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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949

489 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 25

11 Hurt, Double Trams Wrecked in Collision Chaotic Scene at Rozelle Crossing

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 1

ELEVEN men were injured and many others suffered shock in a sensational smash involving two double trams, three cars of which were derailed and forced in the form of an arrowhead under a shop awning at Rozelle Junction at 6.30 this morning…

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Ketch Making Good Progress

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 23

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tues.--The Victorian ketch Kurrewa III is making good progress on its way from Auckland to Los…

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Labor Spies Wreck Unions

Tribune · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 7

PRESENCE of a plainclothes Federal policeman at last week’s Ironworkers’ meeting in the Town Hall shows that Prime…

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Attempt To Move Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 7

Randwick Council last night accepted an offer to remove the 51-years-old wreck of the clipper…

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Three Men Die In Bar Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Three men were drowned at 7 a.m. today when a 20-foot fishing launch capsized and sank on the bar of the Mooloolaba River…

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Captain's Distress at Wrecking of New Liner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

Captain Lee, of the ill-fated British luxury liner Magdalena, which ran aground and broke in two near Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage, showing distress as he listens to evidence during the inquiry into the disaster at the Harbor…

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Three Men Die In Bar Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Three men were drowned at 7 a.m. today when a 20-foot fishing launch capsized and sank on the bar of the Mooloolaba River…

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Captain's Distress at Wrecking of New Liner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

Captain Lee, master of the ill-fated British luxury liner Magdalena, which ran aground and broke in two near Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage, showing distress as he listens to evidence during the inquiry into the disaster at the Harbor…

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Three Men Die In Bar Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Three men were drowned at 7 a.m. today when a 20-foot fishing launch capsized and sank on the bar of the Mooloolaba River…

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Captain's Distress at Wrecking of New Liner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

Captain Lee, master of the ill-fated British luxury liner Magdalena,, which ran aground and broke in two near Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage, showing distress as he listens to evidence during the inquiry into the disaster at the Harbor…

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Captain's Distress at Wrecking of New Liner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

Captain Lee, master of the ill-fated British laxury liner Magdalena, which ran aground and broke in two near Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage, showing distress as he listens to evidence during the inquiry into the disaster at the Harbor…

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Three Men Die In Bar Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Three men were drowned at 7 a.m. today when a 20-foot fishing launch capsized and sank on the bar of the Mooloolaba River…

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Captain's Distress at Wrecking of New Liner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

Captain Lee, master of the ill-fated British luxury liner Magdalena, which ran aground and broke in two near Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage, showing distress as he listens to evidence during the inquiry into the disaster at the Harbor…

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Captain's Distress at Wrecking of New Liner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

Captain Lee, master of the ill-fated British luxury liner Magdalena, which ran aground and broke in two near Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage, showing distress as he listens to evidence during the inquiry into the disaster at the Harbor…

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Three Men Die In Bar Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Three men were drowned at 7 a.m. today when a 20-foot fishing launch capsized and sank on the bar of the Mooloolaba River…

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Captain's Distress at Wrecking of New Liner

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 5

Captain Lee, master of the ill-fated British luxury liner Magdalena, which ran aground and broke in two near. Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage, showing distress as he listens to evidence during the inquiry into the disaster at the Harbor…

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Wrecked Collier Breaking Up on Reef

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

The crew yesterday abandoned the wreeked collier. Munmorah, which is now breaking up on Inner Reef, near Bellambi Point. LEFT: The Munmorah being battered by heavy seas soon after the crew were brought ashore…

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Weary Men Off Collier Sea Batters Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

The crew abandoned the wrecked collier Munmorah about 7.30 a.m. yesterday while a heavy swell pounded the ship on Inner Reef, half a mile from Bellambi Point on the South…

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Foundered collier's back is broken

The Sun · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 3

Watchers near Bellambi, on the South Coast, reported today that the back of the collier Munmorah, which…

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Philippines Move Want Steamer Released

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday.— The Philippines made an official attempt to-day to release the steamer Ngatoro…

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