Victorian Ketch Off for Los Angeles
AUCKLAND, May 9. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The Melbourne ketch Kurrewa III. left Auckland in a fresh north-westerly breeze for Los…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949
119 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 6
11 Believed Dead in Wrecked Plane
QUITO (Ecuador), May 11. A.A.P.—The wreckage of a military plane with 11 persons on board was sighted in high, rugged…
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ADELAIDE. — Government permission for a couple to build a house at Edwardstown (S.A.) has been delayed so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pearl Divers See City From Ketch
The 31-ton auxiliary ketch J.B.C. (John Bolton Carpenter), in Newcastle Harbour, is on her way to Thursday Island, to be used to…
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Dashed by the waves sailed the ship; The storm had battered her mast and torn her sails by strip…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch Is Wrecked; 3 Drowned
BRISBANE.—Three married men were drowned early today when their launch was swamped and smashed to pieces in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL Newcastle's Wanton Wreckers
AFTER an all-too-brief respite, Newcastle is again presenting its all-too-familiar catalogue of vandalism. Consider some of the items on the latest list: Damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lifeboat Stolen From Wrecked Collier
SYDNEY.—The collier Munmorah, which ran ashore on Monday night, is still hard and fast on the reef near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipwrecked Man Sued Rescuer
In the days of the sailing ships, the banks and rocks near the entrance to the Port of Newcastle were often the scene of disaster. Here is the story of one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch Wreckage
The wreckage of a launch about 20 feet long was found being battered on the rocks off Box Head near Ettalong Beach, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck Rises to Meet Divers
STOCKHOLM, May 26. A.A.P. —The Norwegian collier Henrik of Haugesund, which struck a mine and sank in the…
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SYDNEY: The coastal collier, Munmorah, which ran aground near Bellambi on May 17 has been abandoned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch Bound For "Paradise Isle" Wrecked
LONDON, June 5. A.A.P.—The 73ft. ketch Reliance, which left Fleetwood on May 18 with Frank Davison and his wife on board on…
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A squad of Newcastle City Council employees and two bulldozers began dragging pieces of the hull of the wrecked steamer Maianbar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →37 Bodies Found in Plane Wreck
PORTO RICO, Wed. (A.A.P.)—The United States Navy said today that bodies or parts of bodies of 37 people killed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nobbys Wreck Proved Very Stubborn
The City Council's attempt to salvage the wreckage of the Maianbar at Nobbys Beach is not the first since the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ship Ashore Damage Toll Sydney Gale
SYDNEY: The 7000-ton Italian freighter Orione went ashore early this morning off Kurraba Point after fighting last night's gale for several hours with dragging anchors…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Bridges Wrecked In Hunter Valley
Officials of the Department of Main Roads have not yet been able to assesss the full extent of flood damage but it has been established that two bridges in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Estimate On Cost Of Wreck Removal
The City Engineer (Mr. Baddeley) advised Newcastle City Council last night that it was impossible to give an estimate on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreckage After Chinese Retreat
A Chinese Communist soldier, wearing a dust mask and cape, and a group of civilians, look over the wreckage of a jeep and…
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