Victims of Shipwreck at Fremantle
PERTH, Thursday: Seamen on a 35-ton vessel which foundered in the Java Sea, and who had spent two days and a night at…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950
28 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 2
Well Known Coota. Man Fatally Injured Cyclist Crashes Into Wreckage
WELL known Cootamundra business man and former champion cyclist, Fred. Legge, aged 41, died from injuries received in a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Bus Wrecked
MONTICELLO (Maine), Wednesday: Two children were killed and 11 injured when a goods train crashed into a school bus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleges Flying Saucer Wreck In Mexico From Another Planet
A Los Angeles business man, Ray Dimmick, told reporters that he saw an ultra-streamlined flying saucer recently which had been…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday—A T.A.A. twin-engined Dragon plane was completely wrecked today when one of its engines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miraculous Escape of Crew in Plane Crash Aircraft Became a Total Wreck in Street
SYDNEY, Thursday — All five members of the crew ore believe to have escaped serious injury when on R.A.A.F. take crashed near Rooty Hill today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion Wrecks Hotel in Heart of Melbourne; Many Buildings Damaged
MELBOURNE, Sunday: An explosion completely wrecked the Town Hall Hotel and damaged 18 other buildings in the heart of the city this afternoon. Damage is estimated at many thousands of…
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THE WRECKED Town Hall Hotel, in Swanston Street, Melbourne, after it was shattered by in explosion on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorship Believed to Have Foundered Wreckage Found on North Coast
SYDNEY, Tuesday — It is feared that the New Guinea Administration motorship, Fairwind, of 200 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Was Wrecked Airliner Seeking Landing-ground?
PERTH, Wednesday: Doctors in talks with the sole survivor of the Amana air disaster have sained the impression that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Killed Near Jugiong An Hour to Release Body From Wreck
A woman was killed and her husband injured in a motor accident near Jugiong, when a car a semi-trailer collided near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heiress Thought Drowned; Ketch Wrecked
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A wealthy 23-year-old English heiress, Jenefer Wornum, is believed to have been drowned when heavy seas dashed her luxury 35ft ketch on to rocks at Wottamolla, National Park, last night…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Police have found no trace of the body of the English heirees, Jennefer Wornum, missing after her…
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These youths were industriously engaged in salvaging parts from the wreckage of the trains involved in last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Czech Oilfield Wrecked Sabotage Believed Cause
LONDON, Monday.—Sabotage is believed to have caused an explosion and fire, which on Saturday night, wrecked…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday—The 7000-ton British freighter Empire Gladstone ran aground on Haystack Rocks, on the far…
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SYDNEY. Thursday—A fleet of fishing boats is being assembled at the South coast port of Eden for an attempt, to salvage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Little Hope of Salvaging Wrecked Ship
SYDNEY, Thursday: Prospects of salvaging the 7090-ton British freighter, Empire Gladstone, were described tonight as being "very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Korea Landing Troops Storm Ashore Near Capital, Seoul
TOKYO, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter): The United Nations' "big push" began in Korea today when United States Marines and infantrymen stormed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray Steamer Granted an Unusual Licence
LEETON, Tuesday: Last week at Deniliquin the District Magistrate (Mr. K. W. Smith, S.M.) granted as application of a most…
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