Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shipwrecks & the sea, all years

Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1951

41 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3

Paterson Wreck All to Pieces

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 2

A diver has made an examination of the wrecked Paterson, and says she is a reap of metal smashed by the heavy seas on the reef. An effort will…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

On Zone Differences Threaten To g Wreck Conference

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 1

TOKYO: Reports from Communist sources continue to stress “wide differences” between the rival cease-fire teams in Koren the question of fixing a demilitarised zone. According to two war correspondents far overseas…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Home-made Bomb Wrecks Home. Sydney Suburb Incident Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

A bomb explosion early this morning wrecked the front of two houses in Junction Lane, Woolloomooloo. Windows of at…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bomb Blast Wrecks Fronts of Homes Police Investigating Woolloomooloo Incident

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: A bomb explosion early this morning wrecked the front of two houses in Junction-lane, Woolloomooloo. Windows from at least eight nearby houses were blown out…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Russia Has Not Intimated Intention Of Signing Treaty Tactics to Prevent Red Wrecking of Conference Kept Secret

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State (Dean Acheson) said last night that he still had no official indication of whether Russia will sign the Japanese Peace Treaty at the San Francisco conference, which opens on Tuesday. Nor was he ready to disclose U.S. tactics to prevent the Soviet delegation from…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Man's Body Found in Ketch

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 1

ROCKHAMPTON- The disembowled body of a man, with one leg missing, was found on a drifting ketch…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Houses Wrecked, by Gas Explosions (A.a.p.)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1951 · page 1

ROCHESTER (New York): A terrifying a[?] of gas explosions rocked suburban Brighton yesterday, killing at…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Explosion Wrecks Reds’ Building

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 September 1951 · page 3

FESAR (Italy): At least two people were killed and 30 seriously injured when a violent explosion wrecked a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Communist News Plant Wrecked

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

HAVANA: Four carloads of masked, heavily armed men, wrecked she [?]ing equipment of the C[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

House From Wrecked Steamer

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 2

A man will hum a home from the wreck of the 998-ton wonden freighter Allenwood. which went aground near…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

House From Wrecked Ship

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1951 · page 2

A retired marine engineer (Mr. J. P. Scott) or Warner's Bay, has bought the wrecked steamer "Allen-wood" for £601. He intends to build…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

U.N. Troopship Ashore In Typhoon TOKYO

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 1

An American transport with several hundred U.N. troops aboard has run aground on the typhoon swept island of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

’Planes Wrecked

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 5

MOREE: A violent wind tore two Tiger Moth planes from their moorings on Moree aerodrome last night and…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Schooner Makes Bad Start In Treasure Hunt

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 1

LONDON: The schooner, Lamorne (120 tons), which left Gasport last Thursday to seek Captain Kidd’s treasure, was driven ashore and wrecked near Bournemouth, after being dismanted in a gale [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Inquiry Into Ship Wreck

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 November 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY: A Court of Marine Inquiry yesterday was unable to determine why the coastal steamer Allenwood…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

No Finding on Cause of Wreck

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1951 · page 3

A Court of Marine Inquiry in Sydney was unable to determine why the coastal steamer Allenwood was stranded and wrecked on September…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Steamer Crashed Into Wharf

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The 3000 ton cargo vessel Daylesford was badly holed above the water line when it ploughed through…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Another Violent Eruption. Philippines Disaster. Many Trapped in Wrecked Homes. Manila

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 2

The raging Hibok Hibok volcano spewed out a new rain of fiery ashes late yesterday in its fourth major, and, according to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Troops Rescue Seamen From Wrecked Steamer

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 1

NICOSLA A British ship[?]rlock Hi[?]l stranded on a reef during a gale, and 17 of the brew are believed to be…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Disabled Steamer in Tow AAP-REUTER

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 1

WELLINGTON. — A 2400. ton steamer. Tho[?]a Chandris, under charter to the Britis[?] Ministry of Food, now…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →