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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949

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Believe Bill Beatty This Is Australia: Bird of Darkness. Lighthouse of Wrecked Ships. Long Kick

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 May 1949 · page 9

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Wreckage of Launch Identified

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Newcastle water police have established that a boat keel found at…

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Wreckage of Launch Identified

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Newcastle water police have established that a boat keel found at…

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Wreckage of Launch Identified

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Newcastle water police have established that a boat keel found at…

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Smallpox Victim Goes Ashore

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 29 May 1949 · page 4

Janet Welch, 8, of Yorkshire (England), who is recovering from an attack of smallpox, being taken by boat to the Woodman's Point quarantine station (W.A.) last Friday. Janet is shown With her mother, after she and her contacts had been taken…

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Rescuers kick in windows to free injured from wrecked bus

The Sun · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 2

Rescuers told of grim and pathetic scenes that confronted them as they moved injured from the wrecked double-decker bus which somersaulted 40 feet into a gully on the northern side of The Spit Bridge about 11am today. Two early rescuers were…

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Wrecked Safe, But Missed Large Payroll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

Cracksmen last night opened a Camperdown canister factory safe with a gelignite explosion heard half…

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Rescuers Face Grim Scene at Bus Wreck Injured Call For Relatives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 4

Police, ambulance men and nearby residents saw pathetic scenes as the dead and injured passengers were removed from the wrecked bus near The Spit bridge yesterday…

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Safeblower Wrecks Safe in Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

Cleaners at a Camperdown factory last night saw a safebreaker climb to the roof of the premises, but thought he was a factory employee…

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Tried to Smuggle Dog Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

These two migrants in the Skaugum, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Szelpuk, tried to get their dog ashore in a suitcase when the ship arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday. They were detected and had to take the dog aboard again. They gave him to one of the crew. The Quarantine Act requires that, before a dog is allowed to land in Australia, it must be…

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Ketch bound for Dream Island found wrecked -- and empty

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 June 1949 · page 48

LONDON, Sat. -- Coastguards today found the ketch Reliance wrecked and abandoned near Portland Bill (Devon). They found no trace of survivors, but a woman's handbag and two ration books were in the cabin…

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Small Insect Could Cause a Shipwreck

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 5 June 1949 · page 6

A BLOWFLY could sink a ship! If you pay a visit to Norah Head Lighthouse, 40 miles north of Sydney, you will notice how…

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75 mph gale stops planes, ferries, wrecks homes Winter's First Snow Mantle

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 June 1949 · page 1

Winds up to 75 miles an hour in Sydney yesterday stopped ferry services and plane traffic and tore down high tension wires in all suburbs…

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Ships Delayed, Launches Driven Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

The hurricane which hit Sydney at the weekend caused extensive damage. Rough to very rough seas are forecast for the next few days, but the winds are subsiding…

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Child Star As 'Home-wrecker'

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 3

HOLLYWOOD, Monday.--Bandleader Don Sylvio makes no bones of the fact t bathe blames child film star Margaret O'Brien for wrecking his three months' marriage to…

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Child Star As 'Home-wrecker'

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 5

HOLLYWOOD, Monday.--Bandleader Don Sylvio makes no bones of the fact that he blames child film star Margaret O'Brien for wrecking his three months' marriage to…

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Child Star As 'Home-wrecker'

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 5

HOLLYWOOD, Monday.--Bandleader Don Sylvio makes no bones of the fact that he blames child film star Margaret O'Brien for wrecking his three months' marriage to…

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Child Star As 'Home-wrecker'

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 5

HOLLYWOOD, Monday.--Bandleader Don Sylvio makes no bones of the fact that he blames child film star Margaret O'Brien for wrecking his three months' marriage to…

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Child Star As 'Home-wrecker'

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 5

HOLLYWOOD, Monday.--Bandleader Don Sylvio makes no bones of the fact that he blames child film star Margaret O'Brien for wrecking his three months' marriage to…

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Child Star As 'Home-wrecker'

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 5

HOLLYWOOD, Monday.--Bandleader Don Sylvio makes no bones of the fact that he blames child film star Margaret O'Brien for wrecking his three months' marriage to…

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