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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

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"Plot" to Wreck Aid Plan

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Soviet Government is reported to be behind a Communist plot to wreck…

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Wreck Victims Safe

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

MEXICO CITY, Friday.-- A boatload of survivors from the sunken Honduran motor ship, Carolina, was rescued off…

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Wreck Victims Safe

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

MEXICO CITY Friday. -- A boatload of survivors from the sunken Honduran motor ship, Carolina, was rescued off…

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Wreck Victims Safe

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

MEXICO CITY, Friday. -- A boatload of survivors from the sunken Hondaran motor ship, Carolina, was rescued off…

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Wreck Victims Safe

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

MEXICO CITY, Friday.-- A boatload of survivors from the sunken Honduran motor ship, Carolina, was rescued off…

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Wreck Victims Safe

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

MEXICO CITY, Friday. -- A boatload of survivors from the sunken Honduran motor ship, Carolina, was rescued off…

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Wreck Victims Safe

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

MEXICO CITY, Friday. -- A boatload of survivors from the sunken Honduran motor ship, Carolina, was rescued off…

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Survived Shipwreck

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 5

THE SEVEN SURVIVORS of the coastal ship. Grazier, which overturned in heavy seas in Moreton Bay on Thursday. One member of the crew, Henry Maddams. was drowned. Survivors are--Back (from left):…

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Chinese Attack British Canton Consulate Wrecked Women Flown to Hongkong

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 3

HONGKONG, Saturday.-- Nearly 100 British women and children will be flown out of Canton, on the Chinese mainland and opposite Hongkong…

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Chinese Attack British Canton Consulate Wrecked Women Flown to Hongkong

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 3

HONGKONG, Saturday.-- Nearly 100 British women and children will be flown out of Canton, on the Chinese mainland and opposite Hongkong…

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Heavy Port Charges for French Steamer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 5

WHARFAGE dues of £1800 have been incurred by the French steamer Bir Hakeim (9171 tons) which has been in…

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Tasman Liner, Trawler in Collision Crash As Steamer Approaches Berth Slight Damage to Both Ships

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

THE Union Steamship Company's Tasman liner Wahine and the Sydney trawler Mary Cam were involved in a collision…

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Tasman Liner, Trawler in Collision Crash As Steamer Nears Wharf Slight Damage to Both Ships

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 5

THE Union Steamship Com pony's Tasman liner Wahine and the Sydney trawler Mary Cam were involved in a collision on the Harbor shortly after…

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Tasman Liner, Trawler in Collision Crash As Steamer Nears Wharf Slight Damage to Both Ships

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 5

THE Union Steamship Company's Tasman liner Wahihe and the Sydney trawler Mary Cam were involved in a collision on the Harbor shortly after…

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Tasman Liner, Trawler in Collision Crash As Steamer Nears Wharf Slight Damage to Both Ships

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 5

THE Union Steamship Company's Tasman liner Wahine and the Sydney trawler Mary Cam were involved in a collision on the Harbor shortly after…

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Tasman Liner, Trawler in Collision Crash As Steamer Nears Wharf Slight Damage to Both Ships

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 5

THE Union Steamship Company's Tasman liner Wahine and the Sydney trawler Mary Cam were involved in a collision on the Harbor shortly after…

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Tasman Liner, Trawler in Collision Crash As Steamer Nears Wharf Slight Damage to Both Ships

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 5

THE Union Steamship Company's Tasman liner Wahine and the Sydney trawler Mary Cam were involved in a collision on the Harbor shortly after…

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Gigantic Waves Wreck Island

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--A wall of wafer raised by a typhoon has caused appalling destruction on the island of Yap, the U.S. Navy reports…

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Sydney Ketch At Ascension Island

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 2

ASCENSION ISLAND, Thursday.-- The Sydney ketch Kathleen, skippered by Jack Earl, artist, on a world cruise, arrived at Ascension Island, South Atlantic, from St. Helena, on Tuesday…

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Sydney Ketch At Ascension Island

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 2

ASCENSION ISLAND, Thursday.-- The Sydney ketch Kathleen, skippered by Jack Earl, artist, on a world cruise, arrived at Ascension Island, South Atlantic, from St. Helena, on Tuesday…

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