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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947

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Faint Hope for Crew of N.Z. PLANE Bomber Wreck In Sea Near Island Launch Sets Out From Mission to Investigate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 4

DARWIN, Saturday.--The R.N.Z.A.F. Mosquito bomber, sighted by a Catalina search plane near Sydney Island, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, apparently struck the sea with terrific force…

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Bodies of NZ airmen found in wreckage DARWIN

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1947 · page 2

BODIES of two New Zealand airmen were found today inside their wrecked Mosquito…

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Wreck "A Menace"

The Sun · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 3

Maroubra Surf Club will renew requests to Randwick Council to remove the iron remains of a wreck at the beach…

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Wreck Fouls Lifesaver's Line in Rescue Beltman, Patient Nearly Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 7

A Marouhra Beach lifesaver and a man he was rescuing almost drowned in rough seas yesterday when the lifeline fouled the wreck of a sunken ship…

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Native Found Wreckage Death Of Airmen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1947 · page 3

DARWIN, Sunday.—A report from an aged native on a walkabout led to the discovery of the bodies of the two…

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Crack U.s. Express Reported Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 6

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday. -- The Chicago to New York Limited has been wrecked near Columbia City, Indiana…

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Crack U.s. Express Reported Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 6

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday. -- The Chicago to New York Limited has been wrecked near Columbia City, Indiana…

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Eastes Wrecked Wests

Truth · Sunday 13 April 1947 · page 13

Two corker tries front Australian flyer Charlie Eastes gave Manly Union firsts a lucky 20-11 break over Wests at Concord Oval yesterday. Eastes, right at the peak of his…

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Steamer Hits Floating Mine

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 20

S.S. TITANIAN, 8500-tons Norwegian steamer, which hit a mine off the Dutch coast on March 30, being towed into Rotterdam…

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Steamer Hits Floating Mine

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 20

S.S. TITANIAN, 8500-tons Norwegian steamer, which hit a mine off the Dutch coast on March 30,being towed into Rotterdam…

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Steamer Hits Floating Mine

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 20

S.S. TITANIAN, 8500-tons Norwegian steamer, which hit a mine off the Dutch coast on March 30, being towed into Rotterdam…

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Steamer Hits Floating Mine

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 20

S.S. TITANIAN, 8500-tons Norwegian steamer, which hit a mine off the Dutch coast on March 30, being towed into Rotterdam…

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Steamer Hits Floating Mine

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 20

S.S. TITANIAN, 8500-tons Norwegian steamer, which hit a mine off the Dutch coast on March 30, being towed into Rotterdam…

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Steamer Hits Floating Mine

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 20

S.S. TITANIAN, 8500-tons Norwegian steamer, which hit a mine off the Dutch coast on March 30, being towed into Rotterdam…

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Steamer Hits Floating Mine

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 20

S.S. TITANIAN, 8500-tons Norwegian steamer, which hit d mine off the Dutch coast on March 30, being towed into Rotterdam…

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Fresh Explosions in Wrecked City Big Area Cleared

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.--Just as it appeared that the danger was over in devastated Texas City, a new explosion has threatened the…

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Fresh Explosions in Wrecked City Big Area Cleared

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.--Just as it appeared that the danger was over in devastated Texas City, a new explosion has threatened the…

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New Fire Peril in Wrecked City

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 1

This dramatic picturegram shows the pall of flame-shot smoke which hangs over Texas City, where the freighter Grand Camp blew up on Wednesday and started a holocaust, which is still burning. In the foreground is the Monsanto chemical plant, which also blew up. Most of the casualties occurred in this area…

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Peril Passes in Wrecked City

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 1

This dramatic picturegratn shows the poll of flame-shot smoke which hangs over Texas City, where the freighter Grand Camp blew up on Wednesday and started a holocaust, which is still burning. In the foreground is the Monsanto chemical plant, which also blew up. Most of the casualties occurred in this area…

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Fresh Explosions in Wrecked City Big Area Cleared

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.--Just as it appeared that the danger was over in devastated Texas City, a new explosion has threatened the…

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