February 1938 · page 28

YESTERDAY was "trial day" for LOLORUA. A Melbourne trip hinged on how he comported himself at the tapes in the Flying and how he shaped in the race. Lolorua was anything but a lamb when they lined up but Ted Bartle induced the chestnut with…

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Travelling West. Reflections and Wreckage Back of Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 7

As the car sped out of Bourke, the sun rose with a lurid stare over the grey-blue gum tree tops, fringing the banks of the grey-red river Darling,…

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Australia's Most Thrilling Diving Venture First A War Wreck; Then, With Luck, Fifty Millions!

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 3

IT'S not the usual triangle--the eternal one--that makes the news. It's one with a cleaner, a more vigorous story. The three points are:-- "A" is a diver, Jack Child, with working headquarters as…

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Survivor Carried Ashore

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 1

American sailors assisting on men to carry one the survivor of yesterday Harbor disaster from a naval cutter at mam's war steps to a waiting ambul ance…

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Steamer's S.o.s

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 9

MARSEILLES, Sunday. -- The British steamer Kemmendine (7837 tons) is sending out S.O.S, calls, stating that her rudder has been disabled in a storm…

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Wreck Located

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 12

The Harbour Master, Captain Hill, succeeded in locating the wrecked launch at 7 o'clock last night, after a search lasting several hours. She is lying in about 12…

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Four Escape From Wrecked Destroyer London

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 6

FOUR men made a dramatic effort to save their lives by constructing a raft to reach shore when ship wrecked in the North sea during a…

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