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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

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Surf wrecks two boats; many injured

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1948 · page 2

Two surfboats were wrecked yesterday, one at Manly and the other at Cronulla, in the heaviest surf for years. The Manly boat was dumped on the rocks at…

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Dollar-Wise Isolation Will Wreck The Peace And Democracy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 6

U.N.O.'s economic and social council has been studying that most vexing of all current…

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Wreckage Reported Cutters Race To Scene Missing Plane Search

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

BERMUDA, Monday.--All hope has been given up of finding alive any passengers or crew of the…

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Searchers Report Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

BERMUDA, Monday.--All hope has been given up of finding alive any passengers or crew of the…

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Log Resembled Wrecked Plane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 3

The "wrecked aeroplane" reported to have been seen from a distance last week in the Kiandra district was possibly a large log…

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Wreckage May Be From Missing Tudor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, February 2 (A.A.P.).—A searching aircraft yesterday reported, what may be the first trace of the British…

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Storm Wrecks French Island

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- A cyclone which has lasted several days has devastated Reunion Island, French possession…

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Ship Nearly Runs Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- The freighter Cape Ortegal (5000 tons) was swept to within 100 yards of Port…

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Signal Box Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

A RAILWAY SIGNAL BOX at the foot of Victoria St., North Sydney, was wrecked by a fall of…

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Signal Box Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

A RAILWAY SIGNAL BOX at the foot of Victoria St., North Sydney, was wrecked by a fall of…

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Signal Box Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

A RAILWAY SIGNAL BOX at the foot of Victoria St., North Sydney, was wrecked by a fall of…

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Signal Box Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

A RAILWAY SIGNAL BOX at the foot of Victoria St., North Sydney, was wrecked by a fall of…

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Signal Box Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

A RAILWAY SIGNAL BOX at the foot of Victoria St., North Sydney, was wrecked by a fall of…

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Signal Box Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

A RAILWAY SIGNAL BOX at the foot of Victoria St., North Sydney, was wrecked by a fall of…

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O'dwyer, 5-52, W.a. Wrecker

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1948 · page 17

Tousled-headed Tom O'Dwyer wrecked Queensland's hopes of a first-innings lead against Western…

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Australian Ketch in Brazil

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

RECIFE (Brazil), Thursday. -- The Sydney ketch Kathleen, on a world cruise, arrived yesterday in time for the crew to join in the gaiety of a threeday national carnival. DURING the 1240-mile voyage…

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Australian Ketch in Brazil

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

RECIFE (Brazil), Thursday. -- The Sydney ketch Kathleen, on a world cruise, arrived yesterday in time for the crew to join in the gaiety of a threeday national carnival. DURING the 1240-mile voyage…

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Australian Ketch in Brazil

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

RECIFE (Brazil), Thursday. -- The Sydney ketch Kathleen, on a world cruise, arrived yesterday in time for the crew to join in the gaiety of a threeday national carnival. DURING the 1240-mile voyage…

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Australian Ketch in Brazil

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 7

RECIFE (Brazil), Thursday.-- The Sydney ketch Kathleen, on a world cruise, arrived yesterday in…

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Australian Ketch in Brazil

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

RECIFE (Brazil), Thursday. -- The Sydney ketch Kathleen, on a world cruise, arrived yesterday in time tor the crew to join in the gaiety of a three- day national carnival. DURING the 1240-mile voyage…

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