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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954

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

Tyson Wrecks Early Victorian Batting

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 16

MELBOURNE: In a hostile bowling burst English speedster Frank ("Typhoon") Tyson dismissed three Victorians before lunch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today. At one stage he had…

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Children's Ordeal In Wreckage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday. — Two children were rescued early to-day after they had been pinned in the wreckage of a capsized railway carriage for almost two hours…

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French Ketch Safe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 13

SUVA, Dec. 15. A.A.P.-Reuter. —The French Administration ketch Concorde, reported missing since Sunday…

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Court Told Of Fatal Wreck Of Trawler

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 16

BEGA, Wednesday. — The first mate of the trawler Olive Cam, which was wrecked near Eden on November 2, said he…

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Wreckage Of Plane Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 9

NEW YORK, December 20. A.A.P. — Divers yesterday located the main wreckage of an Italian DC6 airliner in which…

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Channel Steamer Refloated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 1

CALAIS, Dec. 21. A.A.P.—The cross-Channel steamer Cote d'Azur, with 31 passengers, which grounded on a…

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12 Taken From Plane Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 15

NEW YORK, Dec. 21. A.A.P.— United States Navy divers in the sub-temperature of Jamaica Bay, yesterday…

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Brazilian Rioters Wreck Sub-station

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 8

SAO PAULO (Brazil). Tues. (A.A.P.): A mob of several hundred wrecked offices and a sub-station…

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Men Report Sighting Plane Wreck

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 5

KATOOMBA.—Local police have received a report than two men had sighted what may be the…

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