Refused Drink, Wrecked Club
CLEVELAND (Ohio), Wednesday (AAP).—John Hyczwa walked into an American Legion branch last night and demanded a drink…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950
34 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
3 Escape From Wrecked Trawler
SYDNEY; Thursday.—The captain and two crew members escaped when the 60 ft. Seine trawler, Athol Star, went aground on…
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PERTH, Thursday.—Strapped to a tiny raft, and nursing the ship's cat, 12 shipwrecked Indonesians floated in mid-ocean for three days without food, drinking only sea water. The dramatic story of their ordeal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Island Schooner Leaves Ballina
BALLINA, Wednesday. — The "Mary", a Solomon Island trading schooner under the command of Captain A. Averson, and manned by…
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LAUNCESTON, Monday.—Experienced fishermen think the 28 foot motor boat Adeline, with a Melbourne man aboard, foundered off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reds Office Wrecked In Rome Strike Explosions
ROME, Wednesday (AAP).—Three heavy explosions rocked Rome this morning as the Communistled general Labour Con[?]ederation went into action against the Government with a nationwide strike…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Subsiding Land Wrecks Homes
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Many families In the Wombarra-Coledale-Scarborough area on the south coast are having their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion Ashore Fires Tanker; 2 Sailors Killed
SINGAPORE, Monday (AAP-Reuter). — Two Indonesian sailors of the British oil tanker, Lignula, were killed and two were burnt when the vessel caught fire late last night at the island of Palau Samboe, 12…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disloyalty "Attempt To Wreck Confidence In Govt."
WASHINGTON, Monday (AAP).—Attacks against the loyalty of State Department employees Were a "filthy business" threatening to undermine the United States' entire foreign policy, the Secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt Out Plane Wreck Found
BRISBANE, Sunday.—The burnt out wreckage of a plane was found 14 miles south of Croydon about 250 miles S.W. of Cairns last Thursday…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The 7325 ton freighter, Marietta Dal, which struck Smith Rock, two miles north of Cape Moreton, at noon today, broke her back tonight, and is a total wreck…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—A 21 year old man who steered the Marietta Dal when it grounded on Smith Rock, near Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Wrecks Hotel; 20 Injured
MELBOURNE, Sunday—An explosion completely wrecked the Town Hall Hotel and damaged 18 other buildings in the heart of the city this afternoon. Damage is estimated at many…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.—Seven houses and new cane barracks at Cudgen, in the Tweed district, were wrecked by the…
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GRAFTON, Sunday.—The North Coast Steam Navigation Company vessel, Bangalow, which was driven ashore in a cyclone at Coffs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Wrecked, Heiress Missing
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A wealthy 23 years old English heiress, Jenefer Wornum, is believed to have drowned when heavy seas dashed her luxury 35ft. ketch on to rocks at Wottamolla, National Park, last…
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Finnish seaman, Carl Teppo, survivor of the wrecked luxury ketch, Gentleman's Agreement, on Monday night, in which an English heiress, Jenefer Wornum, is believed to [?] lost her life. Teppo climbed a 150 foot cliff and tramped 10 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Trace of Heiress; Heavy Seas Prevent Search of Wreck
SYDNEY, Wednesday,.—Police today found no trace of the missing English heiress, Jenefer Wornum 23, who is believed to have drowned in the wreck of the 30ft. yacht, Gentleman's Agreement, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Remains of Ketch Dinghy, Lifebelt Spotted By Plane
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The shattered remains of a dinghy and a lifebelt were spotted by an Avro Anson plane today when searching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Acid Drums May Be From Wrecked Marietta Dahl
A number of 44 gallon drums containing acid, presumed to be from the wrecked Marietta Dahl, were washed up along the beaches…
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