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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947

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Plane Wreckage Found

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 October 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: It is now confirmed that the wreckage sighted by search planes on the east slope of the Andes, in…

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More Bodies Found in Rail Wreckage

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 October 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday: Three more bodies, including one woman, have been found in the wreckage of the Edinburgh-…

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Liner Goes to Aid of Sinking Schooner

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 1

HALIFAX, Tuesday: The Queen, Elizabeth radioed that she was steaming to the rescue of the Portuguese schooner…

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Explosion Wrecks Newspaper Plant

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 5

SAN JOSE (Costa Rica), Tuesday (AAP).--A nightwatchman was killed and eight other persons injured when an explosion party destroyed…

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It Happened in Australia A Tragic Shipwreck

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 November 1947 · page 4

A CATASTROPHE that threatended to have a most serious effect on migration from Europe to the young Australian colonies…

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Wreckage of Bus

Northern Star · Saturday 15 November 1947 · page 1

Wreckage of the New England Motor Company bus, in which three people received fatal injuries and 15 were hurt, on a…

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Shipwrecked Crew Awaits Rescue

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday: A message from Halifax says: Thirty shipwrecked members of the crew of the…

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Wireless Operator Hero of Shipwreck

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 November 1947 · page 1

HALIFAX (Novia Scotia), Monday: (AAP). -- Thirty shipwrecked members of the crew of the British freighter, Langlecrag, are now…

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Mothers-in-law Seen As Wreckers of Some Marriages

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday--So damnable was the influence of some mothers-in-law in the home that some marriages were wrecked…

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Children Blamed for Wrecking of Offices

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 10

GRAFTON, Tuesday.--Coffs Harbour police are puzzled about some aspects of the ransacking of two offices in the National Bank…

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Shipwrecks' Position Now Serious

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 November 1947 · page 5

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Tuesday (AAP).--Thirty shivering survivors of the wrecked British freighter, Langleerag, who have…

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Big Hailstorm Practically Wrecks Charleville Windows Smashed in Thousands

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 November 1947 · page 1

CHARLEVILLE, Sunday: A terrific hailstorm in 17 minutes this afternoon practically wrecked Charleville and left the town covered in a sheet of ice. Within a few seconds thousands of windows were smashed, awnings…

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Terrific Hail Storm Wrecks Charleville

Northern Star · Monday 24 November 1947 · page 5

CHARLEVILLE, Sunday.-- A terrific hail storm in 17 minutes this afternoon practically wrecked Charleville and left the town…

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Four Alive on Wrecked Ship

Northern Star · Friday 28 November 1947 · page 1

KETCHINAN (Alaska), Thursday (AAP).--A coastguard reported that he had found four men alive and three dead on the bow of the Army…

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Strikers Wreck Express

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 December 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Monday (AAP).--Torn[?]up lines caused the engine of the Lyons Express to hurtle into a ravine 20 miles from Lyons. The…

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In Brief Fire On Steamer

Northern Star · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A fire which broke out in the forward hold of the steamer Time spread into No. 2 hold early tonight and…

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Life Near Wrecked Army Plane

Northern Star · Friday 12 December 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday.--First plane to fly over the wreckage of the Army Skymaster, which crashed at midnight in snowy wilderness about…

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Labour Asked To Defeat Red Wreckers

Northern Star · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (AAP). -- Warning Labour Party members to expect an intensified Communist campaign of sabotage the General Secretary of the Labour Party of Britain (Mr. Morgan Phillips) called on Labour…

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Plane Wreck Sighted in Alaska; Four Alive

Tweed Daily · Monday 29 December 1947 · page 1

NOME (Alaska), Sunday: The wreckage of a Superfortress which had been missing since December 23 on a flight over the North Pole…

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Wrecked 'Plane Seen Near Nome (Alaska)

Northern Star · Monday 29 December 1947 · page 1

NOME (Alaska), Sunday (AAP). -- The wreckage of a Superfortress which has been missing since December 23 on a flight over the North Pole…

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