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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

106 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 6

Strange Fish Washed Ashore

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 November 1953 · page 12

LONDON, Monday. (A.A.P.)—A 30-inch long fish, weighing 301b., with two feet, complete with…

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Couple Allowed Ashore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday.—A young couple who were refused permission yesterday by the Immigration Department to…

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Six Die in Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 11

LONDON, Dec. 1. A.A.P.—The British trawler Hildina (296 tons) sank early to-day 50 miles off northern…

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Sussex Wreck Recalled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1953 · page 5

THE Blackwell clipper Sussex, which was launched from an English shipyard in December, 1853, was lost off…

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Flats Wrecked By suicide Bid

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 December 1953 · page 11

NEW YORK, Sun,, (A.A.P.)—When Herman Altgelt, 25, tried to gas himself, he wrecked a 10-flat building—and escaped with a headache…

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Suicide Bid Wrecks Building

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1953 · page 8

NEW YORK, Dec. 14. A.A.P.—Herman Joseph Altgelt, 25, chemical company employee, explaining that he…

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Merewether Surf Boat Wrecked By Big Wave

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 December 1953 · page 3

A huge wave today wrecked Merewether Surf Lifesaving Club's surf boat, breaking its back and stoving in several planks and ribs. The boat, upended by the wave, turned an…

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