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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950

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British Steamer Blows Up at Sea

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Lloyd's of London reported early today that a British steamer had blown up in the Red Sea. The steamer is the Indian…

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British Steamer Blows Up at Sea

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Lloyd's of London reported early today that a British steamer had blown up in the Red Sea. The steamer is the Indian…

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British Steamer Blows Up at Sea

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Lloyds of London reported nearly today that a British steamer had blown up in the Red Sea. The steamer is the Indian…

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British Steamer Blows Up at Sea

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Lloyds of London reported early today that a British steamer had blown, up in the Red Sea. The steamer is the Indian…

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British Steamer Blows Up at Sea

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Lloyds of London reported nearly today that a British steamer had blown up in the Red Sea. The steamer is the Indian…

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Girls Escape When Wall Wrecks Bed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 1

MACKSVILLE, Monday. —A gale which struck Macksville early this morning brought down part of a…

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EVIL: Poison Pen Letters Wreck Many Lives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 15

"THE RAVEN" is a penetrating study of the inhabitants of a small French town who are thrown into fear and anger by a series of ruthlessly clever "poison pen" letters. THE film was made in…

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Paddle Steamer Trials On Jets

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 4

LONDON. -- Ancient and modern will meet when an old railway paddle-steamer, the Lucy Ashton, is jet propelled…

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Paddle Steamer Trials On Jets

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 4

LONDON. -- Ancient and modern will meet when an old railway paddle-steamer, the Lucy Ashton, is let propelled…

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Paddle Steamer Trials On Jets

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 3

LONDON. -- Ancient and modern will meet when an old railway paddle-steamer, the Lucy Ashton, is jet propelled…

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Wrecked Homes Crops Lost In Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 1

MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.—A violent blow which struck Cudgen, a small farming community,…

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Liner Ashore Montreal

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1950 · page 2

Canadian National Steamships' 6000-ton passenger vessel Canadian Constructor is aground on a reef near…

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Freighter Blown Ashore During Cyclone

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 June 1950 · page 1

The north coast of New South Wales has been stricken and largely isolated by some of the greatest floods in its history. In scores of towns and hamlets thousands of people left their homes yesterday as the northern rivers' floodwaters spread…

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6000 Flee Floods Havoc along coast: ship driven ashore

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1950 · page 1

MORE than 6000 people have been driven from their homes in flooded areas of North Coast towns. A 90 mph gale drove ashore the 648-ton coastal…

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58 Missing in Airliner Wreckage found on lake New York

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1950 · page 52

AN American Sky-master with 58 persons aboard is feared to have crashed into Lake…

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Too much freedom can wreck a child's life

The Sun · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 13

TOO many children today are suffering from far too much freedom. To them, freedom is not something to be cherished but rather is a licence. This is not a hasty conclusion,…

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Lifeboat Belts On Beach

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 2

A 13ft. lifeboat, some lifebets and two cabin doors found on the beach at Nambucca Heads…

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Lifeboat Belts On Beach

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 2

A 13ft. lifeboat, some lifebelts and two cabin doors found on the beach at Nambucca Heads…

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Scattered Wreckage of Airliner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 3

A section of the wreckage of the A.N.A. Skymaster Amana, which crashed soon after taking off from Guildford I airport, Perth, late on Monday night. Only one of the 29 people in the aircraft survived.—Picturegram…

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Wreckage Of Amana

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 June 1950 · page 3

Wreckage of the crashed A.N.A. plane, Amana, scattered over a wide area in the bush about 50 miles from, Perth, Only one person survived the crash, which was the worst in Australia's civil aviation history. (Other pictures on Page 5.)…

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