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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

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Marriage Wrecked By Sausage Rolls

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 5

LONDON.—The wedding night dinner that an elderly mathematics master gave to his middle-aged bride was probably the reason why their marriage ended in the Divorce…

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Wreckage Removed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 1

Mr. J. Stewart, license of Newcastle Ocean Baths (left), and Mr. S. Horne, a City Council employee, are seen shifting a wrecked concrete seat which was smashed by heavy seas last week. The City Engineer…

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Plane May Seek Missing Ketch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —R.A.A.F. planes may search Bass Strait for Squadron Leader Lionel Smith, of…

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Missing Ketch Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday. — Squadron Leader Lionel Smith, 49, of Melbourne, who has been missing in his 32-ft. ketch between Melbourne and Tasmania for 12 days is safe…

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Wrecked Bridges Rebuilt

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 6

DJAKARTA: Attended by Communication Minister Djuanda and leading officials of the State…

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Wreckage Found Submarine Crushed To Pieces

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 1

PARIS, Sept. 25. A.A.P.—The French submarine Sibylle, missing since yesterday with 48 officers and men on board,…

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Couple's 10,000-Mile "Dream Voyage" In 30-ft. Ketch

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 7

SYDNEY: A Perth bluewater yachtsman, Trevor Tuckfield, has reached Sydney after sailing 10,000 miles on a dream voyage conceived when he was a boy sailing a canoe with a sugar-bag sail. Tuckfield and his wife…

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100ft. Waves Drown 7, Wreck Homes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 1

TOKYO, Oct. 3. A.A.P.—At least 10 huge 100ft. high tidal waves to-day crashed across the southern shores of…

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1904 Wreck Part Of Breakwater

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 5

PORT HUNTER'S maritime story contains nothing stranger than the wreck of the Adolphe—a four-masted…

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19 Die In Wrecked Trawler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Oct. 5. A.A.P.—Nineteen British seamen are believed to have died in the wreck of the British…

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20 Lost In Wreck Of Trawler

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.) —Twenty of the crew of 21 of the 629-ton Hull trawler Norman lost their lives…

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Ketch Hit By Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 1

With its Jibsail torn to shreds and mainsail out of action, the 30ft. ketch, Peer Gynt, put into Newcastle Harbour for repairs on Saturday morning…

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Round- World Ketch Needs More Crew

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 October 1952 · page 2

Wanted: One deep-sea sailor with navigational experience and two years to fill in. This advertisement doesn't appear in the Situations…

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Ketch Ready To Sail

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 2

The 30ft. ketch Peer Gynt, in which a Sydney couple set out from Sydney on a world cruise last Thursday and put…

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Ketch Leaves To Resume World Cruise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 3

The 30ft. ketch, Peer Gynt, with Miss Sylvia Roach and Mr. Norman Rome on board, left Newcastle yesterday…

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Ketch Sets Out Again On World Trip

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 October 1952 · page 3

The 30ft. ketch on which Mr. Norman Rome and Miss Sylvia Roach of Sydney, are attempting to sail…

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10,000 Miles By 40ft. Ketch

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 1

BOSTON, Nov. 3. A.A.P. — A 10,000-mile voyage from Wellington on board the 48ft. ketch Miru ended in Boston last night. Dr. Thomas R. A. Davis, 34,…

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Troops May Blast Wreck As Exercise

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 13

Army authorities may consider the wreck of the ship Maianbar at Nobbys a special exercise, in order to…

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Steamer Trapped On Sandbank

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 5

LONDON.—The Queen of the Channel day-trip steamer sailing from Clacton to London hove-to for…

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Parade Ground Plastic Explosive For Nobbys Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 7

The special explosive with which the City Engineer (Mr. Baddeley) said Army personnel might shift the Maianbar wreck from Nobbys Beach is PHE —plastic high explosive. A representative of 14…

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