“Enthusiasm of anti-Reds could wreck Labor”
SYDNEY, Sun.: Unless the Federal conference of the A.L.P. took action to curb the enthusiasm of anti-Communists they would create a between the unions and the A.L.P., Mr…
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Steamer aground in mid-Pacific
BRISBANE, Fri.: Attempts are being made to lighten the British steamer Kelvinbank which Is aground on a reef on…
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LONDON, Fri.: Ten men lost their lives and twelve others are missing following the sinking of two ships in the pacific and Indian Oceans. The doomed vessels were a lanker and a…
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TOKIO, Sun.: The Japanese Maritime Safety Board reported today that rescue ships had picked up 33 survivors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Men escape as wrecked plane explodes
TAREE, Fri.: Three men escaped from a wrecked plane here today seconds before it exploded in a shower of wreckage and blazing fuel. With their clothes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“Bottle report” washed , ashore
SAN DIEGO (Cal.), Mon.: “Battle report” was washed ashore here in a corked bottle which an oceanographer said…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wine 2100 years old found in wreck
WASHINGTON, Sun.: Win more than 2100 years old has been discovered aboard a Greco-Roman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10 houses wrecked by subsidence
NEWCASTLE, Sun.: Ten houses were wrecked by a mine subsidence in Wallsend st., Pelaw Main, near Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ketch, with couple aboard, is overdue
ADELAIDE, Thurs.: A ketch being sailed around Australia by a Perth couple, which was reported to have left Melbourne four weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Aircraft Parts Washed Ashore
SYDNEY, Sun.: Aircraft parts that might have come from two RAAF fighters—a Vampire jet and a Mustang—missing from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →County batsmen “wrecked”
LONDON, Mon.: Leicester’s batting collapsed today before a whirlwind Australian attack…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liquor Fines Blamed for Finance Wreck
SYDNEY, Fri.: Fines and legal expenses for liquor law breaches had sent him bankrupt, former Black Tulip…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ambulance Wrecked [?]
A Deniliquin Ambulances[?] gon was wrecked [?] able extent when it was[?] brought back[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rhee May Wreck Truce Hopes Martial law declared
SEOUL, Sun.: Martial law was declared today in South Korea. President Syngman Rhee, announcing this, cancelled all leave for South Korean troops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fishermen’s ordeal when launch wrecked
NEWCASTLE, Sun.: Fifteen men reached shore safely after their 45 foot launch ran aground on rocks between the entrance…
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A utility was almost wrecked and parts of the engine strewn around for 50 feet when it ran off the road and crashed into a…
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DARWIN, Sun.: A young Swedish married couple has arrived in Darwin in a 33-ft. ketch after a 16,600 miles trip…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wrecked sloop survivors rescued
BRISBANE, Wed.: The British tanker. Athel Sultan, today picked up the survivors from the wrecked sloop, Manuraka…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →’Quake Wrecks Island
NICOSIA (Cyprus), Thurs.: Violent earthquakes crumbled four villages and buried an unknown number of townsmen on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cracksmen wreck three offices
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Cracksmen almost wrecked three offices at the Pura dairy, in Nicholson street, Fitzroy, tonight, when…
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