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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 28

Wreckage Near Terrigal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 5

GOSFORD, Tuesday.— Wre[?]kage from a launch was washed up on Forrester's Beach, between Terrigal and…

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Wreckage Clue To Launch

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 4

GOSFORD, Tuesday.--Police think two 4ft. pieces of wreckage washed…

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Clearing Up Rail Wreck

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3

GOODS TRAIN PASSES the scene of yesterday's rail disaster at Harden while a repair gang works on clearing the line of carriages and vans smashed when the South-West mail plunged from the track and fell over an embankment. WRECKED CARS after yesterday's smash at Harden. A powerful breakdown crane can be seen at work among debris in the background. TWO OF THE wrecked carriages, one overturned and torn apart. The cars are between two giant boulders which they narrowly missed. A MEMBER OF the breakdown gang fixing a wire rope to haul wreckage from the rails…

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Food, Goods Looted While Rescuers Labor in Wreck 12 Harden Injured Now Out Of Danger

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1

HARDEN, Thursday.--Hundreds of pounds worth of goods were looted from the wreckage of the South-west Mail which crashed down an embankment near Harden yesterday, killing four persons and injuring 20. EVEN whi[?] railway…

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Clearing Up Rail Wreck

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3

GOODS TRAIN PASSES the scene of yesterday's rail disaster at Harden while a repair gang works on clearing the line of carriages and vans smashed when the South-West mail plunged from the track and fell over an embankment. WRECKED CARS after yesterday's smash at Harden. A powerful breakdown crane can be seen at work among debris in the background. TWO OF THE wrecked carriages, one overturned and torn apart. The cars are between two giant boulders which they narrowly missed. A MEMBER OF the breakdown gang fixing a wire rope to haul wreckage from the rails…

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Food, Goods Looted While Rescuers Labor in Wreck 12 Harden Injured Now Out Of Danger

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 1

HARDEN,Thursday.--Hundreds of pounds worth of goods were looted from the wreckage of the South-west Mail which crashed down an embankment near Hlrden yesterday, killing four persons and injuring 20. EVEN while railway KENNETH AUSTIN JONES (36), Canley Vale Rd., Canlay Vale, whose right thigh was fractured and face…

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Plane Wreckage Seen

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 5

MEXICO CITY, Monday.-- The wreckage of a plane, with 15 people on board, which has been missing since Friday…

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Plane Wreckage Seen

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 5

MEXICO CITY, Monday.--The wreckage of a plane, with 15 people on board, which has been missing since Friday,…

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Plane Wreckage Seen

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 5

MEXICO CITY, Monday.-- The wreckage of a plane, with 15 people on board, which has been missing since Friday,…

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Plane Wreckage Seen

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 1

MEXICO CITY, Monday.-- The wreckage of a plane, with 15 people on board, which has been missing since Friday,…

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Plane Wreckage Seen

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 1

MEXICO CITY, Monday.-- The wreckage of a plane, with 15 people on board, which has been missing since Friday,…

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Record Ore Loading. By New Steamer Iron Yampi

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 2

The Iron Yampi (12,500 tons), on her second voyage from Whyalla to Newcastle recently, loaded 10,510 tons of ironstone, a record single shipment…

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Survivors Of Wreck Saved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The coastal freighter Wandana to-day rescued from the shores of remote Flinders Island, 300…

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Fire Wrecks Deaf Centre Damage Totals £15,000

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 1

FIRE caused damage esti­mated at £15,000 to the Deaf and Dumb Institute, conducted by the Dominican…

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Italians Wreck Rail Lines: Strike Ends

The Sun · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

ROME, Friday.--Violence spread Widely over Italy yesterday, with more, shooting and the blowing up of railway lines…

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Was This Murder? Mad Wrecker May Have Caused Big Rail Smash

Truth · Sunday 18 July 1948 · page 2

Smash-up of the South-west Mail near Galong on July 1, in which four people were killed and 18 injured, may have been the work of a mad wrecker. Two C.I.B. detectives and…

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Deliberate wrecking suspected Police seize clues found near Harden smash

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 July 1948 · page 5

HARDEN, Sat.--Police are investigating a theory that the Galong rail disaster in which four people were killed on June 30, was deliberately caused…

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Test for Lifeboat

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 7

LONDON.-- Four Britons soon will gamble their lives to prove that a new- style 30-foot lifeboat can't…

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Test for Lifeboat

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 July 1948 · page 7

LONDON.-- Four Britons soon will gamble their lives to prove that a new- style 30-foot lifeboat can't…

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Reds 'trying to wreck militia plan'

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 July 1948 · page 8

Communist interests were trying to sabotage Australia's militia plan, a delegate to the State…

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