Body Of Fisherman Washed Ashore
MELBOURNE.âThe body of Frank Roberts (77), of Sandringham, who was drowned on a fishing trip on Friday was washed ashore at St. Kilda…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946
47 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 3
19 Bodies Found in Wrecked Plane
LONDON, January 17.—A message from Marseilles states that 19 bodies have so far been recovered from the wrecked R.A.F. plane which was…
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LONDON, January 18.—Nineteen hundred illegal Jewish immigrants from Europe were taken ashore at Haifa (Palestine) under strong…
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PERTH.—The ketch Maori Lass with four people aboard, missing since Sunday nights reached Port Gregory, 50 miles north of…
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SYDNEY.—A theory that skeletons of the crew of the wrecked plane which was found in rough country 47 miles from Scone on Sunday may still…
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London. February 4.—The wreckage of an RAP Dakota plane, which has been missing since Saturday afternoon, was found last night on a bleak…
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New York, February 6.—A report from Kodiak naval district headquarters stated that 139 persons had been removed from the stricken liner, Yukon, which was…
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HIROSHIMA, February 6.—Desolate Hiroshima has been the main sightseeing spot for newly arrived British sailors and marines. Men from the cruiser Hobart and destroyer Warramunga have added to the largest concentration of British…
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Brisbane, February 19.—The Norseman aircarft missing since last Thursday with a crew of three on board was today sighted in densely timbered country…
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BOMBAY, February 21.—Indian ratings in 20 ships of the Royal Indian Navy, in Bombay Harbor and in barracks ashore, today launched a small-arms attack on British and Indian forces. A truce was declared in the barracks at…
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Sydney, February 21.—Escorted by the British submarines Tireless And Truncheon, the first Japoneu steamer to arrive here for nearly five years…
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Hobart, March 13.—A resumption of attempts to salvage the wreckage of the airliner which crashed on Sunday night off Seven Mile Beach killing the 25…
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HOBART.—Parts of the Douglas air liner which plunged into the sea with 21 passengers and a crew of four on Sunday night, are scattered over a fairly wide area. Much-damaged sections of the plane,…
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Sydney, March 25.—Hopes for the safety of five passengers and the crew of a Lancastrian aircraft, which was due in Perth at 4.30 on Sunday morning, were almost completely shattered by executives of Quantas Empire Airways in Sydney late tonight…
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MELBOURNE.—At the first official function tendered in his honor, Lord Louis Mountbatten told the Royal Lifesaving Society of Australia at a dinner last night of a brilliant Commando operation that sank four German ships that were attempting to run the…
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Honolulu, April 3.—Rescue workers, digging through the wreckage of the sea-battered city of Hilo; have thus far recovered 60-bodies. The workers could see the bodies of 30 more. The known death roll stands at 94 as the result of the tidal wave—83…
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Mrs. G. W. Tainsh, of the Centennial Hotel, has just returned from Hobart where she spent a holiday. While she was there the…
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LONDON, April 7.—Outrages foy German "Werewolve" organisatlons in the former Sudeten territory of Czechoslovakia are…
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Perth. Ma/ 7.-:A: plane searching for a stolen ketch found It beached ility mllej north of Perth todajrr One man was on board. Pollw are lr)YeiUg»ttn»…
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CAPT. D. D. DITCHBURN (top), the chief pilot of the airliner wrecked near Parafield…
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