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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954

11 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Blonde, 19, Trapped In Wrecked Cab MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 3

A 19-year-old blonde early yesterday lay screaming for an hour inside the wreckage of a crashed taxi…

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Flood Wrecked Home at Lismore

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 4

Some homes were swept away during the devastating North Coast one of the many houses at [?]that were wrecked Flood waters raced far higher than ever [?] from flood dangers [?]…

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Luxury Cruiser Wrecked Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

Well known Sydney eye surgeon Dr. Roland Pittar and his sister-in-law Mrs. Joy Pittar twice narrowly escaped death in…

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You Are Wrecking Peace Talks Eden Bluntly Tells Reds As Eisenhower Tells U.S of Serious Red Issue Geneva

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 1

Britain has served notice on the Communists that they will wreck the Indo-China Peace Conference unless they give up Armistice demands unacceptable to the West…

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Canberra Jet Becomes Blazing Wreck; Kills Three: Plane Crashes on Landing at Brisbane Airport Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 1

Three crewmembers of a Canberra jet bomber which crashed when landing at the RAAF base at Amberley yesterday, were incinerated. The plane hit the runway wing-first and burst…

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"Trifling Assault" Possible Says Judge in Ruxton Case Solicitor Taken-in by Story of Shipwrecked Mind Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 1

It was possible that there may have been an affront or a "trifling assault" by police on David Studley-Ruxton, the Royal Commissioner (Mr. Justice Dovey) said yesterday…

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Statuesque Poise Wrecked by Queen's Dog London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 1

One of Buckingham's Pawnee's never-blink-an-eye sentries is receiving treatment for a septic wound…

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Tree Guards Wrecked; Council To Prosecute

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 3

"There is a certain of person who delights in damaging improvements [?] by this council to beauty the town," the Mayor, Aid. M. V. Duffy, said at a meeting of the Municipal Council on Monday night…

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Red Spies Out To Wreck S.E. Asia Talks MANILA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 1

A sinister international Communist spy ring trying to sabotage the seven-nation South East Asia Treaty Organisation…

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Grim Death for Boy (5) Trapped in Wreck Berlin

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 1

A grim fight to save a five-year-old boy trapped in the hull of a sunken tug has failed…

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Aero Club Plane Wrecked

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 1

During the severe storm at Dubbo last Saturday afternoon, one of the Gilgandra Aero Club's…

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