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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946

42 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 3

39 U.S. Seamen Charged Smuggling Goods Ashore Hearing in Special Federal Court SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

Thirty-nine American seamen to-day were charged with smuggling in a Special Federal Court. Mr. J. C. Braund…

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Plane Wrecked Pilot Killed LONDON

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 July 1946 · page 1

A Gloucester Meteor jet fighter, crashed into a field of barley, killing the pilot who is believed to be Group Captain P. F. G. Bradley. The plane…

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Young Man Seriously Injuired In Accident on Point Lookout Road Vehicle a Total Wreck

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 July 1946 · page 6

Lloyd Cosgrove (18), of Yooroonah, sustained a fractured skull, extensive lacerations to the scalp, and…

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Theft of Dutch Schooner Request to Australian Government

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday.—The Dutch Government has asked the Australian Government to arrest nine Indonesians who…

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Katoomba Dispute Stand-over Tactics Alleged Have Held Up Steamer's Departure SYDNEY

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 1

A claim that Australian Maritime Union's stand-over tactics had stopped despatch of the former inter-State…

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British Bombers Patrol Mediterranean Search For Ships Carrying Jews To Palestine Haifa Refugees to be Put Ashore LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 1

R.A.F. Lancaster and Halifax bombers are patrolling the Mediterranean 200 miles from Palestine searching for…

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At the Capitol “The Major and the Minor” and “Lifeboat.”

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 2

One of the happiest screen events of this or any other season takes place to-morrow night at the Capital Theatre, when Paramount presents its…

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Wreckage of Jet Plane Inspected By Experts Theory of Cause of Accident LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 1

Experts who landed by helicopter on the Kentish mudflat, for the first time, examed the wreckage of DH 108,…

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Wrecks Litter English Coast

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 5

More than 500 wreck considered dangerous to navigation still main around the coast of Britain. They are scattered along a…

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“Swallow” Wreckage Expert Examination LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 30 September 1946 · page 1

Experts who landed by helicopter on a Kentish mud flat for the first time, examined the wreckage of the D.H. 108 “Swallow”…

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News Link Summary of Main Items in Yesterday's Wires Naval Tug Washed Ashore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 12

Battered by terrific seas whipped up by a southerly cyclone, the Australian tug Waree was driven ashore at the entrance to the Clarence River…

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Small Boat's Journey Ends In Tragedy Found Wrecked on Island in New Caledonia Only One Survivor in Crew of Four SYDENY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1946 · page 2

A grim tragedy of the sea was revealed when the 45 ft. auxiliary cruiser, Scotia, was found wrecked on an island in the New Caledonia group with three bodies aboard. ffhere was one…

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Sea Tragedy Ship Wrecked Three Lost, One Saved SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 October 1946 · page 1

A grim tragedy of the sea was revealed to-day when a 45-feet auxiliary cruiser, Scotia, was wrecked on an island in the New…

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Wreck Survivor's Harrowing Ordeal Lacerated on Rocks in Bid For Life NOUMEA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 October 1946 · page 6

During the last hours of his four months nightmare voyage in the stricken k[?]tch Scotia the sole survivor, James Cush (36), narrowly escaped…

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Britain's Lifeboat Institution £1,000,000 Programme to Improve Rescue Service 11 Lives Saved Each Week

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1946 · page 4

A £1,000,000 programme has been begun by Britain's Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which seeks to…

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Wreckage Found Hissing Mission Culler BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 1

The wreckage of an 18-foot mission cutter, “Albina,” missing in the Gulf of Carpentaria since July 24 has been found between…

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Terrorist Bomb Wrecks British Building in Holy City Telephone Warning Gives Time To Evacuate Staffs

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Thurs.—The entire building of the housing, income tax and press censorship authorities in St. Louis Road, in the centre of Jerusalem, was destroyed by a Jewish terrorist bomb yesterday…

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Three Families Made a Wreck of Their Home

The Inverell Times · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 2

In March, 1944, brothers Vincent, Rowley and Harold Elliott bought a wreck on St. Bees Island, 15 miles off Mackay. North Queensland…

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Migrant Jews Wrecked; Stalin’s Health Good Palestine Conference 300 Delegates British Sympathy Appreciated London

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 1

Guards, it is reported, will be stationed at the British Consulate at Basle during the Zionist Conference which…

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Jewish Immigrants Wrecked Near Rhodes Help Hastily Provided Jerusalem

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 1

Eight hundred illegal Jewish immigrants are stranded on the island of Syrina about sixty-miles west from Rhodes. A…

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