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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947

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Breakers 50 Feet High Off Wrecked Transport

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1947 · page 1

KETCHIKAN (Alaska), November 26.—A coastguard plane reported that the army transport, Clarksdale Victory, had broken in half on the tiny Hipps Island, off Graham Island, south-west of here and three survivors were sighted on a beach. The vessel carried a crew of 49…

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Soldiers Load Steamer

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — More than 50 soldiers yesterday after noon completed goading the Westralia with 10 tons of potatoes…

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Dropped Tragic Message On To Steamer

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1947 · page 1

LONDON, December 24.—A few seconds before his three-seater plane plunged into the sea yesterday, as he was returning from France to spend Christmas with his wife and six children, Cecil James Packer (37) dropped a message…

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