Wreck of Fighter Found
MELBOURNE, Friday: The wreckage of a Kittyhawk fighter plane, believed to have crashed during the war, has been found…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949
56 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 3
Old Plane Wreck Found in Vic
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A freighter plane is reported to have been found in scrub near the Aberfeldie River, 10 miles north of Walhalla…
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MACKAY, Sunday: The wreck of an unidentified launch has been found on a reef 150 yards off the uninhabited Henning…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—R.A.A.F. authorities believe the wreckage of the aircraft found near Walhalla, Gippsland, last week, is that of a…
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MADRID, Monday: Twelve-year-old Arminda Karlsen, sole survivor from the Norwegian yacht, Thalassa, which on New…
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CANBERRA, Sunday. — Mr. Alan Fraser (Lab. M.H.R. for EdenMonaro), in a broadcast tonight, said the Victorian Premier (Mr…
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HONOLULU, Monday: A Coastguard search plane sighted the wreckage of an aeroplane on the western slope of the erupting…
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WELLINGTON, Thursday (AAPReuter).—Blown 150 miles off her course by gales in which she lost some sails, the Lyttleton auxiliary…
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BRISBANE, Friday: The 28-year-old auxiliary sailing schooner, Argosy Lemal, will return to commercial service next…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Monday: Twenty-five people were missing last night after a small ferry-boat, carrying 45, ran on to a reef in…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: Two men from the missing launch, [?]uka, have been taken aboard a Navigation Department vessel the A. H…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Mountainous seas tonight halted the search for the 10 men missing from the coastal steamer Bombo, which sank five miles off Wollongong late last night. Searchers in RAAF Catalinas sighted several bodies in Life-belts floating in the sea in the vicinity of Coledale,…
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WOLLONGONG, Friday. — Further wreckage from the s.s. Bornbo was washed up along the coast today, but there is no sign of…
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LONDON, Wednesday: Running through a shower of wreckage from a disintegrating plane, a Yorkshire farmer dragged a…
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Two airmen had a remarkable escape from injury when this Mosquito plane crash-landed near, the Casino aerodrome…
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HONGKONG, Friday: Forty persons were killed and an unknown number injured when the Britisth registered Hongkong-Canton luxury…
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NEW YORK, Monday (AAP).—Six elderly worshippers were killed and dozens injured yesterday, when an explosion destroyed St. Mary's Catholic Church at Marion, South Dakota, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →17,000 Ton Steamer Breaks in Two
RIO DE JANEIRO, Wednesday (AAP).—The new 17,000 Royal Mail Lines steamer Magdalena, broke in two yesterday after being…
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GRAFTON, Tuesday.—A disabled trawler, owned by Ballina fishermen, was washed [?]hore at Red Rock, near Woolgoolga, on Monday night…
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GOOSE BAY (Labrador), Thursday (AAP). — Little hope is held out for the survival of the 25 crew members of the Danish schooner,…
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