10 Die in Explosion Shop Wrecked
AIKEN, (South Carolina), Wednesday: A violent explosion caused by leaking gas yesterday blew a whole shop to pieces, killing an estimated…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953
36 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Steamer Sinks in Irish Sea 130 Feared Drowned
LONDON, Sunday.—More than 130 people are believed to have drowned when the British steamer Princess Victoria sank in a raging hurricane in the Irish Sea last night…
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LONDON, Tuesday: Divers will make tests today to see whether it is passible to locate and examine the wreck of the steamer, Princess…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempts to Locate Shipwreck
LONDON, Tuesday.— Divers will make tests to day to see whether it is possible to locate and…
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Tuesday—A British freighter arrived yesterday at the scene where a Skyways…
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LONDON, Tuesday: Six of seven life-boatmen bringing their 46ft boat into Fraserbough Harbor, Scotland, yesterday, were drowned when they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Level Crossing Smash At DUBBO Panel Van Wrecked
DUBBO, Tuesday: Near Dubbo this morning, a panel van was badly smashed in a level crossing accident, but the two men in it escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vessel Wrecks River Forts
LONDON, Mon — Four men are missing from an anti-aircraft fort in the Thames Estuary, which collapsed when the Norwegian motor vessel,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bad Girls Dormitory Wrecked Melbourne
Three girls wrecked a dormitory at the Royal Park Home last night, started a fire and fought police and firemen with curtain rods…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vandals Or Wreckers?
Railway authorities are uncertain whether vandals or wreckers were responsible for the partial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Duke. Sees Plane Wreckage
CELLE (West Germany) Friday.—The Duke of Edinburgh yesterday inspected the wreckage of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homes Wrecked Mine Workings Collapse
NEWCASTLE, Sunday: A collapse in underground workings of the Pelaw Mam Colliery at Kurri Kurri, has almost completely wrecked 12 homes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Wrecks Church Preacher Blown from Pulpit
EAST LONDON, (South Africa Monday: An African Minister was blown out of his pulpit by a hurricane which caused extensive damage here at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Wreckage Found
SYDNEY. Thursday: RAAF authorities announced that wreckage had been recovered from one of two RAAF lighters that have been missing in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Wreckage was recovered today from one of the two RAAF fighters missing in the Newcastle area since Wednesday morning. RAAF authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Search for Plane Wreckage
NEWCASTLE. Friday: Rising seas north of Newcastle today prevented atempts by the RAAF to drug for the weekage of a Mustang fighter and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plane Parts Washed Ashore
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Aircraft parts that might have come from two RAAF fighters—a Vampire jet and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Township Wrecked By Tornado
NEW YORK, Monday.--Tornado warnings were issued to five mid-west States yesterday as residents of Nebron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane Wrecked: Two Unhurt Tamworth Crash
TAMWORTH, Sunday: A small aircraft crashed in a paddock near here late this afternoon after taking from from the local airfield The machine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Target for Junker
HINO KONG, Monday.— The British steamer Wing Sang was fires on with machine guns by an…
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