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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950

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Inquiry Into Cause Of Explosion That Wrecked Qantas Plane SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

The City Coroner today began an inquiry into the cause of an explosion which caused £55,000 damage to a Catalina…

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T.a.a. Plane Wrecked

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— A TAA twin-engined Dragon plane was completely wrecked today when one of…

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Market Control Potato Buyers Out to Wreck It

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 1

Buyers were coming into the district and offering big prices for potatoes in an endeavour to break down control of marketing. If the ring could wreck the Potato…

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Attempt to Wreck North Coast Mail Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 1

An attempt was made this morning to wreck the North Coast Mail at Billinudgel, about 20 miles south of…

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Strange Accident Utility Wrecked in

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1950 · page 13

A u[?]y truck was com[?]etely wrecked in a strange accident on the New England Highway three miles…

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Body Not Recovered From Plane Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Police have not yet recovered the body of the pilot whose Tiger Moth nose-dived into a tidal much swamp near…

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Defence Secretary Says— Re[?]hope to Beat U.S. by Wrecking Economy No A-Bombs For N. Atlantic Powers

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.—Russia hopes to conquer the United States by "making us overspend ourselves on national defence until our economy is wrecked," the Defence Secretary, Mr. Louis Johnson, declares…

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Defence Secretary Says: Russia Hopes to Wreck U.S. Economy New York

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

Russia hopes to conquer the United States by "making us over-spend ourselves on national defence until our economy is wrecked," Defence Secretary Louis Johnson…

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Wreckage of Plane Found

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.— The burnt out wreckage of a plane has been found near Croydon, about 250 miles south-west of…

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Village Wrecked by Freak Storm London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 May 1950 · page 1

One of the worst storms in years hit Central and South-East England yeoterday, causing death, widerpread damage and floode, in the little Buckinghamshire village of Linslade…

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Big Unions Wreck Communist Plan

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Withdrawal of the support of five big unions wrecked the Communist attempt to paralyse Melbourne's industrial and commercial life today with a 24 hour general stoppage…

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Found Hart In Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 1

Mr. C. Pappyanni, Child Welfare Officer, of Armidale, was found in the wreckage of his car on the New England…

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Sea Trip in Home-made Ketch

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Two men and a woman left Sydney last night, in a 35ft. home-made ketch on the…

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Three Sail In Ketch To England SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 1

Two men and a woman left Sydney last night in a 35ft. home-made ketch on the stage of a trip to England…

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Red ControlIed Oilfield Wrecked By Saboteurs? VIENNA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 1

Sabotage is believed to have caused a huge fire which wrecked Czechoslovakia's Soviet-controlled oilfield at Gbely…

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Seamen Saved From Launch Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 1

HOBART, Friday, Three [?] to wave buttered rocks for nearly an hour before being [?] after their in [?]…

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Ship on Rocks; May Be Total Wreck Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 2

A 7000 ton British freighter, Empire Gladstone, ran aground on Haystack Rocks on the…

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Wreckage Sighted Near Wauchope May Be Auster

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A wrecked aircraft, believed to be the missing Auster, was sighted near Wauchope to-day by the crew of an airliner. A radio message received from…

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Wrecked Plane May Be Missing Auster Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 1

A wrecked aircraft believed to be the massing Auster was sighted near Wauchope to-day by the crew of van airliner. The radio message received…

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Plane Wreckage Near Wauchope

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A wrecked aircraft, believed to be the missing Auster, was sighted near Wauchope to-day by the crew of an airliner. A radio message received from the pilot did not state whether any…

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