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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947

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Freak Hailstorm Leaves Trail of Wreckage in City

Central Western Daily · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — An unprecedented thunderstorm washed out the New South Wales v. Queensland Sheffield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground this…

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Wanganella Runs Ashore Off Wellington Wellington (N.z.), This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1

With 392 passengers from Australia on board, the Huddard Parker liner Wanganella went ashore on the south end of Barrett's Reef at the…

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Passenger Steamer in Trouble

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

NEWCASTLE. Tuesday: The Lowlander, enroute from Sydney to New York, put into Newcastle harbor early this morning after having been…

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Fallon Condemns "Red Wreckers" A.W.U. Conference Brisbane, Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 5

Wage earners must refuse to be led by mischievous individuals with no sense of regard for Australian working class organisation and methods…

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Liner May Become Total Wreck

National Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: It is feared that the liner Wanganella may become a total wreck. The liner went aground on…

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Vandals “Wreck” Phone Booths

Central Western Daily · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 1

“If they realised that public telephones can be a medium by which a life could be saved, they would not do…

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Army Dump Wrecked Narrow Escapes for Guards and Firemen BRISBANE

National Advocate · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1

A big explosion wrecked an ammunition dump outside Brisbane this afternoon. A number of guards and firemen…

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Plane Wreckage Seen

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Wreckage of the D-H Dragon plane, which has been missing in New Guinea for a week, to believed to have been sighted on a…

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Mystery of Ketch Brisbane

Central Western Daily · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

Police are now convinced that James Leslie Cush, who was sentenced to a month’s gaol yesterday on a charge of vagrancy,…

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Palestine Talks Wrecked By Truman New York

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

Mr. Bevin's announcement that the negotiations in regard to Palestine last August were completely wrecked by…

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Wrecked Plane Located Fate of Passengers Unknown

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: RAAF and civilian planes sweeping over mountain country in New Guinea, today found be wreckage of the Avro Anson…

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. . And Explosions Wreck A Building CHICAGO

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 1

Two explosions levelled a three-storey building in the heart of the main business district, killing at least two and…

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Whales Ashore at Newcastle

National Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: Twelve whales became stranged at a beach near Newcastle today in their efforts to escape attack by sharks. The…

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Lifeboat Missing :HONOLULU

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 1

The Navy announced that 22 men were rescued from the severed stern of the wrecked tanker Fort Dearborn…

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Saipan, Pacific ‘Country Club’ Dotted with War Wreckage

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 2

SAIPAN.—This green Pacific island, a battleground years ago, a now the country club of the Pacific…

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Mighty Series Of Explosions Wrecks Texas City New York

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 1

An unofficial report places the death roll in a series of explosions which almost wrecked Texas City as "around 1,200." The disaster, which followed an explosion in a ship carrying fertilisers, is ranked as America's greatest. The city…

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Big Explosion Wrecks Sydney Chemical Works

Central Western Daily · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. — A terrific explosion in a chemical works at Rosebery tonight almost wrecked the…

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Police Guard Placed on Wrecked Explosive Factory Sydney

Central Western Daily · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 5

Police have placed a strong guard around the factory of A. C. Hatrick Pty Ltd. at Rosebery, which was wrecked by an…

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