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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946

617 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 31

Taxicab Crashes Into Crowd; Seven Injured Baby Pinned Under Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

OUT of control after a tyre had burst, a taxi mounted a crowded footpath and mowed down 12 persons in King Street, Newtown, this morning. Seven were injured, including a two-years-old girl who was pinned under the taxi for several minutes in her smashed pram. WITH brakes screeching and horn…

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Taxicab Crashes Into Crowd; Seven Injured Baby Pinned Under Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

OUT of control offer a tyre had burst, a taxi mounted a crowded footpath and mowed down 12 persons in King Street, Newtown this morning. Seven were injured, including a two-years-old girl who was pinned under the taxi for several minutes in her smashed pram. WITH brakes screeching and horn…

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Taxicab Crashes Into Crowd; Seven Injured Baby Pinned Under Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

OUT of control after a tyre had burst, a taxi mounted a crowded footpath and mowed down 12 persons in King Street, Newtown, this morning. Seven were injured, including a two-years-old girl who was pinned under the taxi for several minutes in her smashed pram. WITH brakes screeching and horn…

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Nearly Wrecked the Home Went Home Drunk and Assaulted Wife

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 6

Robert Peter McGibbon has come to the conclusion that he'll have to give up the drink. He told the magistrate so at…

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Pirates Plunder Victims of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 17

CANTON, Wednesday.--Fifty Chinese ferry passengers were either killed or drowned when attacked by pirates after the ferry foundered near…

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Pirates Plunder Victims Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 17

CANTON, Wednesday.--Fifty Chinese ferry passengers were either killed or drowned when attacked by pirates after the ferry foundered near…

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Pirates Plunder Victims Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 17

CANTON, Wednesday.--Fifty Chinese ferry passengers were either killed or drowned when attacked by pirates after the ferry foundered near…

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Pirates Plunder Victims Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 17

CANTON, Wednesday.--Fifty Chinese ferry passengers were either killed or drowned when attacked by pirates after the ferry foundered near…

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Pirates Plunder Victims Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 17

CANTON, Wednesday.--Fifty Chinese ferry passengers were either killed or drowned when attacked by pirates after the ferry foundered near…

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Pirates Plunder Victims Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 17

CANTON. Wednesday.--Fifty Chinese ferry passengers were either killed or drowned when attacked by pirates after the ferry foundered near…

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Marriage Wrecked By Lottery Win

The Sun · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 3

An interstate lottery win of £1200 wrecked the marriage of Lena Marjorie Street, 40, Gerrish-street,…

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Fortune in guilders missing from wrecked Dutch plane PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 10 March 1946 · page 3

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of Dutch silver guilders, part of the cargo of a plane which crashed in Western Australia, are believed to be missing. Nine cases of paper guilders, worth £150,000, have been…

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Only Wrecked Seats Left After Theatre Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 9

CHILDREN playing in the ruins of theatre seats after fire completely destroyed a weatherboard theatre…

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Yoizuki Sails After Inspection at Rabaul Report Of Some Women Ashore

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 1

THE investigation commission appointed by the Government inspected the overcrowded Japanese destroyer Yoizuki at Rabaul this morning. The ship sailed immediately afterwards…

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Tugs Sent To Raise Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 8

HOBART, Wednesday.--Two tugs, carrying cranes, have left Hobart for Seven Mile Beach to raise the wreck of the airliner which crashed into the sea on Sunday night, killing…

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Tugs Sent To Raise Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 8

HOBART, Wednesday.--Two tugs, carrying cranes, have left Hobart for Seven Mile Beach to raise the wreck of the airliner which crashed into the sea on Sunday night, killing…

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Tugs Sent To Raise Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 8

HOBART, Wednesday.--Two tugs, carrying cranes, have left Hobart for Seven Mile Beach to raise the wreck of the airliner which crashed into the sea on Sunday night, killing…

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Actor Sells £175 Schooner Passages

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 10

LONDON, Thursday.--English actor Edwin Cross collected names at the rate of two a minute outside Australia House, offering passages to Australia in a schooner at £175 each, including landing fees…

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Actor Sells £175 Schooner Passages

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 10

LONDON, Thursday.--English actor Edwin Cross collected names at the rate of two a minute outside Australia House, offering passages to Australia in a schooner at £175 each, including landing fees…

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Actor Sells £175 Schooner Passages

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 10

LONDON, Thursday.--English actor Edwin Cross collected names at the rate of two a minute outside Australia House, offering passages to Australia in a schooner at £175 each, including landing fees…

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