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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939

631 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 32

Christobal Colon-latest of Ocean's Mystery Wrecks Did Her Canvas Conceal Guns?

The World's News · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 7

What are the real facts behind the wrecking of the giant 12,000-ton Spanish luxury liner Christobal Colon, now breaking up on the Bermudian rocks in her last battle with the sea? Why did the master of the Christobal Colon refuse all offers of aid and abandon the huge craft when, as many marine experts at the time declared, it might have been saved?…

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Needless Sea Search. Men Were Safely Ashore. Excitement at Bondi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 11

While the pilot steamer, Captain Cook, the police launch Sirius, and the Bondi Life-saving Club's surfboat were searching for two men in…

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Eleven German Officers Wrecked Plane Flying From Spain NICE

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 5

All of the 11 men on the German air liner, Dalus, which crashed in the French Alps, were German Air…

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Wreckage Of Lost German Barque BERLIN

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 2

Wreckage from the lost German four-masted barque Admiral Karpfanger has been found off the Argentine coast, it is…

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Wrecked German Airliner Found In French Alps Snow Mystery Fate of Ten Dead Men, Woman Nice (France)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 1

A French military ski patrol has found a wrecked German tri-motored Junkers airliner half-buried in the snow on a mountain slope near Nice. The bodies of 11 occupants, including that of a woman, were…

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Submarine Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 3

DRAGGING her anchors during the night, H. M, Submarine Sunfish grounded in Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, on February 21. The submarine Sterlet also grounded, but got off unaided. Three tugs later removed the Sunfish…

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German Reports In Wreck Of Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 5

NICE (France), Monday.--Detailed reports of the activities of British, French, and Belgian colonies in Spain were found near the wreckage of the German plane…

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New Pilot Steamer. Official Trials To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 16

The now pilot steamer Captain Cook will undergo her official trials to-day under the command of the Harbour Master, Captain Hill, who was master of her predecessor for…

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Drunken Driver Wrecks Fences

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1939 · page 2

The driver of a lorry which had torn down two fences at Bankstown was found by police asleep under the steering wheel…

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New Pilot Steamer. Successful Trials. Bad Seas Outside Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 11

The new pilot steamer, Captain Cook, underwent her official trials yesterday under the command of the Harbour Master, Captain Hill, who reported a successful run under…

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Italian Officer in Air Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 3

NICE (France), Wednesday.--Oscar Berti, officer commanding an Italian air squadron in Spain, was among the 11 killed in the German plane found…

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Steamer Blew Up and Sank Singapore

The Sun · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 5

Wrecked by an engine-room explosion which killed one Siamese, the steamer Malinl (1278 tons), owned by the Siam Steam Navigation Co., sank…

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Argentina to Wreck Wheat Plan Again?

The Land · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 5

OPPOSITION by Argentina to the imposition of a wheat agreement for a period of five years is said to have prejudiced the possibilities of…

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Hearse, Taxi Collide: Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- A hearse leading a cortege to Bald Hill Cemetery and a taxi cab collided today. The taxi-driver, Phillip Rainbow, 49,…

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Shipwreck at Pitcairn Island Strange Tales From The South Seas, No. 73

The World's News · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 6

WHEN a section of the Bounty descendants returned to Pitcairn Island in 1859 they found unmistakable signs that their…

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New Schooner Off Pt. Piper

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 4

A graceful two-masted schooner, new to Sydney, and moored off Point Piper, is the Mistral, from Melbourne. Two months ago Mr. A. W. Curtis,…

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Fine for Betting. Scuffle on Steamer After Sailing Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 6

At the Paddington Police Court yesterday before Mr. Scobie, S.M., Henry Charles Ford, 38, commercial traveller, was fined £30 for betting on the ferry steamer Karrabee. on…

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Shipbuilding in Australia. Mr. Spooner's Views. New Pilot Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 12

"Does not this trim and beautiful ship emphasise that it is worth while to develop the shipbuilding industry of Australia," asked the Minister for…

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Camps Wrecked. Damage by Storm. Misfortune of Holiday Visitors. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 11

A high wind, which accompanied a sudden violent hailstorm this afternoon, wrecked a number of camps in South Belmont Park—a favourite resort…

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Lighthouse Steamer Cape Leeuwin

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 4

The Commonwealth Lighthouse steamer Cape Leeuwin is scheduled to leave Brisbane to-day carrying mails and stores for light stations as far…

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