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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

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Four saved from wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 7

HOBART, Mon.--A rescue boat today picked up four men whose fishing boat was wrecked in Bass…

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Shipwreck Heroism Gunner Gets B.E.M.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).— Gunner M. Bluett, of the 16th New Zealand Field…

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Girl Survives Rail Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed. -- A young woman stepped uninjured from a wrecked railway carriage after…

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Shipwrecked Men Marooned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 4

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--Four men, who have been marooned for two days at the Swan Island lighthouse in Bass Strait, may be picked up late this afternoon. A fishing boat is…

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Girl Survives Rail Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.-- A young woman stepped uninjured from a wrecked railway carriage after…

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Shipwrecked Men Marooned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 4

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--Four men, who have been marooned for two days at the Swan Island lighthouse in Bass Strait, may be picked up late this afternoon. A fishing boat is…

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Shipwrecked Men Marooned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 4

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--Four men, who have been marooned for two days at the Swan Island lighthouse in Bass Strait, may be picked up late this afternoon. A fishing boat is…

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Girl Survives Rail Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.-- A young woman stepped uninjured from a wrecked railway carriage after…

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Shipwrecked Men Marooned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 4

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--Four men, who have been marooned for two days at the Swan Island lighthouse in Bass Strait, may be picked up late this afternoon. A fishing boat is…

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Girl Survives Rail Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.-- A young woman stepped uninjured from a wrecked railway carriage after…

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Shipwrecked Men Marooned

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 4

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--Four men, who have been marooned for two days at the Swan Island lighthouse in Bass Strait, may be picked up late this afternoon. A fishing boat is…

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Girl Survives Rail Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.-- A young woman stepped uninjured from a wrecked railway carriage after…

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9 Saved From Wrecked Tanker Ship Breaks In Half During Biscay Storm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 7

LONDON, Wed.--Eight men and a woman were rescued yesterday from the forehalf of the Norwegian…

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Girl Survives Rail Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed.-- A young woman stepped uninjured from a wrecked railway carriage after…

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Nine Saved From Tanker Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 7

LONDON, Wed. -- Eight men and a woman were rescued yesterday from the fore- half of the Norwegian tanker, Oestahv, which broke in two in the Bay of Biscay on Monday…

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Ketch Rescues Sick Woman

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 2

HOBART, Thursday.-- The fishing ketch Flying Scud has reached Maatsuyker, lonely lighthouse…

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Wreckage Found; 28 Dead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (A.A.P.). — Search planes yesterday found the burnt wreckage…

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Big Ketch Leads In Tasman Classic

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 1

HOBART, Saturday. —By nightfall to-day six yachts were well out to sea in the first stages…

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Negro's Half-hour Wrecking Spree New York

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 9

A NEGRO strongman ran amok in Baltimore this week, wrecking 11 houses in half-an-hour with his bare hands. In half an hour the…

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Lifesavers Tow Ketch To Safety

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

Lifesavers in four surf boats saved a 45ft ketch, Purple Sea, carrying 17 men and…

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