More Launch Wreck Victims Found
WELLINGTON, Jan. 1 A. A. P.-Reuter.—Six more bodies of persons drowned when the passenger launch Ranui was wrecked at the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1951
83 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 5
Boy's Curiosity Nearly Wrecks Three Trams
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Three trams were damaged to-night because cause a seven-year-old boy pulled a lever out of curiosity…
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The 28ft. auxiliary yacht, Vailele, bound from Sydney to Port Stephens, ran ashore on Big Ben rock, near…
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LONDON: A judge said of a couple married in 1919: "They lived a normal married life until in 1936 there rose on the matrimonial horizon a young woman bearing the name of Alice Roberts…
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LONDON.—Seventy-four families moved into Russell House—most modern block of council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage May Be Of Missing Plane
SINGAPORE, Jan. 16. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The wreckage of the Singapore "Standard's" Dakota, missing since last Saturday with 10…
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Ald. Wade gave notice at the Newcastle City Council meeting last night that he would move at the next meeting for a committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Talks On Health Plan Clashes Almost Wreck Meeting
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Clashes between the Federal Minister for Health and State Health Minister almost wrecked their conference on health matters to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Survived Other Wrecks
Three of the six survivors of the Kiama, which foundered off The Entrance yesterday have been shipwrecked before…
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A man who fell from a launch at Silverwater, near Dora Creek, about 11 p.m. on Saturday, swam a quarter of a mile to the shore…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Wreckage Seen In Siamese Jungle
SINGAPORE, Jan. 28. A.A.P.—Plane wreckage near a mountain peak in Siam, just across the Malayan border, was identified…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army Plans Effort To Shift Wreck
Newcastle C.M.F. units will attempt to remove the remains of the Maianbar wreck from Nobbys Beach in a combined exercise on…
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Newcastle Council will be agreeable to the Army endeavoring to remove the Malanoar wreck if the work is…
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MANILA, Jan. 30. A.A P.-Reuter.—A fire on board the American President Line steamer. President Taft, which docked at Cebu city…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alderman Queries Cost Of Beach Wreck's Removal
A committee appointed by Newcastle Council might be able to find out whether £350 or £1500 had been spent in trying to remove the old Maianbar wreck from Nobbvs Beach. Aid. Jones said last night…
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Don Glenyas and Geoff Taylor stand beside a "danger" sign over remains of the Malanbar wreck at Nobbys Beach yesterday afternoon. An effort will be made soon by the Army to remove what is left of the wreck…
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TAIPEH (Formosa), Mon. (A.A.P.). — The Nationalist air force today received a report that wreckage believed to…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—An Indian naval stoker, Terence Glasfurd, is believed to have swum about 7½ miles ashore alter falling…
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DARWIN, Wednesday.—Twelve charred 44-gallon petrol drums and some wreckage found near Port Keats mission, 150 miles…
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LONDON, Feb 22. A.A.P.—The 7469-ton British vessel Silver Maple to-day radioed London that she had picked up 11 survivors from the…
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