Explosions Wrecked 60 Homes
BARCELONA, Oct. 17. A.A.P.—Fifty persons were injured—26 seriously—and 60 families lost their homes when a fire caused three…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948
122 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 7
Carbon Monoxide May Have Killed Baby On Steamer
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The death of a six-week-old baby in its cot on a Murray River paddle steamer at Moama is believed to have been…
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LONDON, Oct. 24. A.A.P.—The German schooner Maja (150 tons) struck a mine and sank en route from Aabenraa, in South…
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LONDON, Oct. 24. A.A.P.—The Australian Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) defended U.N.O. against what he described as "professional…
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Well known on the Newcastle waterfront, where some years ago she often loaded coal for New Zealand, the 34-year-old schooner…
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WELLINGTON, Oct. 29. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The ground party proceeding to the Lockheed plane Kaka, wrecked on Mt. Ruapehu, camped…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday (A.A.P.-Reuter): A search party today recovered the bodies of the…
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MELBOURNE. — Two ships with smashed furniture and broken crockery berthed in Melbourne today after a rough trip…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.)—The first body taken from the wrecked airliner on the slopes of Mount Ruapehu was that of…
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LONDON, Nov. 3. A.A.P.—The steamer Fort Vercheres (7128 tons), travelling from Hull to Melbourne, with a cargo of coal, has cabled…
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A freak 80-mile-an-hour hurricane which struck Bingara at 1 p.m. on Sunday was accompanied by drenching rain and pigeon-egg hailstones. The gale:—…
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CANBERRA, Thursday. — The wreckage of a small aircraft, believed to be a two-seater, is reported to have been found in…
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CANBERRA: Wreckage of the plane found near Mt. Brindabella, between Canberra and Wee Jasper, yesterday afternoon has been identified almost beyond doubt as the Percival Q6, which disappeared…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The ketch Kathleen is expected to reach Sydney Heads on Friday week from her 16-months round-the-world…
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STOCKHOLM, Tues. (A.A.P.)—An explosion demolished the TNT factory of the Bofors munition works, largest in…
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SYDNEY: Freak storms, in the Richmond district have wrecked the National Fitness camp at Lennox Head. The…
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SYDNEY: Two men were burned and a young women collapsed with shock when the Murray…
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To house the old lifeboat Victoria and the rocket brigade waggon, which have historical interest for Newcastle, on a site between…
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SYDNEY.—The sale of the new steamer Balaar (4000 tons gross), built by the Commonwealth Government, to Howard…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A lifeboat containing two men crashed 50 feet down the side of the liner Asturias into the water to-day…
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