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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949

119 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 6

Wreck Survivors Had Pile Of Money

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: The story of a Chinese shipwreck in which the handful of survivors had great piles of money, was told today by men of the Australian destroyer Warramunga. which returned to Sydney…

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Wrecked Bomber On Mountain Peak

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 1

MANILA March 15. A.A.P.— The Wreck of a United States Super-fortress which had been missing since it refuelled the giant B50 on…

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Civic Welcome For Mission Schooner

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 3

With six English officers and an entire native crew, the mission schooner, "John Williams VI," berthed at King's Wharf, Newcastle, at noon to-day and a civic welcome was tendered the officers…

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Responsibility For Wrecks Should Be Fixed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

Newcastle Council should seek an Act of Parliament to fix the responsibility for wrecks on the coast, Ald. Cane said at last night's…

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Chinese Wife Seeks U.N.O. Aid In Wrecked Marriage

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.): The wife of China's chief delegate to the United Nations today asked its H uman Rights Commission to help untangle her marital affairs. Mrs. Nvok Zoe Dong [?]siang…

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Four Bodies In Plane Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 1

TOKYO, March 29. A.A.P.— Reuter.—A rescue team reached the wreckage of the B26 bomber on Mount Fuji early this morning and…

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Ketch Ends 8-Month Voyage to N.z

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 1

AUCKLAND, April 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Eight months after leaving southampton, eight Britons, including a woman, reached…

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Ketch Huia to Be Sold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 2

The 251-ton auxiliary ketch Huia, which has been partly engaged in the Tasman run since the war, has been offered for sale by Auckland…

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Menzies Says Reds 'Miserably Failed' To Wreck Meeting

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: The Federal Opposition leader (Mr. Menzies) today declared that the Communist attempt to intimidate him bg seeking to wreck his meeting at the Stadium last night had "miserably…

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EDITORIAL Wrecking A Nation By Design

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 6

THOSE Australians who uphold order and sanity and government by the people instead of by a revolutionary minority must stand together now as never before in the face…

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Washing Up Dispute Delays Steamer

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—An interunion dispute about who will wash the crew's dishes has delayed the sailing of the…

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Huge Tasman Seas Batter Ketch

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1949 · page 4

MELBOURNE.—Gales and huge seas in the Tasman are battering the ketch Kurrewa III, which is on its way to New…

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Ketch Maymyo Makes Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The 30ft. ketch Maymyo owned and skippered by 58-year-old New South Wales grazier. Mr. A. T…

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Bar Beach Wreckage

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

Police examine wreckage of a fishing launch washed up on Bar Beach early this morning. No boats have been reported missing in the Newcastle Police area. A heavy sea was running this morning and the wreckage was strewn over a wide area of the beach…

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Wreckage Of Launch Found At Bar Beach

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

Newcastle Police are trying to identify the wreckage of a fishing launch washed up in heavy seas on Bar Beach early today. It Is not known whether the boat was carrying a crew when…

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Police Say No One Aboard Wrecked Launch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 2

Newcastle police are satisfied that no one was aboard a launch whose wreckage was washed ashore at Bar Beach yesterday…

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Inquiries For Ownership Of Launch Wrecked On Beach

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

Newcastle police, investigating the wreckage of a fishing boat washed up on Bar Beach yesterday, are checking with Nelson Bay fishermen a report by a Sydney resident that last Tuesday he saw a man in a launch behaving in an erratic manner…

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Two Believed Lost Off Launch Beach Wreckage Identified

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

Two men are believed to have been lost from the wrecked launch that was washed up on Bar Beach on Friday morning. They are Vincent Denicolo, 32, of…

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Victorian Ketch Reaches N.Z.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 2

AUCKLAND, May 2. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Melbourne ketch Kurrewa III. has arrived at Auckland from Melbourne. She was slipped…

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Stowaways on Board Steamer Nellor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 1

TOKYO, May 6. A.A.P.—Two former members of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, who will reach Yokohama…

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