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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1951

29 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 2

Six-Hour Ordeal After Wreck

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 1

The three-man crew of a shrecked trawler scrambled ashore [?] Bay on Wednesday morning after padding a leaking dingy for six…

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Panic in Wrecked Boat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday (AAP): Passengers trapped in the fishing boat Pelican, had wrestled with each other in their…

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At Least 20 Dead in English Rail Crash Tangled Wreckage Searched for Bodies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 September 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): At least 20 persons were killed and 35 injured when the Liverpool-London Express hurtled off the rails today…

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River Steamer Traffic Transport of the Old Days Recalled Late Captain Tom Bynon's Log Book

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 1

The re-enactment of Sturt's journey down the Murrumbidgee in January last aroused interest in that grand old liver, and has even revived…

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U.s. Arsenal of Atomic Weapons Designed to Wreck Armies

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday.—Atomic weapons are available for immediate use in Korea if the…

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Aerial Ambulance Crashes Into Sea Patient Drowns; 3 Swim Ashore

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday—A patient was drowned when an aerial ambulance crashed into the sea 20 miles north of Cairns last. night. The pilot, an ambulance bearer, and a…

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Wrecked N.z. Plane Located

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday — The mangled wreckage of a New Zealand Air Force Airspeed Consul aircraft, which was…

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Wrecked N.z. Plane Found

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Sunday (A.A.P.): The mangled wreckage of the New Zealand Air Force Airspeed Consul…

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Ship wrecked

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wednesday: A Danish ship, Martin Carl, 2499 tons, which ran aground near Cape Race, at the…

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