Air Wreck Was U.S. Fighter
Melbourne.—The wrecked Kitty Hawk aircraft found near Walhaila, in Gippsland, is believed to be a United States fighter which…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949
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Plane Wreck On Volcano Slope
Honolulu, January 11.—Wreckage of an aeroplane has been sighted by a coastguard search plane on the western slope of…
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Melbourne.—Sabotage in the Interstate freighter Kooralya, which almost crashed into Newport oil wharves, has been,…
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Brisbane. — Cooktown can be wiped off as a town unless substantial aid is sent there immediately, the shire clerk (Mr. J. H…
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Adelaide. Wedged In the wreckage of the engine cabin, the body of a young fireman, one of the two victims of the Murla Siding rall crash yesterday, was not extricated until 2 a.m. today 13 hours after the accident…
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Istanbul, March 3.—A small private arms and munition factory in Central Istanbul. which is reported to have been making arms for Egypt and Syria…
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LONDON, March [?].—Four bullocks wracked a works canteen near tile cattle market Hull after climbing a…
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Wellington, N.Z., (AAP-Reuter), March 18.—Missing since 9.41 a.m. today on a flight from Auckland with 13 passengers and crew of two, National Airways Corporation Lodestar airliner was sighted "completely broken up and burning"…
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Wellington.—There were no survivors of the Lodestar airliner which crashed near Waikanae yesterday…
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Melbourne. The veteran passenger ship Maungnui will return to Melbourne oh April [?] as the Greek passenger vessel Cyrenia…
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London, April 27.—The British [?] liner "Magdalem" 17,000 tons, w[?] grounded on rocks 15 miles south of R[?] on Monday, broke in [?] after [?]…
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Melbourne—A fire which, broke out on the 7000ton freighter Kafiristan at the Victoria Dock laat night did thousands of pounds worth of damage before it was brought under control…
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Halifax (Nova Scotia), May 18— The small Danish motor schooner Ebba sank yesterday south-west of Greenland…
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Goose Bay (Labrador) May 19—Little hope is held out for the survival of the 25 crew members or the Danish schooner Ebba which sank in a gale…
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Sydney, May 19.—Abandoned by her crew the wrecked collier Munmoran is rapidly breaking up on Bellambi Point reef and no further salvage…
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Sydney.— The British steamer Inchmark, 573 tons, bound from Sydney to Hongkong, is ashore on the north-west coast of Thursday…
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Sydney, June 17.—The 7,176 ton Italian freighter Orione torn from her anchorage in Athol Bight early this morning and driven ashore at Kurraba Point, was towed into deep water by the tugs Heros and Lindfield shortly after midday. The ship…
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Istanbul, June 20.—Thousands of Turks are believed to have drowned when a huge wall of water rushed down the…
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London, June 22.—Five of the crew were killed and eight passengers and five of the crew injured when the 2.950 ton…
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London, June 23.—North Sea radio stations flashed a warning to all ships in 40 square miles of the English Channel last night after the discovery that…
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