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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946

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Cutter Wrecked; Crew Missing

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 5

BRISBANE.—The wreckage of the 81ft. mission cutter Albinia, which has been missing in the Gulf of Carpentaria since July…

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Lightning Hits Bondi Flats; Roof Wrecked

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY.—Lightning struck the roof of Tresco Flats, Gaerloch Avenue, Bondi, and hurled a brick chimney through the roof…

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Amazing Rescue in Swiss Alps 12 From Wrecked Plane Flown Out Of 'Death Valley'

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 1

LONDON, November 24.—One of the most amazing rescues in the history of aviation was completed today when the 12 occupants of the Dakota which crashed in "Death Valley" in the Swiss Alps on…

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Bodies Washed Up Indicate Steamer Wrecked

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 6

London, November 24.—Three bodies and two ship's lifeboats washed ashore near St. David's Head indicate that the ship "Empire Albany" was wrecked…

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Shipwrecked Jews

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 12 December 1946 · page 6

Jeruselem, December 11.—Defying dangerous sean British and Greek naval ratings yesterday ferried 240 shipwrecked Jews from Syri[?] Island to a British…

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Wrecked Jewish Women and Children Admitted to Palestine

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 1

Jerusalem, December 15.—The Palestine Government announced that it had been decided to admit immediately to Palestine all Jewish women and…

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Ketch To Have Music Wherever She Blows

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY.—No matter what the wind or what the weather, the Tasmanian ketch Matthew Flinders, a competitor in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race, will have music wherever she blows…

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