Little Hope for Wreck Survivors WOLLONGONG
Mountainous seas and heavy rain forced an RAAF Catalina to abandon the search for ten miss Bombo, which capsized and sank…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949
8 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers
250 Trapped in Church Wrecked by Explosion
Six elderly worshippers were killed and dozens injured yesterday when an explosion destroyed St. Mary's Catholic Church at Marion, South Dakota, which was filled with people awaiting nine a.m. Palm Sunday Mass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violent Cyclone—Steamer Overdue SYDNEY
A small coastal steamer, the Ulmarra, is now many hours overdue on a voyage from the Clarence River to Sydney…
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LONDON, Sum (A.A.P.).—Fifty-nine people were killed, 14 are missing, and 35 were seriously injured in an explosion which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Call for Action Against Wreckers. Country Party Demand on State Government
When the Essential Services Bill, which enables the State Government to order anyone to do anything, and to take any…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer in Distress Fremantle
The fire which broke out in the hold of the British freighter, Avismoal, after several explosions, was to-day reported to be under control…
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At the Engineering and Marine Exhibition at Olympia, London, an aluminium alloy funnel was on show for the first time in that country. The weight saving of the aluminium funnel against a steel funnel is about 4 1/2 tons and it gives improved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gas Explosion Wrecks Large Meat Packing Plant New York
Between 30 and 35 people are estimated to have been killed and many injured in an explosion at the Swift company's meat packing plant at…
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