1200 Bodies in Tirpitz Wreck
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
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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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—After losing her rudder, the wooden coastal steamer Illalong ran aground…
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LONDON, Mar. 11.—An explosion wrecked the Jewish Agency Headquarters building in Jerusalem to-day. At least 10 Jews were killed and 89 injured. One wing of the U-shaped three-storey building collapsed and…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Tenders close at 5 p.m. today for the purchase of the 236-ton wooden steamer Illalong, at…
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LONDON, Friday.--A moh of more than 6000 stormed the offices of the three Rangoon newspapers today…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- A metal merchant today bought the beached 236-ton coaster Illalong for £275…
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MISSING 83ft. ketch Taipan, which disappeared from Brisbane 40 days ago, is safe, according to anonymous telephone calls received in Sydney…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. A 46ft. ketch ran aground on rocks at Point Lonsdale early today when the…
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LONDON, March 15.— Giant waves swept 14 members of the crew of the British trawler Epine, one by one, to their…
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LONDON, Monday. -- Fourteen of the crew of 19 were drowned yesterday when the British trawler Epine was…
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THIS PHOTOGRAPH was taken in Noumea Harbor this week. The ketch sailed into the harbor last week under the name of Avalon, without papers…
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Authorities in Noumea are holding the 83ft. ketch Avalon, which they say is the missing Australian ketch Taipan, until the vessel's papers arrive…
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The ketch Avalon, believed to be the Australian ketch Taipan which French authorities have detained at Noumea, did not commit an offence by sailing without…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.--With one of his typically brilliant finishes St. Fairy (9 to 2) cost Chanak (6 to 4 on) plungers at least £30,000 by winning the Glenara Handicap at Moonee Valley today…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--With the superstructure badly damaged, and a leaking engineroom, the…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--With the superstructure badly damaged, and a leaking engineroom, the…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--With the superstructure badly damaged, and a leaking engineroom, the…
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Australian miners once more were being drawn into a conflict without a statement of the issues…
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NEW YORK, March 22 (A.A.P.).—The tornado which hit Tinker Airfield, near Oklahoma City, on Saturday night,…
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