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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945

102 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 6

19 Frenchmen Saved Schooner Adrift Before Cyclone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 27. A.A.P.—After drifting for eight days at the mercy of a gale which sometimes reached 100 miles an hour, 19 Frenchmen…

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Watersiders Refuse To Work Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.—Despite the Stevedoring Commission's telegram to Townsville Waterside Workers' Employment Committee…

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