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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946

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Smokes Stolen From Steamer

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday. -- While five officers were asleep in adjoining cabins, thieves entered the bond store…

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Smokes Stolen From Steamer

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday. --While five officers were asleep in adjoining cabins, thieves entered the bond store…

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Exploring an Old Wreck

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 6

WHILE on our holidays at Shellharbor, we went to see the wreck at Bass Point. The name of the boat is the…

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Stop Press Body Washed Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 24

It was reported to the Manly police shortly before 2 p.m. today that a man's body had been washed ashore at Curl Curl. The body…

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Stop-press Liner Ashore, in Peril

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 1

SEATTLE. -- Liner Yukon, with 371 passengers aboard, ashore on rocks 40 miles south of Seward (Alaska) and…

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Steamer Due on

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 18

THE Parrakoola, with passengers A from San Francisco, is due in Sydney on Sunday. The ship should sail from Noumea on February 7…

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Steamer Due on

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 14

THE Parrakooia, with passengers from San Francisco, is due in Sydney on Sunday. The ship should sail from Noumea on February 7…

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Steamer Due on

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 14

THE Parrakoola, with passengers from San Francisco, is due in Sydney on Sunday. The ship should sail from Noumea on February 7…

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Steamer Due on

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 14

THE Parrakooia, with passengers from San Francisco, is due in Sydney on Sunday. The ship should sail from Noumea on February 7…

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Steamer Due on

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 16

THE Parrakoola, with passengers from San Francisco, is due in Sydney on Sunday. The ship should sail from Noumea on February 7…

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Steamer Breaking Up with 448 People Aboard

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 10

MONTREAL, Tuesday.--The steamer Yukon with 324 passengers and 124 crew aboard is aground and breaking up off Cape Puget, 38 miles…

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Steamer Breaking Up with 448 People Aboard

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 10

MONTREAL, Tuesday.--The steamer Yukon with 324 passengers and 124 crew aboard is aground and breaking up off Cape Puget, 38 miles…

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Steamer Breaking Up with 448 People Aboard

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 10

MONTREAL, Tuesday.--The steamer Yukon with 324 passengers and 124 crew aboard is aground and breaking un off Cape Puget. 38 miles…

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Steamer Breaking Up with 448 People Aboard

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 10

MONTREAL, Tuesday.--The steamer Yukon with 324 passengers and 124 crew aboard is aground and breaking up off Cape Puget. 38 miles…

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Lightning Wrecks Plane in Mid-aiir

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--A Lancaster which was flying low in a freak storm over Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, was yesterday struck by lightning and disintegrated in mid-air…

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Lightning Wrecks Plane in Mid-aiir

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Tuesday.--A Lancaster which was flying low in a freak storm over Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, was yesterday struck by lightning and disintegrated in mid-air…

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Lightning Wrecks Plane in Mid-aiir

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Tuesday.--A Lancaster which was flying low in a freak storm over Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, was yesterday struck by lightning and disintegrated in mid-air…

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Lightning Wrecks Plane in Mid-aiir

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Tuesday.--A Lancaster which was flying low in a freak storm over Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, was yesterday struck by lightning and disintegrated in mid-air…

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Lightning Wrecks Plane in Mid-aiir

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 14

LONDON, Tuesday.--A Lancaster which was flying low in a freak storm over Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, was yesterday struck by lightning and disintegrated in mid-air…

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Liner Runs Ashore in Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--The Alaska Steamship Company's liner Yukon (5747 tons) yesterday ran aground in heavy seas…

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