Woman Says Shock Made Her Physical Wreck
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A woman seeking heavy damages said in the Supreme Court to-day that the shock of a motor accident, in which…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950
126 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 7
Part of Old Wreck for Swimming Pool
PRIVATE SWIMMING BATH.—This iron tank, part of the steamer Maianbar, which was wrecked on Nobbys Beach some time ago, provided great fun for Bruce Woods (8) and George Mead (12) on Saturday afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—If Victoria, which ranged with New South Wales in industrial activity and as a producer, broke away from price…
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LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): After two hours' operations, 10 salvage ships yesterday raised the gashed hull of the submarine Truculent from the bed of the Thames estuary. Naval experts say she may…
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QUEBEC, March 15. A.A.P.—J. Albert Guay, 32, jewellery salesman, yesterday was found guilty of having murdered his wife by…
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GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador). Thurs. (A.A.P.).—The steamer Bolivar sank in the Guayas River today with a possible…
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LAUNCESTON, Monday.—Experienced fishermen think the 28ft. boat Adeline, with a Melbourne man on board, has foundered off…
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MELBOURNE.—Wreckage which may be from the launch Adeline, missing from King Island, was sighted yesterday 250…
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BRUSSELS, March 24. A.A.P.—Strikes wrecked 200 tramcars, fought police, and smashed up a department store in angry Brussels demonstrations to-day against King…
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LONDON, March 24. A.A.P.—Britain's trade unions should get rid of their Communists—and quickly, the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Herbert Morrison) said to-day…
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STOCKHOLM, April 13. A.A.P.—A small German ship, Juno, reported on arrival at Alfredshem, North Sweden, to-day, that it had sighted part of an aircraft cabin and other…
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The body of a man believed to be Victor Frederick Baker, 31, of Farnsworth-street, Thornton, was found on the sand at Boat Harbour,…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The body of a victim of the wreck of the launch Mavis, John McDonald, 50, married, was found to-day half-buried in sand on a lonely North Queensland…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An Aero Club Tiger Moth was wrecked when it and a Vampire jet aircraft landing at high speed…
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HOBART, Tuesday.—Police investigations in New Zealand have failed to give a clue to a sea mystery which originated with the…
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TOKYO, April 23. A.A.P.-Reuter.—No survivors were found when ground parties reached the wreckage of a United States Air…
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PERTH: Trevor Tuckfield and his wife Eve plan to start from Fremantle tomorrow on a voyage around Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There's an even chance now that Newcastle will lose its name as a Harbour of Hulks It got the name with a long line of sunken ships, and kept it with a number of floating wrecks
Since Newcastle was opened as a port more than 100 years ago, there has been a regular procession of ships piling up on the dangerous Oyster Bank, sinking in harbour…
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One of the first of the important postwar buildings to be erected in the war-scarred City of London is now rising on the site of the late Hall of the Salters' Company. It will be an eight-storied building…
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"Two State Councillors are firmly convinced there is some person or persons in the P.M.G. Department interested in wrecking the…
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