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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 28

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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Bevin Slates Soviet Russians As 'Wreckers' New Plea for Western Unity

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Bluntly condemning the Soviet Union yesterday, the British Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) declared that the "West must draw closely together in a spiritual union of brotherhood…

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Bevin Slates Soviet Russians As 'Wreckers' New Plea for Western Unity

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Bluntly condemning the Soviet Union yesterday, the British Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) declared that the "West must draw closely together in a spiritual union of brotherhood."…

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Bevin Slates Soviet Russians As 'Wreckers' New Plea for Western Unity

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Bluntly condemning the Soviet Union yesterday, the British Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) declared that the "West must draw closely together in a spiritual union of brotherhood."…

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Bevin Slates Soviet Russians As 'Wreckers' New Plea for Western Unity

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Bluntly condemning the Soviet Union yesterday, the British Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin] declared that the "West must draw closely together in a spiritual union of brotherhood."…

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Bevin Slates Soviet Russians As 'Wreckers' New Plea for Western Unity

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Bluntly condemning the Soviet Union yesterday, the British Foreign Minister (Mr. Bevin) declared that the "West must draw closely together in a spiritual union of brotherhood.",…

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3 Sharks Drive Surfers Ashore

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 2

THREE Queenscliff lifesavers, riding surfboards about 300 yards out this afternoon, paddled frantically for the…

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Why Is It Called Annandale ? Convict carried 'first man ashore'

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 9

"THE story of a pretty lass, I mow sing unto you, Who often gave me two black eyes, which made my face quite blue.." This was the opening couplet of…

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U.S. Migrant To Sail Ketch To Aust

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.). -- An American marine engineer with his wife and small son, hopes soon to migrate to Australia in his own 38ft. ketch…

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Anglo-indians Put Ashore Migrants Left At Bombay, Says R.N. Officer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 7

Australian authorities put ashore at Bombay 150 migrants, mostly Anglo-Indians, who were travelling to Australia in the liner Asturias…

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Soviet Expansionist Policy in Europe Sweeping Condemnation by Ernest Bevin Persistent Efforts to Wreck Western Europe

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 4

In a sweeping denunciation of the Soviet's expansionist policy in Europe the British Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest Bevin, who was opening the Foreign Affairs debate…

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Ketch Still in Lead Tasman Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 1

Kurrewa III, the Victorian ketch which has held the lead in the Auckland-Sydney yacht race,…

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Plane Wreckage Reported Near Kiandra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 1

ADAMINABY, Thursday.—The wreckage of a plane was reported to-night in wild country about five…

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Mountain search for plane wreck

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 8

Police think a white log lying in mountainous country about five miles north of Kiandra may have been…

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Vandals Wreck Trees on Beach Front

The St George Call · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 1

Vandals destroyed numerous ornamental trees on the Brighton beachfront during the Christmas period. Many of the trees were chopped off…

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Plane Wreck in Snow Country

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 1

A police party left Adaminaby this morning to investigate a report that wreckage of a plane had been seen in wild country about five miles from Kiandra, north of Mount…

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Plane Wreck in Snow Country

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 1

A police party left Adaminaby this morning to investigate a report that wreckage of a plane had been seen in wild country about five miles from Kiandra, north of Mount…

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False Report on Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 2

What was thought to be the wreckage of a plane in wild country about five miles from Kiandra, north…

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2 Wrecked Planes Found; 21 Killed

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 31

LONDON, Saturday. — Rescue parties last night reached the wreck of the American Dakota aircraft which crashed near Digne, Lower Alps, France, on Tuesday and found all 12 occupants dead…

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Narrow Escapes From Heavy Seas Dinghy And Surfboat Wrecked Boys Rescued From Harbor

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 3

Huge seas which lashed the coast yesterday were so fierce that some beaches had to be closed to the public. Narrow escapes were experienced and…

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