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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1951

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Pearling ketch lost for thirteen days

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wed.: The dramatic story of a pearling ketch lost of sea for 13 days was told when the crew of eight men and a youth staggered ashore at Redhead Beach, near Newcastle, today. The ketch, Seafarer, 45 ft., had drifted helplessly in the Tasman Sea…

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Wrecked ketch looted

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.: Captain Golden, of the ketch Seafarer, which ran aground yesterday after being adrift for 14 days,…

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N.z. Troops From Wrecked Wahine to Be Flown to Japan

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 1

WELLINGTON (NZ), Fri.: New Zealand troops rescued from the Wrecked Wahine will be flown from Darwin to…

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Guard taken from wrecked trooper

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

WELLINGTON (NZ), Monday: The wrecked troopship, Wahine, [?] settled another four feet into [?] water, and is now listing…

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Move to Board Wrecked Barge

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 2

PERTH, Thurs.: An attempt will be made tomorrow to board the 967 ton British hopper barge J. P. Webb which is hard and…

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Coastal Steamer Aground Near Sydney Heads

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 1

An aerial picture of the freighter Allenwood which went aground in a heavy surf near. North Head last week. Photo shows Allenwood with her bow in the sand and rooks close by. "Daily Telegraph" picture…

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Red printing works wrecked

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 11

HAVANA (Cuba), Tues.: Four carloads of masked and heavily armed men yesterday wrecked the printing equipment of the…

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Fire aboard steamer

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 November 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.: Firmen pumped so much water into the blazing 5680-ton British cargo ship Tahsinia at the port of Bristol…

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Bodies from wrecked yacht recovered

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 3

CASABLANCA, Mon.: A Moroccan fisherman on Saturday found the body of Fred McEvoy, the Australian-born sportsman…

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Air crash wrecks 30 houses

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 8

TOKIO, Mon.: Thirty Japanese houses were destroyed and 10 of the inhabitants were injured yesterday when an…

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U.k. Migrants Sail Ketch Here

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 10

SYDNEY, Tues.: After a seven months’ voyage from Britain, three sun-tanned English migrants arrived here today in a 32 foot…

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Survivors’ long swim from wrecked plane : injured man drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 6

CAIRNS, Tues.: Three survivors from an air ambulance which crashed info the sea near Cairns late last night swam two miles through choppy seas to shore. The fourth passenger in the aircraft o patient being…

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Shipwrecked !

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 8

Heavy and continuous rains have caused much flooding in the southern half of England, including the low lying areas surrounding the upper reaches of the River Thames. These chickens prefer to keep their, feet dry and take refuge…

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Two dead in shipwreck

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 11

CUXHAVEN, Thurs.: Two members of the crew were swept overboard and drowned when the 864 ton British vessel Tee[?]ran…

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Vandals wreck school

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Class-room was destroyed by fire, cupboards, were wrecked and sporting material was smashed…

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Steamer in tow

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Wed.: With water in the stoke-hold and her engines stopped, the freighter Thoula Chandris (2401 tons)…

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