Young Bride Sole Survivor Of Wreck
Central Western Daily · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 3
KEMPSEY, Wednesday âTwo brothers were drowned and one woman saved when a launch tank last night. One body has been recovered. The launch sank off Smoky Cape, near Kempsey, and the sole survivor was a 20-years-old bride of one of the men, who swam ashore in a storm and climbed to a lighthouse…
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Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 September 1947 · page 1
Between 20 and 30 persons were killed when the five-deck, oil-burning, inland excursion steamer; Island Queen--claimed to be the largest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Death Roll River Steamer Blows Up
Central Western Daily · Thursday 11 September 1947 · page 1
PITTSBURGH, Wednesday. between 20 and 30 persons were killed when the five-decked oil burning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Damage Southern Areas Church Wrecked, Houses Damaged
National Advocate · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Monday: A gale which had been blowing in Victoria since early this morning, died away this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Communists' Aim Is to Wreck Europe Say Labor Leaders Washington
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 October 1947 · page 1
President Truman while agreeing that the formation of the Communist commintern makes the need for American aid to Europe urgent,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Drowned in Wreck
Central Western Daily · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 1
ROWELL RIVER [?]…
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National Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 3
SYDNEY. Monday: A sudden gust of wind caused a 75ft metal chimney stack to crash on to a former military hospital at Herne Bay today…
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Central Western Daily · Thursday 27 November 1947 · page 1
KETCHIKAN [?] [?] A coastguard plane [?] that the army transport, [?]…
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National Advocate · Friday 28 November 1947 · page 2
KETCHIKAN (Alaska), Thursday: Five living members of the crew of the U. S. Army freighter Clarksdale Victory, and three bodies have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Survivors Found Alaskan Shipwreck
Central Western Daily · Friday 28 November 1947 · page 6
KETCHIKAN (Alaska), Thursday. â The Coastguard reported that it had four men alive and three…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plane Wreck Located
National Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 2
LONDON, Wednesday: Searching planes have found the wreckage of the American, Army Dakota which disappeared on Friday over mountainous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Ablaze Under Control
National Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 3
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: Tonight the line in No. 1 hold of the inter-state steamer Tyne which caught fire in the harbor this afternoon, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Afire Dramatic Dash To Brisbane
Central Western Daily · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 1
BRISBANE Sunday With on highly inflammahis [?] the steamer Emmco Maintain 2,906 tons caught the off the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Fire Checked Good Work by Crew
National Advocate · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sunday: The steamer. Empire Mountain which caught fire in Moreton Bay last night berthed in the Brisbane River this morning…
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