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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

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Trawler Sunk in Harbor Collision 3a.m. Drama; One Hurt Pinned Down by Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 3

A 29ft. trawler was sunk in a collision with a 1370 tons collier off the Sow and Pigs at 3 a.m. today. One of three men on the trawler…

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Trawler Sunk in Harbor Collision 3a.m. Drama; One Hurt Pinned Down by Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 3

A 29ft. trawler was sunk in a collision with a 1370 tons collier off the Sow and Pigs at 3 a.m. today. One of three men on the trawler…

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Trawler Sunk in Harbor Collision 3a.m. Drama; One Hurt Pinned Down by Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 June 1948 · page 3

A 29ft. trawler was sunk in a collision with a 1370 tons collier off the Sow and Pigs at 3 a.m. today. One of three men on the trawler…

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Wrecked Plane, Skeletons Found

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Stackmen today found the wreckage of an aircraft, with skeletons beside it, 15 miles from Bundaberg…

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U.S. Delay May Wreck Wheat Pact

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.). -- The International Wheat Agreement may lapse because Congress failed to ratify it before going into recess last Saturday…

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Search For Adventure American To Buy Schooner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 3

An American ex-serviceman who has come to Australia from Japan to buy a sailing schooner and…

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Search For Adventure American To Buy Schooner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 3

An American ex-serviceman who has come to Australia from Japan to buy a sailing schooner and…

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Search For Adventure American To Buy Schooner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 3

An American ex-serviceman who has come to Australia from Japan to buy a sailing schooner and…

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Search For Adventure American To Buy Schooner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 3

An American ex-serviceman who has come to Australia from Japan to buy a sailing schooner and…

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Search For Adventure American To Buy Schooner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 3

An American ex-serviceman who has come to Australia from Japan to buy a sailing schooner and…

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Vandals wreck Red Cross city offices

The Sun · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 5

Vandals scaled a 20ft. drainpipe to enter Red Cross offices in Jamieson-street, city, last night, and after wrecking many rooms left empty-handed. They passed over several…

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Wreckage Identified

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Plane wreckage found in wild bush country 35 miles from Monto has been…

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Schooner Sunk by Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, June 24 (A.A.P.). —The Danish cargo schooner Horzia this morning struck a mine and sank off the east…

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Danish Schooner Hits Mine, Sinks

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--The Danish schooner Horzia, bound from Poland to Jutland. struck a mine and sank…

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Plane Wreck Identified

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 6

WRECKAGE OF A PLANE which two stockmen found in bush 75 miles from Bundaberg, Queensland, last Thursday. The Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford) said last night that it was the wreckage of a four-engined…

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U.S. Wreck Identified

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Wreckage found last Tuesday near Monto, Queensland, has been…

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U.S. Wreck Identified

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Wreckage found last Tuesday near Monto, Queensland, has been…

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Wreckage Identified Plane Missing Since 1943

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. — The crashed aircraft which two stockmen found on Tuesday near Monto (central Queens…

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N.s.w. Men in Wrecked Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 June 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sat.--Three New South Wales airmen were in the crew of a wrecked American Service aircraft which two…

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Injured pilot cut from cockpit of wrecked aeroplane

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 June 1948 · page 2

INVERELL, Sat.--While men stood by with fire-extinguishers, others cut the injured pilot from the cockpit of a plane which crashed on Inverell…

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