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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947

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Young Bride Sole Survivor Of Wreck

Central Western Daily · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Wednesday —Two 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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River Steamer Disaster in U.S. PITTSBURGH

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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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Former Military Hospital Wrecked

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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51 Perish in Shipwreck

Central Western Daily · Thursday 27 November 1947 · page 1

KETCHIKAN [?] [?] A coastguard plane [?] that the army transport, [?]…

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Five Survivors on Wrecked Freighter

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…

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Four Survivors Found Alaskan Shipwreck

Central Western Daily · Friday 28 November 1947 · page 6

KETCHIKAN (Alaska), Thursday. — The Coastguard reported that it had four men alive and three…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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