Launch Wrecked, Ketch Disabled in Heavy Seas
SYDNEY, Sunday. — A pleasure launch was wrecked and a ketch was disabled in heavy seas near Sydney today…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952
16 stories in Illawarra's papers
Boat Wrecked, Others Capsise in Yacht Clubs Championship
One boat was totally wrecked and five capsised in a heavy nor'easter on Lake Illawarra during the heats of the Illawarra Yacht Club's championship races yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trail Of Wreckage In Fiji Hurricane
SUVA, Tues.—Fiji's hurricane has left a broad frail of destruction right around the northern,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Port Surf Boat Wrecked at Freshwater Carnival
The Port Kembla Surf Club's surf boat, "Illawarra II" was almost cut in two at the Freshwater carnival on…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Shipping Being Wrecked
CANBERRA, Tues.—Australian coastal shipping was being wrecked by the effects of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mother And Child In Wrecked Home
ADELAIDE, Thurs.—Mrs. Denise Gliessert and her 3-year-old son had a terrifying experience in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale Wrecks Houses Closes Roads
SYDNEY, Sun.—A 60-m.p.h. gale, which swept the Riverina early to-night, blacked out the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fireball Wrecks Brick Kilns
SYDNEY, Wed.—A fireball partly wrecked four brick kilns at Brook-yale during a violent…
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A launching of a different type took place recently on the River Tees when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Trace of Missing Steamer
SYDNEY, Sun.—R.A.A.F. aircraft in the second day of their search failed to find any trace of the steamer Awahou today. Awahou (437 tons) with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vandals Leave Trail of Wreckage on Reserve
DISGUSTING VANDALISM ON SHELLHARBOUR COUNCIL'S RESERVE AT CENTRAL AVE., OAK FLATS, WAS REPORTED BY THE…
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LONDON, Sun.—Nineteen British seamen are believed to have died in the wreck…
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BRISBANE, Sun. — Twenty-seven people, including eight women and a small child, were shipwrecked on Moreton Island today…
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SYDNEY, Thurs. — An engaged couple sailed from Sydney Harbour to-day on the first part of a world cruise in a 30-foot ketch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disabled Ketch Towed Into Port Kembla Harbour
A New Guinea-bound ketch with its auxiliary engine broken down, was towed into Port Kembla last night, after it had been becalmed off the harbour entrance. It was the Tasmanian…
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NEW YORK, Mon.—A search party from Norton Air Force base at San Bernardino, California,…
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