Ketch Theft; 3 For Trial
SYDNEY, Friday. — Two young men and a girl to-day were committed for trial on a charge of having stolen the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953
106 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 6
Long Voyage For Schooner
The postwar plans of 13 New Zealand ex-servicemen gave six young roving Englishmen the opportunity to see Australasia the hard way—as crew members of 126 feet long, 290…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homes Wrecked in Mine Subsidence
Several homes were wrecked in a mine subsidence at Pelaw Main, near Kurri Kurri, yesterday afternoon. Chimneys, walls, verandahs and brickwork…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pilot Steamer Coming To Dockyard
SYDNEY: The pilot steamer Captain Cook will leave Sydney tonight on the longest voyage of her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Convicts Wreck Prison Cells
STILLWATER (Minnesota), Sun. (A.A.P.).—Hungry convicts paced wrecked cells at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale Wrecks Homes In South Africa
CAPE TOWN, April 13. A.A.P.—Hundreds of houses and other property were wrecked when a-hurricane struck…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Ketch
MOMBASA, April 19. A.A.P. — Major Stephen Strong, for whom ships have been searching in the Indian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swede Ready To Sail Ketch To Darwin
A 39-year-old Swede, who has crammed a lifetime of adventure into the past four years, will begin another phase on Sunday when he sails alone from Newcastle for Darwin in a 26ft. ketch. The Swede. Mr. Eric…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Red Offices Wrecked
PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.).—A bomb wrecked the Communist Party headquarters at Versailles yesterday as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Couple In Ketch Missing
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—A ketch which left Melbourne four weeks ago has not yet reached Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreckage Found On Shore
Aircraft parts that might have come from two R.A.A.F. fighters—a Vampire jet and a Mustang—missing from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ancient Guns Linked With Early Wrecks
PERTH, Friday.—The ocean minesweepers H.M.A.S. Mildura and H.M.A.S. Fremantle returned to Fremantle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pace Bowlers Wreck Hopes
STOKE-ON-TRENT, May 24. A.A.P. —Ray Lindwall, with four for seven off six overs, and W. Johnston, two for four off seven overs, of which five were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →EDITORIAL Armistice "Delayed, Not Wrecked"
IT IS probable that the breakdown in the Korea armistice negotiations is as upsetting to the Communists as it is to the United Nations—but for different…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shots At British Steamer
HONGKONG, June 22. A.A.P.-Reuter.—The British steamer Wingsang was fired on by an unidentified junk in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Lifeboat "Unsinkable"
BRUSSELS. — An unemployed workman, M. J. Traverniers, claims he has invented an "unsinkable"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Old Plane Wreck Found in Yukon
EDMONTON (Canada), Sun. (A.A.P.).—The wreck of a plane believed lost a year ago with four men…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Old-Time Shipwreck Recalled
One hundred years have passed since the wreck of the ship Earl of Charlemont off the Australian coast…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Sun" Letter Box Sleep Wreckers
I heartily agree with "Nervous" as to the distressing effect of noise, particularly at night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peer Gynt Driven Ashore
SYDNEY. — The 30ft. ketch Peer Gynt, with the Sydney engaged couple, Sylvia Roach and Norman…
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