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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939

631 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 32

Brothers Start World Trip In 30ft. Ketch

The Sun · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 3

Amid cheers from well-wishers in neighboring pleasure craft, Eric and Tom Stokes slipped the moorings of their 30-ton ketch, Tonka, anchored in Rose Bay, at 1 p.m. to-day, and headed for the open sea and a world trip…

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Causes in No. 5 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and jury.) Injured in Steamer. Stig v Dalgety and Co. Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 4

Carl Stig, aged 62 years, brought an action against Dalgety and Co., Ltd., to recover damages, for personal injuries received on June 27, 1938, when he was working as a…

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Soviet Plane Is Wrecked New York

The Sun · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 2

After flying from Moscow, via Greenland, the Russian plane which was flying non-stop to New York, crashed on Miscou Island, in the Gulf…

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Air Tragedy Probe Has Begun Wreckage Examined By Accidents Committee

The Sun · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 3

The Air Accidents Investigation Committee-- Col. T. Murdoch (chairman), Group-Captain E. Harrison, and Fiight-Lieuenant D. Ross--arrived at Richmond from Melbourne by plane to-day and…

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Tragic Air Crash. Four Killed. R.A.A.F. BOMBER. Wrecked on Bank of Creek

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1939 · page 11

Four men were killed instantly when an Avro-Anson bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force crashed at Riverstone at 3.33 p.m. yesterday…

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Brothers Start Voyage In Ketch

The Sun · Sunday 30 April 1939 · page 9

Eric and Tom Stokes in their 30-ton ketch sailed from Rose Bay at 1 p.m. yesterday on a world trip. They are neading first for Lord…

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Wreckage of R.a.a.f. Crash

The Sun · Sunday 30 April 1939 · page 7

Mute evidence of the tragic crash of the R.A.A.F. Avro-Anson bomber, in which the crew of four lost its lives on Friday afternoon at Riverstone, New South Wales…

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To See World in 30Ft. Ketch

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 2

Two grocers set out on Saturday to see the world in the 30ft. auxiliary ketch, Tonka. They are brothers -- Eric Stokes, 21,…

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Girl Awarded £200 Survivor of Rodney "Dreams Of Wreck"

The Sun · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 3

Damages of £200, with costs, were awarded by Mr. Justice Rich to-day to Lorna Nagrint, 19, for personal…

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Ghouls Raid Cemetery Wreck Tombstones And Urns

Daily News · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Entering Bulia cemetery last night ghouls wrecked tombstones and memorials, causing about £200 damage…

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Quake Wrecks 1006 Houses Tokio

The Sun · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 1

One thousand and six houses were destroyed in an earthquake that occurred in the Akita prefecture…

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May Wreck Plans Act By Pro-Nazi Prince LONDON, Monday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 3

PLANS to end the old dispute between the Serbs and Croats in Yugoslavia are threatened with shipwreck by…

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Salvaging Wrecked Bomber

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 16

A picturegram from Melbourne showing the wrecked R.A.A.F. Avro Anson bomber being raised from Port Phillip Bay. Three members of the Royal Australian Air Force were killed when the machine nose-dived into the bay yesterday…

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Flying-boat Losses. Eight Craft Wrecked. Damage Estimated at £500,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 16

The crash of the flying-boat Challenger at Mozambique (East Africa) brings the total number of Short Empire flying-boats lost on the Imperial routes up to eight. Others have…

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Plane Wreck Costs Pilot £400

Daily News · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 5

Ernest Victor Collibee, well-known as an aviator for surf beach air patrols, was ordered to pay £400 damages to Kingsford Smith Air Services, Ltd., in the District…

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5 in a Row—6 Winners on Top! "Sportsman's" Amazing Trot at Hawkesbury Wrecks All Tipping Records Big Haul At Harold Park Hounds Made It 11 For the Day

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

HOT HOOF on our superlative effort at Warwick Farm last Saturday, when "Sportsman" landed the treble with its double-up feature wager and another winner during the day, the green paper became the talk of the entire Sydney racing world at Hawkesbury…

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Earthquake's Toll. 573 Houses Wrecked. TOKYO, May 3. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 12

Latest reports from Akita prefecture state that the disastroud earthquake there shattered 573 houses and damaged 1,218…

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Home Wrecker Found Guilty Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 20

Giving evidence in his own defence, Robert Charles Arnold (40), motor- driver, told a jury in the Sessions Court to-day that he had no…

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Threatens To Wreck His Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 1

DARWIN, Wednesday. -- The Bishop of Carpentaria (Bishop Davies) threatened today to demolish his own church at…

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Movies "Great Lover" Is Unlucky In Love Barrymore Faces Fifth Marriage Wreck, Loses Fourth Wife

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 11

ANOTHER screen marriage gone west! The Crown Prince of the Royal Family of Barrymore…

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