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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

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Coastal Cruises. New Company's Plans. Excursion Steamer Bought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 9

A company, the Doomba Shipping Co. Pty., Ltd., the registration of which was announced yesterday, has been formed for the purpose of conducting luxury ocean cruises for limited…

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The Rodney Disaster Wreck Salvaged: Bodies Found

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 5

The wreck of the motor launch Rodney was located yesterday, lying obliquely on the harbour bed about 200 yards south of Bradley's…

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American Engineer’s Revelations Of Trotskyist Wrecking

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 2

THE first of a series of articles now appearing in the world-famous United States weekly, “The Saturday Evening Post,” which has a circulation of over 3,000,000 in the U.S.A. alone and whose reading public there is estimated at 25,000,000, exposing Trotskyist sabotage and wrecking activities in the Soviet Union, has caused a terrific sensation. Publication of this complete…

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Emden Wreck Pillaged Japanese Ship Detained SINGAPORE

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

After evading the police guard at Singapore by putting to sea early on Saturday morning with 20 tons of machinery and scrap from the…

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Rodney Wreckage

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 5

When the sunken launch Rodney was located yesterday divers descended to ascertain whether any victims could be located In the cabin. Wreckage Immediately began to float up from the ill-fated vessel. In the top picture is seen portion of a seat, while below, lifebelts are being…

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What Divers Found 70 Feet Down Murky Scene of Confusion; Wreck Raised to Surface

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 2

WORKING for 10 hours in near-darkness, amid thick black mud on the Harbor bottom, two divers explored and began salvage work on the sunken launch. It is now in Athol Bight,…

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Denies English Team in Wrecking

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 16

B. C. Eeles, one of the English Empire Games team, emphatically denies that Englishmen were associated with happenings at the Empire Village on Saturday…

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Known Launch Deaths Total Nine Crumpled Wreckage of Sunken Rodney Four Bodies Found in Rodney's Cabin: Ten Still Missing Lord Mayor To Open Fund Today For Victims' Families

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 1

THE bodies of a 7-year-old boy and three women were recovered by divers from the launch Rodney 70 feet below the surface of the Harbor off Bradley's Head yesterday. They were Christopher Kayser, 7, of Leichhardt; Miss Unity Nagrint,…

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Beautiful Fiancee of King Zog . . . Lifeboat Drama . . . Steeple Fall

The Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 14

PRETTY Rosa Mussolini, niece of 11 Duce, leaving the church, after her marriage to Count Vanni T[?]odarinni, an Italian journalist. Mussolini attended the ceremony. FIANCEE of King Zog of…

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Things That Happened Here One Hundred Years Ago Shipwreck

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 55

THE shipping intelligence of Port Phillip given the following account of a wreck, Dec. 21st, 1837: During a very heavy south-easterly gale the…

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Wreck of Emden. Australia Said to be the Owner. SINGAPORE,. Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 17

The Japanese ship Anyo Maru, which had been in port for four months carrying 20 tons of metal from the wreck of the German wartime cruiser Erndon slipped out to sea on…

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Japanese Ship Held at Singapore Seized with Cargo of Scrap Iron Taken From Emden Wreck Singapore

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1

A JAPANESE ship, seized by Singapore police, is being held pending instructions from the Australian Government. The vessel is the Anyo Maru, which left Singapore on Saturday…

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Research Schooner for New Guinea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 16

The second of a fleet of diesel-engined auxiliary schooners, built by Halvorsen and Company, Neutral Bay, for oil research work in New Guinea. will leave Sydney to-day to make the voyage to…

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On Death Sweep Harbor Fleet for Rodney Missing Tide Study Shows Bodies May Wash Ashore

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3

If the bodies of the seven persons still missing from the Rodney disaster, are not recovered by the week-end, hundreds of launches and yachts will form a huge fleet to search the harbor for…

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Will Lavery Get His World's Record? "It's Tough to Wreck a Record —and Then Have it Taken From You"

Referee · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 14

WHEN A "REFEREE" REPORTER CALLED UPON TOM LAVERY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, HE WAS RUNNING ROUND THE SOUTH AFRICANS' DRESSING ROOM IN HIS…

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Emden Wreckage. Doubts About Ownership. Commonwealth Surprise. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 10

Reports from Singapore that the. wreck of the raider Emden in the Cocos group is officially regarded as the property of the Commonwealth have come as a surprise to…

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For Port Moresby New Schooner Sails

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

Under the command of Captain J. E. Harvey, the 70ft. auxiliary schooner Potrero, of 88 tons, cleared Sydney Heads last night shortly after 6 o'clock…

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Niagara Turns Back. Three Men Transferred to Pilot Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 9

The Canadian-Australian Royal Mail linef Niagara, which cleared the Heads for Vancouver at 7.15 p.m. yesterday, turned back after proceeding about 12 miles to sea to land…

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American Engineer’s Revelations Of Trotskyist Wrecking

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 2

Last issue we published the first section of an article by an American engineer, John D. Littlepage, on his experiences of Trotskyist wrecking- in the Soviet Union. The article was first printed in the 3,000,000 circulation “Saturday Evening Post.” Describing his experience at the Khalata copper mines in the Southern Urals district,…

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French Steamer Shelled. Spanish Warships Suspected. LONDON, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 11

The French steamer Elmansour, carrying passengers, cargo, and mails from Algeria to France, sent out an "S.O.S." saying that she had been shelled by…

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