Paddled Way From Sydney Marathon Trip On Surf Ski Nearly Ends In Wreck
A man who had paddled a surf ski from Sydney was almost wrecked as he was trying to enter Newcastle Harbour last night…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952
93 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 5
Ship Ashore At Kembla
SYDNEY, Friday.—Gale force winds drove an oversea ship on to the breakwater in Port Kembla harbour to-night…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Thurs. (A.A.P.) — The burned wreckage of a Pan-American Airways Stratocruiser, missing for two days with 50 people aboard, was reported sighted yesterday, deep in the Brazilian jungle…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, May 2. A.A.P.—All 50 occupants of the Stratocruiser which crashed in the jungles of…
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LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.) —The newly completed steamer Wallarah (1585 tons), manned by a crew…
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Typical of requests for information on a variety of subjects, which reach the Newcastle City Council, was…
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These steel ladders and steel section, coated with marine growth, were salvaged from the wreck of the steamer Paterson, which sank off Norah Head in June last…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The flat of a man charged with unlawful possession of gold was wrecked to-day…
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Rescuers assisting ambulance men to carry Ernest Shears, 18, of Swansea, to a waiting ambulance after being trapped in the cabin of his truck for 4½ hours after a smash on the Pacific Highway near Adamstown early this morning. (See story)…
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A youth was trapped for five hours in the wrecked cabin of a truck after it crashed about 30 feet down a steep…
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SYDNEY. — The steamer Daylesford was declared "black" today…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Seamen's Union to-day placed a black ban on the Commonwealth Government-owned steamer Daylesford after staff men had repaired a damaged…
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FRANKLYN (Virginia), Monday (A.A.P.).—A B45 jet bomber crashed in flames near Franklyn…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Mrs. Denise Gliessert and her three-year-old son had a terrifying experience early this…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— A Supreme Court order was made to-day for the taking of evidence in England in…
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An attempt would be made to build a short loop to by-pass the wreckage of a train on the line at Wallarah Creek, between Wyee and Wyong, railway officials said last night…
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SYDNEY.—The famous old island steamer Morinda was sold at auction in Sydney for the bargain…
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Mrs. Frank Scanion, of Wollombi-road, Cessnock, and her daughter, Margaret, escaped serious injury when a…
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PERTH, Thursday,—Striking with a deafening roar, a "willy-willy" wrecked a house, demolished several farm…
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PUSAN, June 20. A.A.P.-Reuter. — Foreign diplomats and correspondents escaped through a window to-day when 18 thugs invaded a meeting that had been called…
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