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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947

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Editorial the Wreckers Come Into the Open

The Sun · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 1

IF anything else were needed to warn the Australian Labor Party of the knife aimed at its heart, it would be supplied by the neatly documented report issued to the "Empire…

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Plane Wreck Discovered with 19 Dead

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 6

SHANGHAI, Friday. -- With 19 dead aboard, the missing Chinese National Corporation airliner Which disappeared on…

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Plane Wreck Discovered with 19 Dead

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 February 1947 · page 6

SHANGHAI, Friday. -- With 19 dead aboard, the missing Chinese National Corporation airliner which disappeared on…

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Vandals Wreck Church

The Sun · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- Balwyn Baptist Church was practically wrecked last night…

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Vandals Wreck Baptist Church

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Vandals wrecked the interior of the Balwyn Baptist Church last night. They destroyed furniture and…

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Blast Wrecks Army Club Many known to be dead JERUSALEM

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1947 · page 2

THREE heavy explosions rocked Jerusalem early this afternoon wrecking a…

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Admiral In Shipwreck

The Sun · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday.--Lord Mountevans (Evans of the Broke) and his wife were among 51 persons rescued yesterday…

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800 Palestine Immigrants Shipwrecked Landed on Small Island

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 10

A ship carrying 800 refugees to Palestine was wrecked in the Mediterranean. The passengers reached the little island of Syrina off Rhodes, 500 miles from Haifa…

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On Maiden Voyage, And Wrecked 10 Miles Off Port

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 3

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Trawler Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 1

The trawler Colleen of about 40 feet, was washed ashore yesterday afternoon after its engine failed in Narooma Bay…

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Stop These Wreckers From Ruining You! Call To Australians To Boot Them Out

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 March 1947 · page 1

THIS is addressed to YOU--and, by you, we mean Mr. and Mrs. Australia. We aren't talking to you as to supporters of this party or that, this pressure- group or another pressure-group. We address you as the People, as the inmates of the Industrial Asylum which…

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Steamer Delayed by Missing Seamen

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 6

THE absence of some of the crew delayed the departure of the steamer Port Darwin (8000 tons) for the United Kingdom today…

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Steamer Delayed by Missing Seamen

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 6

THE absence of some of the crew delayed the departure of the steamer Port Darwin (8000 tons) for the United Kingdom today…

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Steamer Delayed by Missing Seamen

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 6

THE absence of some of the crew delayed the departure of the steamer Port Darwin (8000 tons) for the United Kingdom today…

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Steamer Delayed by Missing Seamen

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 6

THE absence of some of the crew delayed the departure of the steamer Port Darwin (8000 tons) for the United Kingdom today…

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Americans' Gay First Night Ashore Cafes Do Big Trade

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 1

AMERICAN servicemen, who arrived in Sydney yesterday with portion of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, staged the 'second American invasion'…

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Americans' Gay First Night Ashore Cafes Do Big Trade

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 1

AMERICAN servicemen, who arrived in Sydney yesterday with portion of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, staged the 'second American invasion'…

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Bid to Recover Gold in Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 14

AUCKLAND, Friday. — An effort to recover 35 bars of gold, worth £135,000, which are still lying embedded in the wreeked…

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Two Hurt In Launch Wreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 2

Two men were injured in desperate, but vain attempts to prevent a 30ft. launch from being blown on to the rocks at…

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10 Saved From Wrecked Ship Clung To Bow Half For 48 Hours 32 Other Men Still Missing

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 8

HONOLULU, Saturday.--The freighter St. John's Victory (7607 tons) has rescued 10 men from the bow of the American tanker Fort Dearborn (10,448 tons), which broke, in halves…

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