Fishing Party Wrecked But No Casualties Suffered
Rockhampton, November 20.—Lawrence Briggs (19), a member of a fishing party, swam three miles in the darkness last night from a wrecked launch off…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950
46 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 3
Police Raid Schooner; Goods Found
SYDNEY—The police allege that a schooner moored in the harbor has been used as a store for stolen goods…
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London, December 26—Mishaps to four vessels were reported during the Christmas season. Most important of the accidents were two which were accompanied by fatalities…
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Auckland, December 28.—Fourteen persons, including 11 holidaymarkers, were drowned when a passenger launch was wrecked in heavy seas at the…
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Singapore, December 28.—A British soldier was killed and five others were seriously wounded in a hand-grenade explosion in Ipoh…
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Auckland. — Fourteen persons —11 of them holiday-makers— were drowned when a passenger launch was wrecked in heavy…
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