"Hell" Ship Conditions Egyptian Steamer at Fremantle (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 14 April 1947 · page 1
A message from Perth,W.A., states, Conditions on the Egyptian steamer, Misr, which arrived at Fremantle last night, was the subject of bitter complaints by a…
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The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 1
Wing Commander B. It. O. B, Hoare, pilot at the R.N.Z.A.F. Mosquito bomber which crashed on desolate Sydney Island in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canadian Steamer Sinks Struck Rocks in Lake Superior (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 1
A message from Ottowa (Canada) states: Canadian Steamship Lines has announced that the Great Lakes steamer Emperor, of 7031 tons, struck the rocks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Steamer Explodes Major Disaster Averted (By Wire) Sydney, Monday
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 June 1947 · page 1
A message from Long Beach (California) states: Hours after the tanker, Markey, loaded with 294,000 gallons of petrol, exploded in Los Angeles Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Daceyville School Partly Wrecked (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 August 1947 · page 1
Vandals, believed to be school boys or youths, partly wreoked the Daceyville Public School on Saturday night…
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The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1947 · page 1
A message from Annitsburg states: The death roll in the explosion and fire which destroyed the excursion steamer, Island Queen, on Tuesday, totalled 20…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Rescued From Wrecked Ship (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1947 · page 1
A message from Ketchkla.(Alaska) states: A Coastguard reported that it had found four men alive and three dead.on the…
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