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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1950

512 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 26

Mutiny, Marooning, Massacre and Murder Added Horrors to Wreck The Wreck Of the Wager

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 15

HIS Britannic Majesty's 28-gun ship Wager was a "lame duck" even in the ramshackle, poorly equipped squadron Commodore Anson led from the Mersey late in 140. A decrepit cast-off of the merchant service, she had been hastily armed to join five warships…

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Mutiny, Marooning, Massacre and Murder Added Horrors to Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 15

HIS Britannic Majesty's 28-gun ship Wager was a "lame duck" even in the ramshackle, poorly equipped squadron Commodore Anson led from the Mersey late in 1740. A decrepit cast-off of the merchant service, she had been hastily armed to join five warships…

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Mutiny, Marooning, Massacre and Murder Added Horrors to Wreck The Wreck Of the Wager

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 15

HIS Britannic Majesty's 28-gun ship Wager was a "lame duck" even in the ramshackle, poorly equipped squadron Commodore Anson led from the Mersey late in 1740. A decrepit cast-off of the merchant service, she had been hastily armed to join five warships…

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Mutiny, Marooning, Massacre and Murder Added Horrors to Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 15

HIS Britannic Majesty's 28-gun ship Wager was a "lame duck" even in the ramshackle, poorly equipped squadron Commodore Anson led from the Mersey late in 140. A decrepit cast-off of the merchant service, she had been hastily armed to join five warships…

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The Amazing Rise of Thomas Upton: Iii. Even Shipwreck Was Useful To Advertise His Tea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1950 · page 5

When people asked Thomas Lipton the secret of his enormous success, he always had only one reply: "No secret! Advertise! Advertise all you can! Never miss a chance!" His advice was not idle—his genius for publicity was the chief factor in his fantastic career…

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Wreckage of plane reported

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).--A German ship reported today that it had…

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Wreckage Sighted in Baltic

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 3

WIESBADEN, Friday.-- A German vessel has reported sighting floating objects resembling…

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Wreckage Sighted In Baltic

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

WIESBADEN, Friday. -- A German vessel has reported sighting floating objects resembling plane wreckage…

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Wreckage Sighted in Baltic

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

WIESBADEN, Friday.-- A German vessel has reported sighting floating objects resembling…

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Wreckage Sighted In Baltic

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

WIESBADEN, Friday.-- A German vessel has reported sighting floating objects resembling plane wreckage…

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Wreckage Sighted In Baltic

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

WIESBADEN, Friday.-- A German vessel has reported sighting floating objects resembling plane wreckage…

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Wreckage sighted In Baltic

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 7

WIESBADEN, Friday. --A German vessel has reported sighting floating objects resembling plane wreckage…

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Wreckage Sighted in Baltic

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 3

WIESBADEN, Friday.-- A German vessel has reported sighting floating objects resembling…

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Plane Wreckage Seen In Baltic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

LONDON, April 13 (A.A.P.).—A small German ship reported on its arrival at Alfredshem,…

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Launch Wreck: 1 DEAD Survivor found in jungle BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 16 April 1950 · page 1

A STARVING survivor of a launch missing for seven days was found by aborigines in dense jungle near Cairns yesterday…

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Check In Straight Wrecked Indian Chief's Chance, Sellwood Claims

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 16 April 1950 · page 3

Leading jockey Neville Sellwood said that a check in the straight had ruined Indian Chief's chance of winning the Dangar Handicap at…

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Five swim from speedboat wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 9

A submerged wharf pile ripped the bottom from a speedboat which was towing three men on water skis at Manly yesterday…

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Body found near launch wreckage Survivor's Grim Story

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sun. -- Police today found the body of one of three men wrecked when the launch Mavis smashed up on a reef six days ago…

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Tiger Moth Wrecked in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

A Tiger Moth plane, bent almost in halves, sprawls astride a Vampire jet fighter which crashed into…

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Tiger Moth Wrecked in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

A Tiger Moth plane, bent almost in halves, sprawls astride a Vampire jet fighter which crashed into…

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