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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939

631 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 32

Cottage Wrecked by Crashed Wall

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 3

This collage was wrecked when a wall of the blazing furniture factory of Charles Dickinson. Ltd., Leichhardt. to-day, crashed on to it. The occupants of the house are at present holidaying in the country…

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New Steamer Cycle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 5

Under construction to the order of Australian Steamships Pty., Ltd., the steamer Cycle, which was launched early last month…

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Refugees on Tiny Steamer

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 11

The tiny French cargo steamer, Neo Hebridais--one of the smallest steamers calling at Sydney, and two tons smaller than the Manly ferry…

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Lord Hamilton of Dalzell Taken Ashore From Liner in Stretcher. Suffering From Bronchitis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 10

Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, friend of the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, and one of the keenest and best judges of racehorses in England, was carried ashore from the P. and…

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Wrecked Plane. Little Can Be Salvaged. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 13

With the falling of the flood waters at Katherine, practically the whole of the Koranga was visible this morning, and it was found that very little of it can be salvaged…

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Irish Hotel Wrecked. Premier's Son Unhurt. Bomb Suspected. Enclish Arrests. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 11

Hawney's Private Hotel, Tralee, Kerry (Ireland), in which Mr. Frank Chamberlain, only son of the Prime Minister, was staying, was seriously…

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The Wreck of the Hereward

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 21

The recent accident to bathers at Maroubra recalls the wreck of the Hereward, which went ashore on the north end of the beach at 10 o'clock…

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Mails From Plane Wreck. Bags' Labels Cannot be Read. Effect of Immersion. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 11

Further bags of oversea mail were salvaged to-day from the wreck of the airliner Koranga, which crashed on Wednesday in the flooded Katherine River…

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Wrecked Airliner Koranga in Katherine River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 12

The wreckage of the Guinea Airways Lockheed airliner Koranga after the machine had crashed into the Katherine River, Northern Territory, on Wednesday, killing four persons. One of the engines and its propeller are seen in the right foreground…

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Wreck on Screen

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 2

The coaster Belbowrie is shown dashed to pieces on the rocks at Maroubra in a Fox Movietone item at Hoyts Regent, Plaza, Century, and…

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Wreckage of Airliner

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 1

Tangled and twisted wreckage of the Guinea Airways Lockheed lying in the Katharine River, near the township of [?], N.T. Four were killed when the airliner crashed into the river…

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Damage at Barraba. Operating Theatre Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 11

Many country centres in New South Wales reported severe storms on Saturday. During a terrific storm at Barraba on…

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Storm Wrecks Hospital Tamworth

Daily News · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

HOUSES were wrecked, trees uprooted, telephone and telegraph lines smashed down, and a number of residents injured in a terrific storm which struck Barraba at 3 p.m. yesterday…

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Lifeboat Loses Seven Men In Fierce Gale LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

Seven men are missing from St. Ives (Cornwall) lifeboat, which put out to rescue a ship in distress…

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Lifeboat Lost. Seven of Crew Feared Drowned. Gale Off St. Ives. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 11

Seven members of the crew are believed to have been drowned when the St. Ives (Cornwall) lifeboat was lost during a terrific north-westerly gale…

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Plane Down on Sea. Lifeboat's Search at Dawn. LONDON, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 17

The Selsey (Sussex) lifeboat went out before dawn to search for a Royal Air Force aeroplane which was reported to be down on the sea four miles from Selsey Bill…

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Escaped From Burning Wreck Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 6

Disaster still dogs the Kakariki which was sunk two years ago off Gellibrand Light, with the loss of five live…

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Hereward Wreck. Tenders for Removal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 10

Tenders for the removal of the remains of the wreck of the Hereward from the northern end of Maroubra Beach, regarding which several…

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Earthquake in Chile. Towns Wrecked. 2,000 Reported Dead. Six Provinces in Zone. New York, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 11

An earthquake of great intensity struck Chile shortly before midnight last night. An amateur wireless operator at…

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Drifting Launch Runs Ashore. Fishermen's Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 13

Two fishermen, whose names are thought to be Barnes and Robinson, were rescued uninjured but almost exhausted from a fishing launch which…

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