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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946

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O'reilly Wrecks Service Hopes Cricket

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 20

Quick wickets by Bill O'Reilly shortly after the luncheon interval in the game between N.S.W. and the Services at the Sydney Cricket Ground, when he got Miller and Hassett, payed the way for another series of crashes and just after…

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Mikes Ashore Near Innisfail

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 7

INNISFAIL, Friday. -- Two more mines have been washed up one north-west of the lighthouse on Barnard Island, and the other on the…

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Mines Ashore Near Innisfail

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 7

INNISFAIL, Friday. -- Two more mines have been washed up, one north-west, of the lighthouse on Barnard Island, and the other on the…

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Mines Ashore Near Innisfail

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 7

INNISFAIL, Friday. -- Two more A mines have been washed up. one north-west of the lighthouse on Barnard Island, and the other on the…

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This Is a Home Wrecker Waging war on the borer

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1946 · page 9

USE of certain timbers for furniture has increased the menace of the Powder Post Borer (Lyctus Beetle)…

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Spectators Demand To Go Ashore

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 10

Angry ferry passengers just before the start of the League 18-footer sailing race yesterday…

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Wreckers Of Home

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 5

A crowd of 200 yesterday watched two angry women wreck the home of a Chinese in Bulwarra-road, Ultimo…

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The Main Occupation Problem Now Homesick men can lose us the peace Isolationists hope to wreck Americas policy of internationalism by encouraging discontent in her Army

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 6

NEW YORK, Monday.--American soldiers who have gone close to mutiny in their demonstrations to…

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Hotels Warned On Schooner Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 7

The Deputy-Controller of Customs (Mr. J. Darcy) said yesterday he had been informed that dozens of hotel-keepers were refusing to serve schooners…

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N.z. Collier Ashore Tin Fog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—The Union Company's collier, Karepo (2,563 tons), bound from Auckland to Greymouth, was stranded in a fog…

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Risky Attempts to Get Wreckage

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 1

Lifesavers risked being swept to sea today in an effort to recover wreckage of the plane which crashed off Tamarama beach yesterday. Bronte swimmers Bill Elsley…

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Missing Pilot's Body Reported Seen Police Launch Begins Search Police Retrieve Plane Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

WHAT is believed to have been the body of Eric Hurst, pilot of the Moth Minor plane which crashed into the sea off Bronte yesterday, was…

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Hunt For Wreckage Of Crashed Moth Plane

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

With only a thin rope as protection against the surf…

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Missing Pilot's Body Reported Seen Police Launch Begins Search Police Retrieve Plane Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

WHAT is believed to have beers the body off Eric Hurst, pilot of the Moth Minor plane which crashed into this sea off Bronte yesterday. was…

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Hunt For Wreckage Of Crashed Moth Plane

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

With only a thin rope as protection against the surf…

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Missing Pilot's Body Reported Seen Police Launch Begins Search Police Retrieve Plane Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

WHAT is believed to have been the body of Eric Hurst, pilot of the Moth Minor plane which crashed into the sea off Bronte yesterday, was…

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Hunt For Wreckage Of Crashed Moth Plane

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

With only a thin rope as protection against the surf…

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Missing Pilot's Body Reported Seen Police Launch Begins Search Police Retrieve Plane Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

WHAT is believed to have been the body of Eric Hurst, pilot of the Moth, Minor plane which crashed into the sea off Bronte yesterday, was…

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Missing Pilot's Body Reported Seen Police Launch Begins Search Police Retrieve Plane Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

WHAT is believed to have been the body of Eric Hurst, pilot of the Moth Minor plane which crashed into the sea off Bronte yesterday, was…

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Hunt For Wreckage Of Crashed Moth Plane

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

With only a thin rope as protection against the surf…

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