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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945

12 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Home-made Steamer

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 1

A steamer in which to make puddings or to steam vegetables can be made out of an old sandwich tin and cake tin…

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War Plane Wreckage Found Near Bullio : Bush Mystery

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 1

Parts of a wrecked aeroplane, including its armaments, scattered over a radius of threequarters of a mile, have been discovered in the Mittagong district. Mr. Victor Goodfellow made,…

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Launch Wreckage in Broken Bay

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The wreckage of a launch, which may be part of the Robin May. was found to-day at Lion Island, in Broken Bay…

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Two Ships Ashore Violent Gale on Coast

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The six survivors of the 76-ton freighter "Coweambah", which was wreeked off South Rocks,…

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Body of Student Washed Ashore

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: The body of Brune Bann. 22-years-old theniogical student of St. Patrick's College Manly, who was swept from rocks…

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7000-Ton Vessel Ashore

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE: There is little hope of refloating the 7000-ton Allied vessel which ran aground on a reef off the North…

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Ship Ashore

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: A 300 ton wooden-vessel ran aground during a thick fog on Susan Gilmore Beach early this morning. The crew were…

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Body of Soldier Washed Ashore

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Clothed in an A.M.F. uniform with four service chevrons on the left sleeve, the body of a soldier was washed…

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R.A.A.F. Engineers on Balikpapan Restoration of Wrecked Aerodromes

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 1

The rumble of bulldozers and power graders has succeeded the boom of invading guns at Balikpapan. On the mud-choked roads and bomb-cratered aerodromes they are working 24 hours each day filling and forming the oil-soaked clay to restore the…

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Scenes of Terror at Burning of Hamonic Picnic Steamer on Fire

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 2

NEW YORK: During the night the Great Lakes pleasure ship Hamonic moved through Lake St. Clair and up the St. Clair River from Detroit and Windsor. An hour after daybreak she eased into the dock at Point Edward, Ont…

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Fierce Storm in Sydney Homes Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Two homes were demolished and between 50 and 60 others were made uninhabitable by a violent…

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Home Wrecked Hot Water System Blows Up

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 December 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE: The two-stories home of Mr. A. E. Simpson at Coorparoo, suburb of Brisbane, was wrecked when the hot water…

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