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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954

14 stories in New England's papers

Comet Wreck to be Salvaged

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: The wreck of the Comet jetliner which crimed off Elba last week will be salvaged,…

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Glorious Welcome To Queen Sydney Delirious as Monarch Steps Ashore

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Concentrated masses of cheering, waving, shouting people welcomed the Queen this morning in a blaze of uninhibited color and sunshine. Tens of thousands of people lining the foreshores of Sydney Harbour, gave…

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Wreckage of Comet to De Raised

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 1

[?] Monday: The Royal Navy as completed plans to raise to wreckage of the comet…

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Caravan Trailer Wrecked

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 4

A display caravan belonging to a showman on his way to the Armidale Show, was badly damaged when it came into…

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Caravan Trailer Wrecked

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 15

A display caravan Belonging to a showman on. his way to the Armidale Show was badly damaged when it came into…

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Error Wrecks Church

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: An Anglican Minister was making the rounds in his parish yesterday when he found a gang of men busily pulling down his church. The "News Chronicle"…

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Communist Demands Would Wreck Conference :Eden Warns Reds

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 1

GENEVA, Friday : Britain has served notice on the Communists that they will wreck the Indo China Peace Conference unless they give up armistice de [?] to the West…

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Hurricane Wrecks Coastline

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK: Hurricane "Carol" roared the north-eastern seaboard of U.S. yeasterday, killing at least eight persons, tearing up communications and causing property damage running into millions of dollars. Minor injuries were…

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£375,000 Worth Of Diamonds In Wrecked Plane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 1

DUBLIN: Diamonds worth more than £357,000 sterling may be eventually recovered from the…

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Seamen Denied Lifeboats: Tragic Incidents in U.s. Ship Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday: Crew members of an American freighter, which capsized and sank in the Atlantic last Thursday with heavy loss of life, pleaded with their officers before the disaster to put life boats…

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British Steamer Boarded

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 1

HONG KONG: A Chinese Nationalist warship yesterday intercepted, "boarded and plundered" the British steamer…

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New England Pioneer Writs of Steamer Voyage 100 years Ago

Guyra Argus · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 3

Below is knottier, of the Everett letters, made available for publication by Mr. T. A. Evertt, of Ollera, and telling of the early days in New England. Ollera, January 30, 1855…

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Divers Locate Main Wreckage of Plane

The Inverell Times · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday: Divers yesterday located the main wreckage of the Italian DC6 airliner in which the bodies of 17 victims are believed to be trapped. Grcping in the icy waters of Jamicia Bay, New…

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Airliner Wreckage Located

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK: Divers yesterday located the main wreckage of the Italian DC6 airliner, in which the bodies of 17 victims…

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