Wrecked Freighter, Cargo for Sale
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The wrecked freighter, Corio, which ran aground at Cape Banks on Monday, was to-day offered for sale,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1951
83 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 5
Pilot Steamer's New Bows
Commander H. T. Bennett (mate) and Captain J. Fletcher examine the new bows fitted to the pilot steamer Birubi, which resumed service yesterday. The bows replaced those severely damaged in a collision…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The wrecked freighter Corio (3346 tons), which ran aground off the south-eastern coast of South Australia a…
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WELLINGTON, Mar. 4. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Wreckage found on Southern Hawkes Bay beach at the week-end may give a clue to the…
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SYDNEY: Three men stranded in a disabled launch for more than an hour in rough seas off Cronulla today…
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Scotsmen solved a "mystery" on Thursday night when they marched ashore from the freighter Pioneer Gem, then in Newcastle,…
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THE HAGUE, Sat. (A.A.P.): Wreckage flares and a light have been sighted in the Atlantic…
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MIAMI (Florida), March 29. A.A.P.—The Navy has joined the Coast Guard in a sea and air search for the 40ft. schooner, Tropicair,…
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ST. PETERSBURG (Florida), March 30. A.A.P.—The Coast Guard reported yesterday that a plane had located the missing 40ft…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A Civil Aviation Department launch rammed a rudderless ketch in Rose Bay this afternoon to prevent its…
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WELLINGTON, April 8. A.A.P.- Reuter.—The inter-island passenger service between Lyttleton and Wellington has been cut because…
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"Shipwrecked," Douglas Stewart's drama of mutiny, massacre and treachery was presented at the City Hall last night to an…
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Mr. Bill Heffernan, of The Entrance, comes ashore after spear fishing at Hawk's Nest during the contest conducted by the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A British submarine, a pilot steamer and a police launch helped in the rescue of a disabled launch, with…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—An explosion rocked buildings in Logan-road, Woollongabba, to-day when workers were cutting tram rails with…
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CASPER (Wyoming), May 20. A.A.P.—the wreckage of a private twin-engined plane which crashed with five persons on hoard…
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Three Newcastle seamen examine yesterday a hole in a lifeboat of the freighter River Fitzroy, which has just returned from a trip to the Antarctic…
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SYDNEY: Two underworld "bashers" who have been hunting a wharf-laborer for a fortnight raided his flat at 2.30 a.m. today and wrecked it when they found their intended victim had fled…
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The 30ft. Tahiti ketch, Mizpah, sailed by Detective Constable E. Healy (right), of Newcastle Police, which left Newcastle last night to sail in the ocean yacht race this week-end. A crew of four will man the craft in the race from Sydney to Newcastle…
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After having been abandoned by its crew, the 450-ton 60-miler Paterson sank this afternoon about 300 yards off Norah Head. It was still in the same position at which it had dropped anchor early…
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