Explosion Wrecks Melbourne Hotel
MELBOURNE, Monday. — A terrific explosion which wrecked a three-storey hotel In Swanston-street yesterday afternoon…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950
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British Steamer Sinks After Explosion
LONDON, June 21.— The British steamer Indian Enterprise, 7000 tons, exploded and sank in the Red Sea. Rescue vessels…
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It is feared that the New Guinea Administration motorship, Fairwind, (200 tons) foundered during the cyclone off the North Coast. Wreckage…
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The swirling, rushing water of the Hunter River has placed the well, situated in the bed of the river itself, out of operation, and the extent of the damage cannot be ascertained until the river recedes. This is what happened at Aberdeen at the week-end, with the result that…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It is feared that the New Guinea administration motorship Fairwind, 200 tons, foundered during a…
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KEMPSEY, Thurs.—Members of an army duck found a second lifeboat from the missing New Guinea ship Fairwind…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When a 35ft. yacht, owned by an English heiress, was wrecked on the rocks near National Park, it is…
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COFF’S HARBOUR, Friday.— The steamer Bangalow, which was blown ashore at Coff’s Harbour during a cyclone on June…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — The freighter Perthshire (10,000 tons) last night began a dramatic dash through rough seas to take…
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ALGIERS, July 31.—The twisted wreckage of a French airliner which crashed in the Sahara Desert with 26 aboard on Friday…
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HONGKONG, Sept. 4 (A.A.P.-Reuter) .—Sing Hing, 600 tons, British-registered and Chinese owned, sailed tor Canton…
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NELSON’S BAY, Tuesday. — John Andrew Jenson, 27, single, of Clissold-ave, Kempsey, was drowned near Broughton Island…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The 7,000-ton British freighter Empire Gladstone ran aground on the Haystack Rocks, on the Far…
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (A.A.P.) .—The Stele Deportment yesterday announced that a twin-engined bomber “bearing a red star” was shot -down white attacking United Nations ships off Korea and that the body of a Soviet flier…
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BEGA, Wed.—The wrecked freighter Empire Gladstone has been abandoned. The crew left the ship last night. Waves 20…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — The collier Hatton Bank damaged the mechanism of Glebe Island turntable bridge when it crashed into…
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A wrecked aircraft, believed to be the missing Auster, was sighted near Wauchope to-day by the crew of an airliner. A radio message received…
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A wrecked aircraft, believed to be the missing Auster was sighted near Wauchope to-day by the crew of an…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — A wrecked aircraft, believed to be the missing Auster, was sighted near Wauchope to-day by the crew of…
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WIESBADEN (Germany), Nov. 6.—United States air force headquarters reported last night that the missing Air India…
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