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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

93 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 5

Navy To Help Clear Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Nov. 9, A.A.P.—The Dutch Navy has asked the British Admiralty to assist in clearing the wreckage of…

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Soviet Bases Believed Wrecked By 'Quake

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Nov. 9. A.A.P.—The big earthquake north of Japan last Wednesday may have wiped out two Russian naval bases in the Kamchatka Peninsula. The "Sunday Dispatch"…

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Plane Wreck In Alaska

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 November 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Nov. 16. A.A.P.—Wreckage sighted near the tip of Mt. Silverthrone was identified…

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Ketch Sets Sail Again

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The ketch Peer Gynt left Port Macquarie Harbor today at 8.30 a.m. for Lord Howe Island. On board is Balgowlah…

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Explosives For Wreck At Hexham

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 2

In Newcastle Court to-day Mr. R. A. Hardwickc, S.M., authorised the Maritime Services Board to use…

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Explosives To Move Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 2

Authority was given by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., in Newcastle Court yesterday for the Maritime Services Board…

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Buildings Wrecked By Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 1

GRAFTON, Thursday. — Roman Catholic Church buildings at Cowper, 18 miles from Grafton, were wrecked in a…

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Tornado Worst Wrecker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 5

It's the off-season for tornadoes in the United States, but with the advent of the New Year these most savage and destructive elements of weather will be making…

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Ketch Taking Refugees To "New Life"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 December 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Nov. 30. A.A.P.—Captain Daniel Rik, a refugee from Communist Poland, and two seamen, who…

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His Pistol Buries Sea-Bed Wrecks

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 11

LONDON.—The Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors recommends a total ex gratia payment of…

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Trawler Washed Ashore

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 1

A 40-ft. Sydney fishing trawler was washed up on the beach at Catherine Hill Bay…

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French Liner Wrecked

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

BEIRUT, Dec. 22. A.A.P.—Giant waves are smashing the crack 12,5000-ton French liner, Champollion, with 500 passengers and crew, which ran aground…

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Money From 1941 Wreck Found

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 December 1952 · page 5

KINGSTON (Jamaica), Tues. (A.A.P.).—Treasury notes from a consignment of £145,000 lost in a…

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