Must Not Go Ashore
Sydney.—An Ecuadorian who said that he could not lawfully land in any port was sentenced to six month's gaol…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953
37 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 2
Wrecked by Sea
UNDER CONSTANT BATTERING on Monday from heavy seas, concrete stabs and poles forming the seawall near the car park, Glenelg, S.A. were smashed like matchwood. The South Australian Coast took the worst battering in memory…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homes Wrecked by Tornado
THIS THREE-STORY block of homes in Worcester, Massachusetts collapsed in the tornado which hit thr ee American States last week. More than 200 people have been killed and bodies are still being recovered from wrecked areas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aorangi for Wrecker
Syney: The 17,491-ton trans-Pacific liner Aorangi, will leave Sydney today for a ship breaker's "graveyard"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bedser the Wrecker
ALEC BEDSER, England's star bowler who is a menace to Australian batsmen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blast Wrecks Cottage; Attempt on Life
Sydney: Detectives believe on explosion, which wrecked the front of on unoccupied cottage in Tennyson, near Gladesville, was a deliberate attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Wins Big Race
Honolulu, Monday: The 39-foot ketch Staghound last night unofficially won the 2225-miles Califoria—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kelp Sent to Men on Wreck
Sydney: Three men, believed to be from the missing sloop ' Manuraka, were sighted by a Lincoln…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Survivors of Wreck Rescued
Brisbane: Fisherman brought to Yeppoon a young woman and five men who were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Play Boy Wreckers
New York, Wednesday: A gang of American teen-age "hot-rodders" did £2500. damage in a game of hide…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Grim Ordeal After Wreck
Suva, Tuesday: Five Fijians, who survived a recent shipwreck, were 23 hours in a stormy sea while sharks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suspected Red in Steamer
Manila, Monday: Customs officials refused a landing permit to Mrs. Lucy Marie Julatin, who was said to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Radio Girl Wreck Heroine
London, Monday: A 27-years-old Finnish woman radio operator, Mirjam Eskola, was the heroine of…
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London; Monday: Two ships are reported to have picked up 20 men—one dead —of the crew of 30 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Afire
Brisbane: Firemen fought on a hot deck above the ship's fuel supply to control a fiercely blazing fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WRECKED 10 FLATS New York, Tuesday
Herman Joseph Altgelt (25), chemical company employee, admitted having caused…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vandals Wreck Interior of Vic. Church
Melbourne—Vandals wrecked the interior of the Croydon Church of Christ and attempted to set fire to the church before leaving…
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