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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

55 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Wrecked by U.S.A. Plan to Save Starving Europe Panic at Communism Sir John Boyd Orr Outspoken

National Advocate · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

THE great nations of the world were battling madly for world supremacy white their peoples starved, said Sir John Boyd Orr,…

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Jewish Economy Wrecked

Central Western Daily · Saturday 12 June 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Military activity flared up last night in northern and central Palestine as both sides…

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Missing Launches Wreckage at Collaroy

National Advocate · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: A 20ft section of a launch washed up on Collaroy Beach this morning bore the same color as the launches Joyce…

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Mystery Wrecked Aircraft

National Advocate · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Royal Australian Air Force headquarters expect that it will be at least Monday before identification of the wrecked aircraft…

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Second Test Australia—by 409 England Collapse Woefully Lindwall, Toshack—the Wreckers

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: Australia won the Second Test against England at Lords today by 409 runs. The last English batsman Doug Wright, was dismissed five minutes after the luncheon adjournment…

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Wreckage Not Launches'

National Advocate · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3

GOSFORD, Wednesday: Gosford police are satisfied that two small pieces of wreckage washed up on Forrester's Beach on Monday are not…

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Refugees Cross Atlantic by Ketch

National Advocate · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday: After taking 43 days to cross the Atlantic in a 64 foot ketch 25 fugitives from the Soviet have reached Provincetown…

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Non-capsizable Lifeboat

National Advocate · Monday 2 August 1948 · page 2

The Gaskin non-capsizable reversible lifeboat, which is to attempt an Atlantic crossing, arrived recently at Cadogan Pier, London. For more than 30 years its inventor, Mr. H. A. Gaskin, of Knightsbridge, has been trying to get the Board of Trade to…

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Darwin Wreck Zeelandia?

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Monday: Naval headquarters have received a report from Darwin that the sunken wreck, found in Darwin Harbor a fortnight…

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£5,000 Road Grader a Virtual Wreck

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 19

After some 200 hours' work, Blaxland Shire Council's big £5000 grader developed serious defects, and it is estimated that…

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U.s. Aid Could Wreck Empire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 2

The U.S., in extending Marshall Aid, naturally seeks to associate Britain more closely with the European recipients of her…

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Launch Wrecked

Central Western Daily · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 5

LISMORE, Friday.— Three men spent nearly an hour in violent seas in Byron Bay Harbor last might before being…

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Schooner Believed Sunk

National Advocate · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday: The three masted Portuguese auxiliary fishing schooner. Gaspar, is presumed to have sunk in very high seas about 900 miles…

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Australian in Shipwreck

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 4

MONTREAL, Monday : A message from Montreal says that 19 survivors of the NZ freighter Leicester have arrived in Montreal in an Argentine…

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Mission Ship Ashore Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 24 September 1948 · page 2

The motor ship Devare, bound from Sydney to Rabaul, was driven ashore 20 miles north of Port Macquarie during a storm last night…

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WRECKED U.S.A. PLANE No Trace of Bullion

National Advocate · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 2

OTTAWA, Sunday: A Canadian search party haS failed to find currency and gold bullion worth £75,000 which was rumored to be in the…

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Man Killed Factory Wrecked Workmen Showered by Blazing Alcohol

National Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday: A terrific explosion, which wrecked the factory of the Gardinal Chemical Co. (A/sia), at Hawthorn today,…

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Rest of the News in Brief ... Wind Wrecked Aircraft

Central Western Daily · Monday 4 October 1948 · page 3

OSLO, Sunday. — Nineteen people, including three small children and their mothers, were…

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Rest of the News in Brief... Steamer Sinks After Fire

Central Western Daily · Friday 8 October 1948 · page 3

COPENHAGEN, Thursday.— After every available fire engine had been used to control a stem-to-tern blaze…

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Katoomba Office Wrecked Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 October 1948 · page 2

Intruders last night or early to-day wrecked the offices of a Katoomba firm of accountants. The firm is Christie and Deacon,…

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