Was Harden Rail Crash Caused by Wrecker? Fish Plates Found in Bush
SYDNEY, Monday—The finding of two fishplates hidden in the bush near the scene of the smash-up of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948
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Did Wrecker Cause Harden Rail Crash? D.I.B. Men Rush to Scene After Find Near Line
SYDNEY, Sunday: The finding of two fishplates hidden in the bush near the scene of the smash-up of the South-west Mail near Harden on June 30 is expected to start one of the biggest manhunts in the history of Australian crime…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Did Mad Wrecker Cause Fatal Harden Rail Disaster? Finding of Fishplates Causes Manhunt
The finding of' two fishplates hidden in the hush near the scene of the smash-up of the South-West Mail near Harden on June 30 is expected to start one of the biggest manhunts in the history of Australian crime, according to police officers…
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The finding of two fishplates hidden in the bush near the scene of the smash-up of the South-west Mail near Harden on June 30 is expected…
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The finding of two fishplates hidden in the bush near the scene of the smash-up the South-West Mail near Harden on June 30 is expected to start…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fugitives from Soviet Cross Atlantic in Ketch
NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.): After taking 43 days to cross the Atlantic in a 64-foot ketch, 25 fugitives form the…
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A wreck, which is believed to contain £1,000,000 worth of gold has been located by a Koepang pearl diver in the east arm of…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: Naval headquarters today received a report from Darwin that the sunken wreck found in Darwin…
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WIESBADEN, Sunday: U.S. Air Force headquarters announce that an Italian Alpine police patrol found in the…
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LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): A 68-year-old American, Felix Brandsten, and a 44-year-old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charred Bodies Huddled in Nose of Plane Airliner Wrecked on Mountain Top; May Have Been Making for Tamworth
SYDNEY, Sunday: Searchers have found the charred bodies of the crew and passengers of the wrecked airliner, Lutana. When they reached the burn-out aircraft near the top of the 4500ft high Ben…
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NEW YORK, Thursday: A three-masted Portuguese auxiliary fishing schooner, Gasper, is presumed to have sunk in very…
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FLORIDA, Monday.—The British steamer Lockmonar has been grounded by heavy seas on Little Cayman Island in the…
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PERTH, Thurs.: Candles buried for 37 years in the sandhills near the remains of a shipwreck about 12…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: No flight records were recovered from the crashed airliner Lutana, it was stated at the Air Court of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hurricane Wind Wrecks Wheat Stack Roof Flying Iron Damages New Cottages
DURING the height of the gale which raged on Thursday night a gust of hurricane fores struck the big wheat stack in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Storm Hits Coota. Crops Flattened; Gardens Wrecked
The worst hailstorm in the history of Cootamundra caused many thousands of pounds worth of damage in the town and district yesterday…
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The paddle steamer Com, carrying 60 passengers sank in the Murray river. All were rescued. One man Collapsed and died…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: The pilot and co-pilot were killed when an A.N.A. airliner, the Kyilla, crash-landed on Mount Macedon, 40 miles…
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The paddle steamer Gem, carrying 60 passengers, sank in the Murray River, on Saturday. All the Passengers were rescued. One man…
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