Human Bones Beneath Fighter Plane Wreck
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Police found human hones this afternoon beneath the wreckage of a Kitty-hawk plane found 10 miles north of…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949
119 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 6
Liner Queen Mary Ashore In Gale, Refloated
The Queen Mary was driven ashore in a gale last night on a bank at the small town of Lasaline, about one and a half miles…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—R.A.A.F. authorities believe the wreckage of an aircraft found near Walhalla, Gippsland, last week, is…
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Ross Morgan, 5, of Newcastle, sailed his yacht at Newcastle Beach yesterday afternoon. Ross and his ship were photographed after having come ashore…
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One of the oldest surviving crew members of the lifeboat, Victoria, Mr. J. W. Taylor, finishes his work, ing days this afternoon after 43 years' service with the Navigation Department and Maritime Services Board…
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CANBERRA, Sunday. — The Premier of Victoria (Mr. Hollway) was "playing the wrecker" in the administration of price control, said…
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After a week's fight with gales off the coast, the ketch May-myo made Newcastle Harbour yesterday with her crew of…
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THE 30FT. ketch May-myo made Newcastle yesterday with a crew of two after a stormy trip that began from Sydney at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wickham Vandals Wreck Windows
Vandals have, caused hundreds of pounds damage to windows at the foundry of James Tickle and Sons Pty. Ltd., at the corner of Foundry and Greenway-sts., Wickham…
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DURBAN, Jan. 14. A.A.P.—Two thousand Africans swarmed into the Indian market —an Indian area of Durban—at…
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LONDON, Sat. (O.S.R)/.—Loaded with 2000 migrants for Australia is a ship that was given up as a hopeless wreck…
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WELLINGTON, Jan. 19. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Blown off course by a gale, in which she lost some of her sails, the Lyttleton ketch Miranda,…
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GRAFTON, Friday. — After three years as pilot at Yamba, Clarence Heads, Captain J. A. Grant left to-day for Newcastle,…
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A deputation from Nobbys Surf Club which asked the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) last night to have the Maianbar wreck removed from…
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LAS PALMAS, Feb. 1. A.A.P.—The Spanish naval commander in Las Palmas said that wreckage, believed to be part of the…
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MELBOURNE: An attempt was made to wreck the interstate freighter Kooralya in the Yarra last month, according to the master (Capt. H. T.John)…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. —An attempt to wreck the Interstate ship Kooralya, just after she left Melbourne last month was "sabotage,"…
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A contractor told Greater Newcastle Council he had lost £1400 in trying to remove the wreck of the Maianbar from Nobbys Beach…
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One of the few three-masted schooners still operating commercially in Australian waters, the Argosy Lemal is in…
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MELBOURNE.—The liner Orion threatened to go ashore at Port Melbourne early this morning…
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