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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

47 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 3

Wreckage Found of Year-old Plane Crash

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: The wreckage of a two-seater plane, lost nearly 12 months ago on a flight from Sydney to Geelong,…

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Aircraft Wreckage Identified

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 November 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: The wreckage of an aircraft found yesterday on a mountainside in heavily timbered country 21…

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Aircraft Wreckage Identified

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 2

The wreckage of an aircraft found last Thursday on a heavily-timbered country 21 miles north-west of…

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Cables in Brief Steamer Strikes Mine

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 November 1948 · page 1

RANGOON, Sunday: Eight perrons are feared to have been lost when the survey ship Chinthe sank 30 miles down the…

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Two Woolsheds Wrecked

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 2

The windstorm experienced in the Hay district on 16th November caused serious damage to properties in the Hay district and appears to have…

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Big Explosion Wrecks Building in Oregon

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 December 1948 · page 1

PORTLAND (Oregon), Tuesday: A terrific explosion on the Williamette River shook Portland last night and wrecked the…

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Mission Vessel Wrecked

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: One of the best-known mission vessels in the Pacific, the auxiliary schooner, John Williams V…

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