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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949

489 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 25

Brothers Buy Wrecked Freighter For £950

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 September 1949 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Two Queenscliff fishermen have paid £950 for the wrecked freighter Time, as she…

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Fishermen Start Work on Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Queenscliff fishermen have started to dismantle and unload the wrecked freighter…

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Big Task Clearing Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 1

KEMPSEY, Friday.-- The task of clearing away the muck and debris left by the…

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Big Task Clearing Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Friday. -- The task of clearing away the muck and debris left by the disastrous flood is…

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Big Task Clearing Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Friday.--The task of clearing away the muck and debris left by the…

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Big Task Clearing Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Friday.-- The task of clearing' away the muck and debris left by the…

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Fishermen Start Work on Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Queenscliff fishermen have started to dismantle and unload the wrecked freighter…

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Big Task Clearing Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 1

KEMPSEY, Friday.-- The task of clearing away the muck and debris left by the…

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US “Nazi” Wreck Robeson Function

Tribune · Saturday 3 September 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK.—The breaking-up by Fascist gangs (calling themselves “veterans”) of a New York picnic at which Paul…

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Chifley Praised by T.U.C. PRESIDENT Action On 'Red Wreckers' "Unions Must Remain Alert"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Appreciation of the Chifley Governments' handling of "Communist wreckers" was voiced by the President of the Trades Union Congress (Sir…

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Chifley Praised by T.U.C. PRESIDENT Govt. Action On "Red Wreckers" "Unions Must Remain Alert"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Appreciation of the Chifley Government's handling of "Communist wreckers" was voiced by the President of the Trades Union Congress (Sir…

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Chifley Praised by T.U.C. PRESIDENT Govt. Action On "Red Wreckers" "Unions Must Remain Alert"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Appreciation of the Chifley Government's handling of "Communist wreckers" was voiced by the President of the Trades Union Congress (Sir…

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Chifley Praised by T.U.C. PRESIDENT Govt. Action On "Red Wreckers" "Unions Must Remain Alert"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Appreciation of the Chifley Government's handling of "Communist wreckers" was voiced by the President of the Trades Union Congress (Sir…

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Chifley Praised by T.U.C. PRESIDENT Govt. Action On "Red Wreckers" "Unions Must Remain Alert"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Appreciation of the Chifley Government's handling of "Communist wreckers" was voiced by the President of the Trades Union Congress (Sir…

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Chifley Praised by T.U.C. PRESIDENT Govt. Action On "Red Wreckers" "Unions Must Remain Alert"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Appreciation of the Chifley Government's handling of "Communist wreckers" was voiced by the President of the Trades Union Congress (Sir…

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Chifley Praised by T.U.C. PRESIDENT Action On 'Red Wreckers' "Unions Must Remain Alert"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Appreciation of the Chifley Governments' handling of "Communist wreckers" was voiced by the President of the Trades Union Congress (Sir…

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U.s. Folding Lifeboat on Job

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 3

This new lifeboat, weighing only 186lbs. complete with equipment, can carry 35 men. Designed by the U.S. Coast Guard, it is made of rubber and is 14ft. long and 6ft. wide, folding into a package that one man can hoist on his…

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U.s. Folding Lifeboat on Job

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 September 1949 · page 3

This new lifeboat, weighing only 186lbs, complete with equipment, can carry 35 men. Designed by the U.S. Coast Guard, it is made of rubber and is 14ft. long and 6ft. wide, folding into a package that one man can hoist on his…

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Steamer Missing After Typhoon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 September 1949 · page 3

HONGKONG, Thurs. (A.A.P.).--The British steamer Choysang (879 tons), sister ship to the Chaksang, which blew up on Hongkong Harbor last night, as missing…

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20 Ships Ashore Hong Kong Typhoon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 September 1949 · page 3

HONG KONG, September 9 (A.A.P.—Reuter).—Only four of 24 ocean-going ships blown ashore by the typhoon which…

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