Ships and a Half Come Ashore
GIBRALTAR, Monday: A storm drove two ships and half a ship ashore and caused the evacuation of 300 residents from a temporary…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946
37 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2
Airman's Boot Washed Ashore
SYDNEY, Thursday: The body of Eric Hirst, pilot of the Moth Minor plane which crashed into the sea off Bronte on Tuesday has not yet…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The departure of a R.A.A.F. party to investigate the discovery of the wreckage of a twin-engined plane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Warm Welcome to the Occupation Forces by Macarthur Advance Party May Go Ashore Today
TOKIO, Friday: Warmly welcoming the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, General Macarthur said their presence would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Search For Pilot From Wrecked Plane
SYDNEY, Friday: No trace has yet been found of the pilot or wreckage of the Fleet Air Arm Corsair plane which crashed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreckage on the Bar Schooners Meet Disaster
The wreckage of two chooners as well as a number of smaller vessels known as middles was described at the Leeton police court, when…
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SAIGON. Thursday: Rioting French servicemen sacked the plant of the Socialist Party newspaper "Justice" in the Socialist Party…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Brides Lose Trousseaux Ship Wrecked On Scottish Coast
LONDON, Monday: Mine women and 45 men, after huddling in the teeth of a gale while their ship the Byron Darnton (7000 tons) broke…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A naval lighter with 370 tons of ammunition on board broke from its moorings and is ashore on a sandbank at the…
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PERTH, Sunday: Valued at £2000, a 48ft. ketch stolen on Friday night from Fremantle was sighted yesterday by a plane 40…
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HAIFA, Sunday (A.A.P.): More than 400 illegal Jewish immigrants aboard a schooner, which was intercepted by a destroyer on Friday…
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ROME Thursday (A.A.P.): Carrying 1300 Jewish refugees, the steamer Beauharna's flying the Rumanian flag, defied Italian orders…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italians Wreck Shops in Trieste Tension Mounts in Disputed City
LONDON, Monday. (A.A.P.): Anti-Slay rioting, in which 21 people were injured—one fatally—Hared up in Trieste yesterday. Following an attack on Italian cyclists taking…
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ROME, Monday (A.A.P.): In another protest demonstration against the decision on Trieste by the Foreign Ministers in Paris,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Years' Gaol for Theft of Ketch
PERTH, Thursday: A man was sentenced to three years' goal, with hard labor, to-day, for having stolen a ketch valued at £2000. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Taxi-Driver Takes Ketch on Voyage
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A former Sydney taxi-driver, George O'Brien, has returned to Sydney with his wife after taking a 45ft. ketch to…
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LONDON, Tuesday: Angered by the disqualification of a greyhound which finished second in a race at the Harringay track, a crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Wrecks Chemical Factory Woman and Boy Severely Burned
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A sudden violent explosion wrecked a chemical factory at Petersham to-day, and set tire to the hair of a…
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BORDEAUX, Thursday: French and American aircraft are conducting a dramatic search for survivors of the Liberty ship, David Caldwell,…
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