Fishermen Swim Ashore From Launch Wrecked on Reef
Four men—two of them from Wollongong—were forced to swim through a choppy surf, yesterday afternoon, when their disabled fishing launch struck a reef off Long Nose Point…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953
23 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Elopement in Stolen £5000 Ketch Alleged
SYDNEY, Tues.—An 18-year-old Sydney girl and a 19-year-old Victorian soldier who is AWL had yesterday set sail to elope to New Zealand in a stolen…
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SYDNEY, Thurs—Three C.I.B. detectives tonight began investigating a bomb explosion in an alpine hut near Mt. Kosciusko last night. The explosion wrecked the bedroom of the hut and threw a sleeping couple out of bed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wests Chances Wrecked by Bob Matley
Wollongong bowler Bob Matley wrecked Western Suburbs chance of winning the Illawarra second grade cricket premiership when he took five wickets for six runs in the final at Dapto on Saturday…
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PERTH, Tues.—The township of Onslow, mainland port for the recent atomic experiments at the Monte Bello Islands, on the North-west Coast, today resembled the scene of an atomic blast, most of the houses being unroofed, and six bays…
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NEWCASTLE, Sun.—Ten houses were wrecked by a mine subsidence in Wallsend Street, Pelaw Main, near Kurri Kurri, today. Great fissures appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marine Court Finds Ship Foundered
SYDNEY, Wed.—A Court of Marine Inquiry today found that the 437-tons freighter Awahou foundered 60 miles west of Lord Howe Island on September…
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NOUMEA, Wed.—Sydney couple, Norman Rome, 34, and his fiancee, Sylvia Roach, 23, had to be rescued by a French minesweeper, a navy boat, and launches…
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HONG KONG, Mon.—The British steamer, Wing Sang, was fired on with machine guns by an…
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BRUSSELS (by airmail).—An unemployed, workman, M. J. Taverniers, claims he has invented an…
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SS "KIAMA" lies at anchor in the bay—from a drawing of 98 years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parachutists Wreck Vietminh Supply Centre
HANOI, Sun.—More than 5,000 French union parachutists who yesterday wrecked the key…
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BRISBANE, Sun.—Nearly half of the tobacco towship of Dimbulah, on the Atherton Tablelands, was destroyed by fire early this morning…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—The 30ft. "romance" ketch Peer Gynt, has gone aground again…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Nerve Wrecking" Finishes in Darts Competition
The finishes, of both Gwyther Shield competition matches between the C.R.M. and Lysaghts teams this week were so nerve wrecking that the team captains couldn't watch the deciding singles rubbers…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"Allies Wreck Korea Talks," Russia Claims
NEW YORK, Thurs.—A Soviet accusation that the Western nations were attempting to present the Chinese Communists, and North Koreans with an "ultimatum" resolution which would wreck the Korean political conference preceded…
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TOWNSVILLe, Tues.—The steamer Athol Sultan is standing by off lonely Bougainville Reef…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Earthquakes Wreck Towns In Cyprus
NICOSIA (Cyprus), Thurs.—Thurs.—Violent earthquakes crumbled four villages and buried an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →P.K. Men Home After Queensland Shipwreck
Two Port Kembla men reached their homes late last week after being shipwrecked on the North Queensland coast a fortnight earlier. The men are David Bardwell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Wrecks Shop and Cafe at Petersham
SYDNEY, Sun.—An explosion last night wrecked a shop and a cafe at Petersham. Police said the explosion occurred in…
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