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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1951

475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 24

"Nerve-Wrecking"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 6

TEL AVIV.--Five Arabs, whose death sentence for murder two years ago has been postponed time and…

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Man pinned in wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 9

A seriously injured man hung head down in a wrecked car for 20 minutes yesterday. Ambulance men and police had partly to…

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Something Personal Design For Shipwreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 April 1951 · page 10

ALTHOUGH Defoe did not write the first English novel, his "Robinson Crusoe" was the first English novel of magnitude…

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A wrecker made a dollar tender

The Sun · Sunday 15 April 1951 · page 15

Sam Rosoff boasted that he had never been to school, but had made and lost many fortunes…

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N.Z. Flood Havoc Bridge Wrecked, Roads Cut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 3

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter). —Rivers flooded by torrential rain in the Southern…

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Ferry ashore --50 aboard

The Sun · Sunday 22 April 1951 · page 1

A SYDNEY ferry with 50 passengers, was blown ashore at Cremorne Point last night. The stranded…

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"Reds Trying to Wreck Jap Pact"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- Mr. John Foster Dulles yesterday asked the United States and its Allies to support Japan against Russian and Chinese Communist efforts to…

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Wreckage of Crashed Jet Plane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 3

The scattered remains of an R.A.A.F. Vampire jet fighter which crashed into a field near Laverton, Victoria, yesterday. The pilot was killed instantly…

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Machinery Buried Blaze Wrecks City Tile Plant

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 29 April 1951 · page 3

Fire broke out yesterday in a Sydney brick and tile works and did thousands of pounds' worth of damage. Smouldering debris and…

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Trawler runs ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 4

LISMORE, Tues. -- A 40-tons fishing trawler ran aground in heavy fog on the beach near Evans Head…

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Removing Terawhiti Wreck

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 1

The submerged wreck of the tug Terawhiti, off Williamstown, has been cut into several pieces by dynamite explosions during…

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Jap treaty can wreck empire trade

Tribune · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 7

Four conservative British newspapers have expressed deep concern at the threat to Empire trade contained in the US plan for a…

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This crazy drive to war is wrecking our railways

Tribune · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 4

DETERIORATION in railway finances and the industry itself since the end of World War II can be directly traced to…

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Ketch's Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 5

HOBART, Sun. -- The ketch Matthew Flinders (60ft.), the largest cruiser in Tasmania, will leave…

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Report of Ship Ashore on Reef

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 1

The Deputy-Director of Navigation in Sydney (Capt. Hooper), was told today that the 300-ton motor vessel, Kelonoa, was stuck fast on a reef at Kandan, New…

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Report of Ship Ashore on Reef

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 1

The Deputy-Director of Navigation in Sydney (Capt. Hooper), was told today that the 300-ton motor vessel, Kelonoa, was stuck fast on a reef at Kandan. New…

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Steamer To Be Launched To-night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday.— Lady Gosse, wife of the chairman of directors of the Adelaide Steamship Company, Sir…

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Body washed ashore

The Sun · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 1

Body of a man was washed on to the rocks near Ben Buckler, at northern end of Bondi…

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Wreckage From Air Tragedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 3

Sergeant J. Gregory and Sergeant J. Casey recover part of one of the two Vampire jet fighters which crashed in Limeburner's Creek, north of Newcastle, on Sunday, killing both pilots. The part being brought to the surface belonged to the aircraft piloted by Sergeant I. J. Booth…

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Act now to stop union-wrecking move by Menzies

Tribune · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 6

By 67 votes to 44, the Melbourne Trades Hall Council has supported an ACTU interstate executive recommendation to oppose Menzies proposed amendments to the Arbitration Act…

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