Dutch Steamer Believed Lost
BREST, Tues. (A.A.P.).—Ships off the north-west coast of France were asked yesterday to search for the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954
89 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 5
T.v. Camera on Comet Wreck
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): The underwater television] camera of the frigate Wakeful yesterday sighted…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wreckage After Flood
Flood devastation at Casino. A house in the background was torn from its foundations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scandal May Wreck Tokyo Government
TOKYO, Feb. 25. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Scandal over an alleged conspiracy to misuse Government subsidies is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →After The Cyclone Shore Jobs For Crew Of Ketch
A young Dutchman and two crew members of a 26ft. ketch today will look for a few day's work in Newcastle. The Dutchman is Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dutch Ketch To Leave
Mr. J. S. Leyen, owner of the 26ft. Dutch ketch Beatrix, said yesterday that he would leave Newcastle for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →H-bomb Blast Test Facilities Wrecked
NEW YORK, March 14. A.A.P.—Test facilities were wrecked in the recent explosion of a "hydrogen device" at Bikini, according to United Press…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poorer But Wiser After Wreck
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Sydney yachtsman returned home from Rabaul to-day £3000 poorer and much wiser…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →His Hopes Wrecked
PAPPY GAULT, whose hopes of getting a return world bantamweight title fight with Jim Carruthers…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →New Steamer To Serve Wool Trade
The single screw steamer Ballarat, built by Alexander Stephen and Sons Ltd. for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Jazz-Mad Fans Wreck Concert
JOHAN NESBURQ.—Jazz-mad fans climbed walls and broke in through windows at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plane Wreck Found
CAIRO, Mon. (A.A.P.)—Burnt wreckage found 8000 feet up on a mountain in Saudi Arabia has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion Wrecks Kitchen
An explosion in a kerosene refrigerator wrecked the kitchen of a house in Newcastle-street, East Maitland,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ketch For Second Leg Of World Tour
Early this month, a heavy, old-fashioned gaff-rigged ketch will leave Sydney on the second half of a leisurely voyage round the world. She will be the South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Guinea Wrecks By Tender
PORT MORESBY, Tues. (O.S.R.).—The New Guinea Administration will call tenders for all war…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wreckage Of U.S. Plane Sighted
CORPUS CHRISTI (Texas). Thurs. (A.A.P.).—The United States Navy said today that wreckage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thieves Wrecked Doctor's Home
JOHANNESBURG: During the owner's absence in Europe, burglars wrecked a house in Berea…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Midshipmen To Train Ashore
LONDON, June 4, A.A.P. —Midshipmen, long known by their seniors as "snotties" or officially, "young…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hoodoo Ship Comes To Grief; Wrecked On Reef
DARWIN: The Northern Territory's hoodoo ship, the 40-ft. cargo barge Tiki, crashed on to a reef on the lonely coast of Arnhem Land and disintegrated in less than five minutes. The crew of four safe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ketch In Cyclone
WELLINGTON, June 8. A.A.P.-Reuter.—With the mainsail in shreds and one of the crew nursing a badly…
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