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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947

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Salvage of Plane Wreck Abandoned

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 6

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Attempts to salvage the Dutch Dakota plane which crashed into the sea near Point Lookout, Stradbroke Island, on…

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PARADE Seasickness Lunatics Civilisation Manpower Cooking Chinchitlas Stay Ashore Best Way to Avoid Seasickness

Truth · Sunday 23 March 1947 · page 30

NEW YORK.—The voyager who remarked that in the first half of the trip he was afraid the ship would sink and that in the second half he was so sick he was afraid it wouldn't, accurately summed up the world-wide curse of those who travel…

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The scandals of a guttersnipe could wreck a Government

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1947 · page 5

When France's Interior Minister Edouard Depreux spoke of Joseph Joanovici this week, he was not exaggerating when he said: "The very life of France's Fourth Republic is threatened."…

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Rescued From Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 5

BRITISH SOLDIERS cheer-fully watch the disembarkation of 140 Jewish women and 204 children immigrants on arrival…

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Rescued From Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 5

BRITISH SOLDIERS cheerfully watch the disembarkation of 140 Jewish women and 204 children immigrants on arrival…

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Rescued From Ship wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 5

BRITISH SOLDIERS cheerfully watch the disembarkation of 140 Jewish women and 204 children immigrants on arrival…

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Rescued From Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 5

BRITISH SOLDIERS cheerfully watch the disembarkation of 140 Jewish women and 204 children immigrants on arrival…

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Rescued From Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 5

BRITISH SOLDIERS cheerfully watch the disembarkation of 140 Jewish women and 204 children immigrants on arrival…

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Rescued From Ship wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 5

|BRITISH SOLDIERS cheerfully watch the disembarkation of 140 Jewish women and 204 children immigrants on arrival…

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No Bond, So Cats Were Put Ashore

The Sun · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 5

Two pet cats, one of which chews gum, were removed from the Eastgate when she berthed at Woolloomooloo today…

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Plane Seeking Wreck Victim

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 13

DARWIN, Wednesday. -- Mr. Harry Moss left today in his Fox Moth plane to assist in the search for one of the four…

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Plane Seeking Wreck Victim

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 14

DARWIN, Wednesday. -- Mr. Harry Moss left today in his Fox Moth plane to assist in the search for one of the four…

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Plane Seeking Wreck Victim

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 14

DARWIN, Wednesday. -- Mr. Harry Moss left today in his Fox Moth plane to assist in the search for one of the four…

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Diggers and Housing "Many Marriages Being Wrecked."

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 6

State Secretary of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. has forwarded to every sub-branch a letter asking for a strong effort to solve the tremendous problem of the…

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Customs Inquiry On Amboinese Wrecked In North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 4

DARWIN, Wednesday.— Three Amboinese who were wrecked off Cape Don when their small sailing vessel was…

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N.z. Tidal Waves Kill Stock, Wreck Property

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 11

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--Two tidal waves today drowned hundreds of sheep and cattle and destroyed property on the east coast of New Zealand…

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Wreck For Easter Sightseers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 11

THE recent tragedy of the Wanganella reminds us that sixteen years ago Sydney's Easter was marked…

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Theft Aboard Steamer

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

PHILLIP ST. police are investigating the theft of £97 in £1 notes from a locked cupboard in the purser's cabin aboard the S.S…

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Theft Aboard Steamer

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

PHILLIP ST. police are investigating the theft of £97 in £1 notes from a locked cupboard in the purser's cabin aboard the S.S…

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Rescuers Reach Mosquito Wreck

The Sun · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 3

BRISBANE. Monday. -- Rescuers have reached the wreckage of the RAAF Mosquito, which crashed at Saddle Mountain. 20…

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