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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950

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Guide Killed In Bid To Reach Wreck Victims

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Nov. 7— The ill-fated Air [?] Constellation, which [?] near [?] Blanc’s [?] Friday, claimed…

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Driver Trapped In Wrecked Cabin

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 4

Ambulance officers had to cut away part of the wrecked cabin of a truck, which hit an electric power pole, to remove the…

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Body Ashore After More Than Nine Weeks

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The body of Henry Clarke, 67, was washed ashore at Stanwell Park yesterday. Clarke, a newsagent, was…

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Schooner As Store For Stolen Goods

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Police allege that a schooner moored the Harbour had been used as a store for stolen goods…

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Plane Wreckage On Mountain

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 1

MANILA, December 22. — The charred wreckage of the American C54 transport plane that crashed with 37 persons In…

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