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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947

13 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Office Wrecked Wages Lost In City Burglary SYDNEY, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

Thieves who blow open a safe in Harbor Street. city, early today, wrecked the office with the force of the explosion…

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By Tramp Steamer to the Islands Coonabarabran Party Leaves This Week

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 5

Mr. Nick Brain, of Brains’ Garage, Mr. Alf Pincham, of Pincham Bros, sawmillers, and possibly Mr. Jim Lighezzolo,…

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Royal Garden party Scene Of Extraordinary Enthusiasm Furniture, Flowerbeds Wrecked

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 1

PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa), Thursday. From Reuter's Special Correspondent.—Extraordinary enthusiasm greeted the Royal Family at a garden party at Victoria Park yesterday. Tables and…

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4 Wrecks for Old Salt Sydney, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 1

Six of the eleven members of the crew of the Boambee, which sank at King's Wharf, Newcastle yesterday afternoon, had previously experienced…

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Foreign Wool Import Tax Will Wreck Trade Conference Washington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1947 · page 1

The Senate refused to agree with the provision in the Wool Bill, imposing an import tax on foreign wool and delegates from both Houses are conferring in an effort to reach a compromise…

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12 DROWNED, 2 Missing When Lake Steamer Founders Ottawa

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 1

Canadian steamship lines announced that the Great Lakes steamship Emperor of 7031 tons, struck rocks and sank in Lake Superior yesterday…

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Scientists Find Bikini Wrecks Radioactive Washington, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1947 · page 1

Object which divers brought to the surface from the decks of the sunken carrier Saratoga, at Bikini Lagoon yesterday, were found to be still radio…

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Wrecked Steamer's Crew

The Western Herald · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 1

Brisbane. — One lifeboat with some of the crew of the wrecked 132 ton wooden steamer Gippsland which foundered in heavy seas 90…

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Wristlet Watches Stolen From Steamer Aukland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 1

Twelve hundred wristlet watches, valued at £5,000, have been pillaged from the steamer, Kent and intensive investigations have failed to locate…

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Three Drowned in Launch Collision Entangled in Wreckage. MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 October 1947 · page 1

When an airforce crash-boat and a pleasure launch collided in McMillan Strait near the entrance to Lake…

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Four Men Alive On Wrecked Army Transport Kotchiban, Alaska

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1947 · page 1

A coastguard reported that he had found four men alive and three dead on the bow of the Army transport, "Clarksdale," which was…

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Interstate Cargo Steamer Afire at Newcastle Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 1

Several members of the crew were injured and overcome by smoke while fighting a fire last night in two holds of the interstate cargo steamer. Time…

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Soviet's Hostile Propaganda Wrecks Big Four Meeting LONDON, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1947 · page 1

Foreign Minister, Ernest Bevin, told the House of Commons that the Soviet Union's hostile propaganda was evident throughout the whole of the recent Big Four meeting. This made it impossible to get to grips with the fundamental…

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