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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

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Punch, knife, iron bar-- and wreckage; man discharged Real donnybrook in a Pyrmont cafe

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

A proper "donnybrook" in a Pyrmont cafe on May 19 last year was described by Grown, Prosecutor (Mr. A. K. Stevens) in Quarter Sessions today…

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Two Escape From Blazing Schooner

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 7

A man and a woman escaped from the biasing £25,000 luxury schooner Morewa at Pittwater early yesterday, morning through an air vent over the galley…

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Freedom Of Port For Ketch

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 3

RECIFE (Brazil), Saturday.--The globe encircling Sydney ketch, Kathleen, was granted the freedom…

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Freedom Of Port For Ketch

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 3

RECIFE (Brazil), Saturday.--The globe -encircling Sydney ketch, Kathleen, was granted the freedom…

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Freedom Of Port For Ketch

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 3

RECIFE (Brazil), Saturday.--The globe encircling Sydney ketch, Kathleen, was granted the freedom…

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Freedom Of Port For Ketch

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 3

RECIFE (Brazil), Saturday.--The globe encircling Sydney ketch, Kathleen, was granted the freedom…

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Freedom Of Port For Ketch

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 3

RECIFE (Brazil), Saturday.--The globe encircling Sydney ketch, Kathleen, was granted the freedom…

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11 men staged a shipwreck

The Sun · Sunday 7 March 1948 · page 8

Eleven United States Army volunteers began Operation Shipwreck in New York during the…

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Ketch Mystery: Missing 34 Days

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.--The 83-foot ketch Taipan has been missing since she left Brisbane for Cairns 34 days ago. Customs officials said…

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Explosion wrecks fireworks shed

The Sun · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 5

Two men had remarkable escapes today when an electric light globe, dropping into imitation hand grenades, caused an explosion which wrecked a shed at an…

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Blast Wrecks Epping Plant

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 2

A factory, in which dummy hand grenades were stored, blew up at Epping this morning. THE factory, which is owned by Howard and Sons…

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Factory Wrecked by Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 4

A factory, in which dummy hand grenades were stored, blew up at Epping this morning…

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Factory Wrecked by Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 4

A factory, in which dummy hand grenades were stored, blew up at Epping this morning…

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Blast Wrecks Epping Plant

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 2

A factory, in which dummy hand grenades were stored, blew up at Epping this morning. THE factory, which is owned by Howard and Sons…

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Factory Wrecked by Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 4

A factory, in which dummy hand grenades were stored, blew up at Epping this morning…

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Factory Wrecked by Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 4

A factory, in which dummy hand grenades were stored, blew up at Epping this morning…

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Ship ashore near Newcastle

The Sun · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 5

The coastal steamer Ilialong (239 tons), with a crew of 11, ran ashore early today a mile and a half south…

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Explosion Of Grenades Wrecks Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 5

The fireworks factory of Howard and Son, in Waterloo Road, Epping, was wrecked yesterday when 68…

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1200 Bodies in Tirpitz Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--The bodies of 1200 German naval personnel have been found trapped in the wreckage during the breaking-up of the German battleship Tirpitz…

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1200 Bodies in Tirpitz Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--The bodies of 1200 German naval personnel have been found trapped in the wreckage during the breaking-up of the German battleship Tirpitz…

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