Queen Mary Ashore But Is Floated Next Morning
LONDON, Mon: The giant liner Queen Mary; 80,000 tons, will be inspected at Southampton Dock today for damage after…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949
18 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers
Unseasonable Frost Wrecks Gardens, Hits Potato Crops
A most unseasonable frost which enveloped Crookwell yesterday morning caused considerable damage to…
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WOLLONGONG: One seaman, who floated all night, is the only survivor so far picked up from the 540 tons coastal steamer "Bombo," which sank of the New South Wales coast about 10.30 p.m. last night, with a crew of 14 abroad…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragic Fire on Steamer
GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR: Fire destroyed the steamer Farahon, near Port Bolivar on Saturday, killing many of its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →17,000-Ton Liner Is Wrecked
RIO DE JANEIRO, Tuesday: The Royal Mail Line's new 17,000tons teamer, Magdalena, broke in two yesterday after being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collier Runs Ashore
BELLAMBI: Unsuccessful attempts were made from daybreak onwards this morning to re-float the 273-ten collier,…
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Persons who viewed the tangled mass of wreckage were amazed how the two occupants of a truck which turned over…
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The collier Henrik, which hit a mine between Sweden and Denmark and sank with the loss of four lives, gave divers a surprise…
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DUNKIRK, Wednesday: Five Belgian engine. room ratings believed to have been killed when the 2950 ton Belgian cross-channel steamer, Princess Astrid, foundered four miles off Dunkirk at 5 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Offices Wrecked
Two offices at the Wollongong Showground were wrecked when a safe was blown open on the night of August 1. Office…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Launch Wrecked in Storm Off North Coast
KEMPSEY: The Seventh Day Adventist mission launch, Lelco, ran aground at Crescent Head during the storm early to-day. Three officers and the crew of five New Hebridean natives swam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →118 Lose Lives on Pleasure Ship Tragedy On Canadian Steamer
TORONTO, Sunday: Although 154 passengers of the pleasure cruiser, Noronic, have not yet been accounted for, the police and Red Cross officials believe the death-roll will not rise above…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miraculous Escape Utility Wrecked By Transport
Morris Henry Russell, his wife, Alice Ada Russell, and their six-months-old daughter had miraculous escapes from death…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Missing Plane Not Found Wreckage Reported
MELBOURNE: The police and R.A.A.F. officials have not yet found the missing R.A.A.F. Anson bomber…
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HAMILTON (Bermuda), Monday: Four of 18 United States Air Force men snatched from the sea on Saturday—three days after their Superfortress had crash-landed off the Bermuda…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Airliner Wreck Sighted
BOGOTA, Colombia, Sun.: The wreckage of the missing Colombian DC3 airliner was sighted yesterday in the rugged…
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LONDON Monday: Thirty-eight members of the crew of the British ship Britkon took to lifeboats in a raging gale…
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SYDNEY: The ferry s[?]amer Kurraba ran aground in Neutral. Bay this morning, and disorganised the schedule during the peak…
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