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Central Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949

4 stories in Central Coast's papers

Injured Lifesaver Is Carried Ashore Unconscious

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 1

Members of Ocean Beach Surf Club had to knock off work to carry bricks at the Avoca Beach [?] carnival on Sunday when [?]…

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Maitland Wreck Survivor Dead

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 1

A survivor of the ss Maitland. which was wrecked with heavy loss of life off the coast north of Broken Bay many years ago. has…

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Four Launches Are Reported To Be Wrecked

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

Woy Woy Police are investi­gating reports that four launches have been washed up on to beaches of the foreshores north of Broken…

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Old Timber Ketch Captain Died Recently

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 5

Mr James Settree. 86. of Davis-town, who died recently, was in his youth the captain of the coastal ketch Day Dawn, which traded…

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