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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946

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Raising of Airliner's Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Hopes are held that all wreckage of the crashed A.N.A. Douglas airliner will be raised…

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Raising of Airliner's Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday. --Hopes are held that all wreckage of the crashed A.N.A. Douglas airliner will be raised…

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Aust-new Guinea Steamer Service

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 21

CANBERRA, Thursday.--A regular steamer service would be started between Australia and New Guinea, the External Territories Minister (Mr…

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Wrecked Planes' Parts Removed

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 4

KEIRAN JOHN CHALLENDER (18), railway porter, was, given a suspended sentence of four months' gaol in Campsie Court today on a…

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Lifeboat To The Rescue

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 3

THE CROMER (England) lifeboat pulls away from the deserted steamer Corcrest (2373 tons), as she lies broken on the southern end of Halsbro' Sands, near Caister-on-sea. The lifeboat made a dash through heavy seas to rescue the crew of 25, after the…

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Lifeboat To The Rescue

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 8

THE CROMER (England) lifeboat pulls away from the deserted steamer Corcrest (2373 tons), as she lies broken on the southern end of Halsbro' Sands, near Caister-on-sea. The lifeboat made a dash through heavy seas to rescue the crew of 25, after the…

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Lifeboat To The Rescue

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 8

THE CROMER (England) lifeboat pulls away from the deserted steamer Corcrest (2373 tons), as she lies broken on the southern end of Halsbro' Sands, near Caister-on-sea. The lifeboat made a dash through heavy seas to rescue the crew of 25, after the…

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Lifeboat To The Rescue

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 8

THE CROMER (England) lifeboat pulls away from the deserted steamer Corcrest (2373 tons), as she lies broken on the southern end of Halsbro' Sands, near Caister-on-sea. The lifeboat made a dash through heavy seas to rescue the crew of 25, after the…

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Lifeboat To The Rescue

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 8

THE CROMER (England) lifeboat pulls away from the deserted steamer Corcrest (2373 tons), as she lies broken on the southern end of Halsbro' Sands, near Caister-on-sea. The lifeboat made a dash through heavy seas to rescue the crew of 25, after the…

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Lifeboat To The Rescue

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 3

THE CROMER (England) lifeboat pulls away from the deserted steamer Corcrest (2373 tons), as she lies broken on the southern end of Halsbro' Sands, near Caister-on-sea." The lifeboat made a dash through heavy seas to rescue the crew of 25. after the…

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Old steamer wanted for housing

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 3

The Federal Government should use the former Melbourne paddle-steamer Weeroona to house homeless…

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Heavy seas in jure surfers, wreck boats; sharks add to panic at title carnival

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 12

TWO surfers in hospital, many injured, dramatic rescues in mountainous seas, and nine shark alarms were the highlights of the Australian Championship Surf Carnival…

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Waratah nearly wrecked his chance at turn

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 2

WARATAH, easy winner of the Burwood Encourage at Canterbury yesterday, nearly ruined his chancel at the turn. "Waratah was well clear…

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N.Z. Brides Not Allowed Ashore

The Sun · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 3

Two hundred and eleven New Zealand brides of US servicemen and their 86 children, are looking glumly at Sydney from the…

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Beer 26 a Schooner Es Newest Racket in Bars

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 7

Shortage of Beer because of the strike at Tooth s breweries has led to a new beer racket. Yesterday, while I was standing at tke back of a six-deep…

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Steamer Held Up

The Sun · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 2

The steamer Mangola, discharging cement in Sydney, is held up by a dispute with wharf-laborers The wharflaborers…

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Steamer's Mystery Dash From Port

The Sun · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the sudden departure from Morctai last Thursday night of the steamer Buranda (685 tons). The Buranda left while its…

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Plane Crashes Into Mountain Peak Charred Bodies In Wreckage Rescue Party's Perilous Climb

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 5

HONGKONG, Friday.--Four charred bodies were found in the wreckage of an R.A.F. Dakota which crashed on a peak on Lantao Island, off the…

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Plane Crashes Into Mountain Peak Charred Bodies In Wreckage Rescue Party's Perilous Climb

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 5

HONGKONG, Friday.--Four charred bodies were found in the wreckage of an R.A.F. Dakota which crashed on a peak on Lantao island, off the…

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Plane Crashes Into Mountain Peak Charred Bodies In Wreckage Rescue Party's Perilous Climb

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 5

HONGKONG, Friday.--Four charred bodies were found in the wreckage of an R.A.F. Dakota which crashed on a peak on Lantao Island, off the…

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