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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939

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Sinking of Ship in Gale Feared. Bodies Washed Ashore. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 11

The discovery yesterday of a body under the [?]ffs near St. Ives (Cornwall) has led to [?]s that the 3,221-ton steamer Wilston, of Glasgow, sank with her crew of 31 in Sunday night's…

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33 Believed Lost in Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--Thirty-three persons are feared to have been lost in the wreck of the steamer Wilston (3221 tons) of Glasgow…

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Don't Believe It— That There Was A "Wreck Of The Hesperus"

The World's News · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 9

IN days when recitations were more popular than they are now, Longfellow's "Wreck of the Hesperus" was one…

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Thetis Takes Schooner Cup Timely Gust Helps Yacht

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1939 · page 25

Thetis had only seconds to spare…

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Relic of a Shipwreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 15

An interesting story lies behind the bell that you see in this picture. Known as the Lutine Bell, it now stands in Lloyd's Shipping Office in London, and is toiled ends in the event…

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Collision on Harbour. Ferry Steamer Crashes Into Launch. Occupants Rescued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 12

A man and a boy were the thrown into the harbour yesterday morning when the Manly ferry steamer, South Steyne, crashed into their launch which, when…

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Three Men Killed in Air Crashes. Plane Strikes Mountain. Wreckage Not Found for Two Days. Bomb Bursts in Plane at Pageant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 11

Three men lost their lives in air accidents which occurred in New South Wales yesterday and on Saturday. Two of them were occupants of a plane which crashed into a mountain in Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, while…

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Bodies Found Side By Side In Plane Wreck Perched On Cliff Edge Megalong Valley

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 1

A pilot, believed to be Mr. R. H. Julius, son of Sir George Julius, of Sydney, and a passenger, believed to be Mr. C. E. Stumbles, of Bankstown, were found dead today in the wreck of a plane in the Blue Mountains, near Katoomba…

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Stockyards on Steamer

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 9

Her decks looking like stockyards on a sale day, the freighter Pakeha arrived at Sydney to-day with a cargo of pedigree cattle and rams…

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Fatal Injuries on a Steamer Cairns

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 13

During an alleged dispute aboard the steamer Bungaree late last night, David Harvey. 45. seaman, suffered a fractured skull, and died almost…

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Steamer Rides Out Pacific Gale Flooded By Huge Seas

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 13

Taking occasional green seas over her, bridge, with her fo'c'sle flooded and portion of her deck lumber cargo shifted, the British freighter Anglo-African weathered the hurricane about 600 miles south-west of…

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Tidal Wave, Caused By Quake, Wrecks Wharf

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 1

REPORT of a severe earthquake shock at Faisi Island, in the Solomons, was received in Sydney yesterday. This is probably the earthquake that was recorded at Riverview…

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Anger in Germany Roosevelt As Target "A Shipwrecked Dictator" Is Press Cry LONDON

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 1

Bitter comments on President Roosevelt are a feature of the German Press. Newspapers denounce him as "a shipwrecked Dictator" and as "Anti-Fascist…

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One Drowned, One Saved in Launch Wreck Jervis Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 1

One man was drowned and another lay all night naked on the rocks after their 16-foot launch had been wrecked at the foot of Point Perpendicular…

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Cheap Steamer Fares for Students. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 11

To enable Australian and New Zealand university students to return home for the long vacation, a conference of shipping lines decided to grant return passages at the rate…

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Murder Charge. Story of Fight on Steamer. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 16

David Tough, 50, able seaman on the steamer Bungaree, was committed for trial from the Cairns Police Court to-day on a charge of having unlawfully killed David…

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Two Mystery Drownings Man Overboard From Steamer

Daily News · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 2

Two men were drowned in mysterious circumstances at the week-end. Charles H. Siggers, 61, second steward, disappeared from the Newcastle steamer…

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New Steamer Cycle Sails for Australia To-day

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 5

The new single screw steamer Cycle, of 5,450 tons, built by Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., Ltd., of Hebburn-on-Tyne, for Australian…

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Wreckage of Plane Dismantled. Blue Mountains Crash. Tourists Visit Scene. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 13

Four mechanics from Mascot workshops were engaged throughout yestetday in dismantling the wrecked plane in which Messrs. Julius and Stumbles lost their lives in the…

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Money can save their lives from wreck!

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 6

FIFTY miles from Sydney a small settlement is doing an important work for tuberculosis sufferers…

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