Launch Wreckage Near Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. — Newcastle police were sent to the seafront near Chinaman's Beach, Anna Bay, today to…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948
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Launch Wreckage Found Police Sent to Investigate NEWCASTLE
Police were sent to the seafront near Chinaman's Beach, Anna Bay, to-day to examine launch wreckage found there yesterday afternoon…
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Police were sent to the seafront near Chinaman’s Beach (Anna Bay) to-day to examine launch wreckage found there yesterday…
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Extraordinary precautions were taken against sabotage when the overseas freighter Pemba prepared to sail for India yesterday…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Two Australian-type steel helmets, two Tommy guns and tins of food and tobacco were found near the remains of three or four bodies discovered among the charred wreckage of a large aircraft…
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Two Australian-type steel helmets, two Tommy guns and tins of food and tobacco were found near the remains of three or four…
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London, Wednesday.— Two women were drowned and eight women and one [?] were injured when a…
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The tug, Uco, left Fremantle yesterday to go to the aid of the Greek freighter, Papachristidis Vassillio, 7132 tons, Which is drifting…
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An unknown wreck located by a native diver is giving an added thrill to the hunt for pearl and pearl shell now being carried on by luggers in…
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PERTH, Monday.—A rescue ship has taken in tow the disabled steamer Papachristicis Vassilios which has been adrift in the…
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PERTH, Monday.—A rescue ship reached the disabled steamer pa[?]achristia[?] Wass[?] yesterday and has taken it in [?]ow…
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A rescue ship reached the disabled steamer Papachristidis Vassillio yesterday and has taken it in tow. The disabled vessel has been…
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The Gaskin non-capsizable reversible lifeboat which is to attempt an Atlantic crossing, arrived recently at Cadogan Pier, London. For over 30 years its inventor, Mr. H. A. Gaskin, of Knightsbridge,…
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The Gaskin non-capsizable reversible lifeboat which is to attempt an Atlantic crossing, arrived recently at Cadogan Pier, London. For over 30 years its inventor, Mr. H. A. Gaskin, of Knightsbridge,…
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The British steamer, Lochmobar, 9124 tons, ran aground yesterday on Little Cayman Island in the hurricane area…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The motorship Devare, bound from Sydney to Rebaul, was driven ashore 20 miles north of Port Macquarie…
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The motorship Devare, bound from Sydney to Rabaul, was driven ashore 20 miles north of Port Macquarie…
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The five thousand-ton steamer, Hopepeak, broke her mooring in a wild gale this morning and crashed out of control into Cremorne wharf, where hundreds of people…
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The first British lifeboat to be fitted with a deck cabin recently completed her trails at Cowes, Isle of Wight, prior to going into service at St. Heller, Jersey. The St. Heller lifeboat is the first to use aluminium alloy, instead of wood or mild steel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Black Mounatin Devastated Church, Buildings, Homes Wrecked by Hurricane Residents Tell el Terrifying Ordeal in Township's Worst Catastrophe
Black Mountain, a township six miles from Guyra, and about 18 miles from Armidale, is a scene of desolation. Shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday, it was struck by a break cyclone, which unroofed and severely damped over 50 per cent, of the houses and caused thousands of pounds worth of…
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