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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950

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

Much Travelled Schooner Becomes A Shark Ship

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 8

What is believed will be the first shark-fishing factory ship in the world is now undergoing conversion at a…

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28 Drowned When Tanker Is Wrecked Officeland

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: Twenty-eight members of the crew of the London oil tanker, Clam, 7404 tons, were drowned near Raykjavik (Iceland) yesterday when two lifeboats, capsized…

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Germans Break Loose Crowd Wrecks Offices Of Dismantlers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: An infuriated crowd of 1000 German workers last night stormed and burned down the British dismantling headquarters at the Hermann Goering steelworks in Watenstedt Salitter…

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Body Washed Ashore

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 3

GOSFORD: The body of one of two fishermen whose launch was wrecked off Ettalong has been washed up on the beach…

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Their Boat Was Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Two Sydney youths missing since Monday in a small open boat were found to-day on Lion Island at the mouth of…

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26 Killed in Air Crash in W.A. Wrecked Soon After Leaving Perth: Only One Survivor

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday: Twenty-six people were killed when the A.N.A. Skymaster, Amana, flagship of the A.N.A. fleet. crashed and burst into flames in rough…

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Yacht Wrecked Near Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY: The police rescue squad to-day raced to Wattamolla Beach, south of National Park, in response to a report…

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No Wreckage on Island

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Fishermen who went to an island eight miles from Port Albert following a report last night that a fire…

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Plane Wreckage Seen Near Wauchope

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: A wrecked aircraft, believed to be the missing Auster plane, was sighted near Wauchope to-day by the crew of an airliner. A radio message received from…

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Semi-trailer Wrecked North Yass Store Front

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 2

When a semi-trailer swerved to avoid a boy riding a bicycle on the Hume Highway about 12.35 p.m. on Saturday, it crashed into the corner of Callaghan’s store, North Yass, and practically wrecked the side of…

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