Steamer Action in Egypt Campaign Against Terrorists
CAIRO, Wednesday: Hints that Britain is preparing "new measures" to cope with the mounting intensity of Egyptian underground attacks, are…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952
36 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Plane Wreckage Located 28 Perish
PHOENIX, Arizona, Thursday: Searchers who yesterday reached the wreckage of the C47 transport plane which crashed on a mountainside…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Dead After Explosion Melbourne Home Wrecked
MELBOURNE, Friday: Two men died after they had been literally skinned as flames scared their bodies in a petrol explosion at a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sweep on Location of Wreck Big Salvage Job
SYDNEY, Monday: Fishermen at Eden, on the South Coast of NSW, are holding a sweepstake on the position of a wrecked freighter, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Storm at Burrundulla; Church Wrecked
A fierce storm of gale force struck Spring Flat and Burrundulla, on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mine Wrecks Fishing Boat
ANCONA,Italy, Thursday: Six Italian fishermen had their 30 ton boat blown from under them when a shine—a relic of the war—become…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beer Truth Wrecked; Driver Unhurt But Three Kegs Lost
A semi-trailer laden with 71 barrels of beer for three Orange hotels was wrecked on the Bathurst [?] early yesterday when it crashed through a safety fence. The driver escaped injury and only three of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Survivors Rescued From Schooner
BALBOA, Thursday. — Eighteen survivors from the crippled Colombian schooner, Gloria, were picked up by a U.S. Navy patrol…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Lifeboat Has All the Gadgets
WASHINGTON, Monday.--A 30-ft. lifeboat which can be dropped from a plane and then guided by radio to survivors in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lifeboat Guided by Radio
WASHINGTON, Monday.— A 30 foot lifeboat, which can be dropped from a plane and then guided by radio to survivors is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Staypuss" Comes Ashore
LONDON, Thursday: Carlson"— the cat who refused to desert Its ship aground near Lands End—came ashore last night after subsisting for 43 days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Carlsen” Cat Comes Ashore
LONDON, Thursday.— “Carlson” —the cat who refused to desert its ship aground near Lands End—came ashore last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreckage of Raf Plane Found
PARIS, Monday.— Wreckage of an RAP Wellington in which the crew of seven all perished, has been found near Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →119 Die in Rail Disaster Frantic Search of Wreckage New York
At least 119 persons were killed and more than 250 were injured yesterday in a collision between two trains near Rio De Janiero, Brazil…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer for Coastal Trade
BRISBANE, Wednesday: The new [?],000ton steamer Woomera, which was launched in Brisbane carl[?]r this month, is expected to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rail Strike Could Wreck State Industry
At the annual conference yesterday of the A.L.P. Industrial Groups two Labor leaders warned that if the present rail strike continued for a fortnight: --…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bomb Wrecks Letter Boxes
SYDNEY, Thursday: The Acting Police Commissioner (Mr. S. McCarthy) today blamed a maniac for a bomb explosion which wrecked the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Rescued
SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.— A battered 85-foot schooner with 10 adventure-seeking persons aboard, was taken in tow by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tug Sent To Aid Battered Cargo Steamer SYDNEY, This Afternoon
A Sydney tug is speeding to a point 100 miles east of Newcastle to assist a stormbattered steamer in…
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