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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950

40 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Shipwrecked Sailors Killed by Sharks

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1

HAVANA, Thursday.--Two Australians and four other members of the crew of the small motor ship Windgate, which sunk between…

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Deportees Still on Steamer

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

COFF'S HARBOR, This Afternoon. The captain of the steamer Tamaris, Captain Miller, denied to-day that several South American deportees…

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Home Wreckers Should Be Gaoled Says Archbishop

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, This Afternoon.--The Catholic Archbishop, Dr. Duhig, said yesterdays that adulterers should toe gaoled like thieves…

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Semi-trailer Wrecked Wyagdon Crash

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 2

A semi-trailer was wrecked beyond repair last night when it crashed over an embankment on the Bathurst side of Wyagdon Hill, on the…

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Wrecked Marriage "Rock" Founder Founders Story of a Gay Lothario

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The wife of William Walter Campbell, founder of [?] anti-Catholic newspaper. The Rock, described him as a "Gay…

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Mines Washed Ashore Q’land Reports

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday. — Wartime [?] are still being washed ashore on the Queensland coast…

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Victorian Politics Hollway Attacked "Greatest Wrecker Of All Time" MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 1

MAKING a demand that the Premier (Mr. Hollway) go to the country immediately, the Leader of the Labor Party (M[?] Cain)…

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Wrecked Catalina Man For Trial

National Advocate · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At the Sydney Coroner's Court this afternoon, the Managing Director of Trans-Oceanic Airways (Brian W. Munston)…

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Factory Wrecked

Central Western Daily · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 12

MIDLAND (Michigan), Friday.— Eight workers were killed, 15 were Injured and three are missing in an explosion at the…

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Plane Wreckage in Court Canadian Murder Trial

National Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

QUEBEC, Wednesday: Bits of a wrecked aircraft were brought into court yesterday [?] trial of J. Albert Guay, Quebec [?] the murder…

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Launch Wrecked Two Missing

National Advocate · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: A police party this afternoon found the body of one of the three men who were wrecked in missing launch off the North…

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£85,000 Damage-- Fire At Commercial Centre Jeldi's Factory Total Wreck

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

Awakened by crackling flames and the continuous roar of exploding fibro sheets, hundreds of residents in! their night attire turned out early this morning to watch a Spectacular blaze which completely gutted the Jeldi…

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Attempt to Wreck Plane

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday: A time bomb. probably made of gelignite, has been definitely established as the cause of the explosion in a British European…

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Mercy Plane Wrecked in Queensland

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, This Afternoon.-- A T.A.A. twin-enginedt Dragon plane was completely wrecked to-day when one of its engines cut out while taking…

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35 Bodies in Plane Wreck Mountain Crash

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 4

TOKIO, Monday: The charred and mutilated remains of the 35 victims of Friday's American Skymaster crash will be carried six miles down…

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Search for Treasure Ancient Wreck Identified

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Monday: Member of a Royal Navy search party are convinced that they have located the remains of a Spanish galleon in…

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Ship Runs Ashore Near Brisbane

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday. —A British freighter, the Maritta Dyall, thus afternoon went ashore at Smith Rock, 40 miles north of Brisbane. The ship is now well down…

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Grounded Ship Total Wreck

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, This Afternoon.--An attempt to salvage the stern portion of the British freighter Marietta Dal which is aground on Smith Rock,…

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Tractors Lost on Wrecked Ship

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday. — The loss of cargo aboard the freighter Marieeta Dal, wrecked on a rock off Moreton Bay, Queensland, will hold up the building of a factory in Victoria…

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Hotel Wrecked Bomb Outrage In Melbourne

National Advocate · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: In the heart of Melbourne this afternoon, 22 people were injured when an explosion wrecked the major part of the…

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