Explosion Wrecked Lighter
Above: All that remained of the 50ft. lighter, moored alongside the aircraft carrier Perseus, which exploded, seriously…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946
147 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 8
Plane Wreckage At Barrington
An R.A.A.F. officer examining the tail wheel assembly of the twin-engined plane wreckage, which was found at Barrington Tops last Sunday. An R.A.A.F. search party found two skulls and bones near the wreckage. The plane was identified as one reported missing last year. R.A.A.F. officers front Williamtown accompanied the search party…
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The wreckage of a plane found at Barrington Tops, 47 miles from Scone, was that of a Mosquito aircraft, which disappeared on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →449 Cling for Life to Half Wrecked Liner "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—More than 400 people are clinging desperately to half a liner aground in Johnston Bay (Alaska). A grim waiting game is being played as six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →32 Missing From Yukon Wreck "Herald" Service
SEWARD (Alaska), Feb. 8.—It is now feared that 32 people lost their lives at Johnston Bay where he liner Yukon broke its back on…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—No trace has been found of the pilot or wreckage of a Fleet Air Army Corsair fighter which crashed into the sea late…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Fourteen persons may have to be taken off the liner Mariposa before the vessel sails for the United States on…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Three occupants of the R.A.A.F. Norseman plane which crashed in wild country in Cape York Peninsula have been…
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LONDON. Sunday. — Ninety-five passengers were drowned today when a river steamer sank near Brunsbattel at the Elbe estuary…
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KODIAK (Alaska), Feb. 24. A.A.P.—A Navy tug made radar contact with the drifting forepart of the wrecked Russian tanker Donbass…
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LONDON, Feb. 25. A.A.P.—It is feared that 102 passengers were drowned when the river steamer Litchwark sank in the Elbe estuary,…
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LONDON, February 26. A.A.P.—The 1200-ton British steamer Leenwarden, en route from London to Dieppe, sank after striking a mine 18…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Famous Schooner Was "On Active Service "
The Army ketch Alma Doepel, now lying at King's Wharf was, before her transformation, the last of the schooners to sail along the North Coast, and as a three-masted schooner once held the Hobart-Port Phillip record. She was well-known in…
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LONDON, March 6. A.A.P.—The 1700-ton Polish steamer Kiel[?]e, laden with explosives, sank after a collision with the 3379-ton British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mangled Bodies Washed Ashore After Plane's Fatal Dive
The mangled bodies of seven of 25 persons on the A.N.A. Douglas DC3 airliner, which crashed into the sea 11 miles from Hobart last night, were washed up on Seven Mile Beach today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tired of Waiting, Will Sail Schooner Home "Herald" Service from London
The Australian actor and film director, Mr. Edwin A. Cross, his wife and two daughters, are leaving for Sydney at the end of April in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Refit for Pilot Steamer
The pilot steamer Birubi entered the floating dock yesterday for a complete overhaul, which is expected to occupy six weeks…
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The pilot steamer Birubi being overhauled in the floating dock yesterday…
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This picture was taken aboard the s.s. Korringa (3292 tons) by I. T. Toll, as the vessel battled with heavy seas en route from Fremantle to Newcastle last week. Passing through the Australian Bight, heavy waves rolled across the forward deck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Disaster Wreckage Wrens Leave for Home
Wrens who are returning to the United Kingdom by the Stirling Castle complained of the cramped accommodation, but were glad of the opportunity to return to their homes. YOUNG "P. M." GREETS QUEEN MARY.—Queen Mary visited the Youth Parliament of the Hyelm Youth Movement in Lon…
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