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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947

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All Men In Dutch Dakota Safe R.A.A.F. Wreck Sighted, No Sign of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 5

Latest developments in the search over Northern Australia for three missing planes: An R.A.A.F. Dakota yesterday established that the seven men in the Dutch Navy Dakota which…

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Rescue Party Reaches R.a.a.f. Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 13

TOWNSVILLE, Monday.--A ground rescue party has reached the wreckage of the R.A.A.F. Mosquito bomber, which crashed on Saddle Mountain, 20 miles from Townsville, last Tuesday…

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Rescue Party Reaches R.a.a.f. Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 13

TOWNSVILLE, Monday.--A ground rescue party has reached the wreckage of the R.A.A.F. Mosquito bomber, which crashed on Saddle Mountain, 20 miles from Townsville, last Tuesday…

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Rescue Party Reaches R.a.a.f. Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 13

TOWNSVILLE, Monday.--A ground rescue party has reached the wreckage of the R.A.A.F. Mosquito bomber, which crashed on Saddle Mountain, 20 miles from Townsville, last Tuesday…

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Rescuers Striving to Reach Plane Wrecks

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 13

TOWNSVILLE, Monday.--A large search party consisting of members of the R.A.A.F., police and local residents set out this morning in an attempt to reach the wrecked Mosquito bomber near the summit of Saddle Mountain…

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Rescuers Striving to Reach Plane Wrecks

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 13

TOWNSVILLE, Monday.--A large search party consisting of members of the R.A.A.F., police and local residents set out this morning in an attempt to reach the wrecked Mosquito bomber near the summit of Saddle Mountain…

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Higher Steamer Fares Forecast

The Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 9

Hint of higher fares was given today by Mr. Irvine C. Geddes chairman of the Orient line, who arrived recently by the Orion…

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R.A.A.F. Crew Dead By Wreckage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.— The crew of the R.A.A.F. Mosquito which crashed last Tuesday, 20 miles north-cast of…

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Slavs’ UNRRA Gear Wrecked

Tribune · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

BELGRADE.—Several hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment paid for by American and British taxpayers payers through their countries’…

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Russian Prince Takes Life Death After Embezzlement Charge Flat Wrecked by Explosion

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--A former Russian prince, who had sunk to the level of a thief, committed suicide yesterday. HE was Prince Michael Galatzin…

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Ship Wrecked in Harbor

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1947 · page 1

CAPETOWN. Wednesday. -- The Greek steamer George M. Livanos (5482 tons), with a cargo of wool from Australia…

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12 Men Lost in Shipwreck Heavy Storm Off French Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 3

LONDON, April 4 (A.A.P.).— The British ship Willodale sank outside the mouth of the Gironde River, on the Atlantic coast of…

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Old Plane Wreck In Gulf Country

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 7

DARWIN, Friday.--Wreckage of a plane, assumed to be an American Liberator which crashed in the Gulf country in 1943, was sighted on Wednesday…

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Wrecked N.Z. Plane Found

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 1

An R.A.A.F. Catalina yesterday found the wreckage of the New Zealand Air Force Mosquito bomber which disappeared on…

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Faint Hope for Crew of N.Z. PLANE Bomber Wreck In Sea Near Island Boat on Way to Scene of Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 2

DARWIN, Saturday.--The R.N.Z.A.F Mosquito bomber which has been sighted by a Catalina search plane in shallow water near Sydney Island, in…

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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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Faint Hope for Crew of N.Z. PLANE Bomber Wreck In Sea Near Island Boat on Way to Scene of Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 2

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

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Faint Hope for Grew 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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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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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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