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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

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Hawkesbury Floodwaters on Three Sides of Windsor Trail Of Wreckage Left By Receding Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 1

As floodwaters throughout New South Wales began to recede yesterday they disclosed a trail of wreckage— damaged homes, ruined market gardens…

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Six Ft. Wounded Crocodile Ridden Ashore by Native

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 5

DARWIN, Wed.--A Melville Island native recently rode on the back of a wounded 6ft. crocodile and steered it 100 yards to shore. Darwin aircraft operator…

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Six Ft. Wounded Crocodile Ridden Ashore by Native

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 5

DARWIN, Wed.--A Melville Island native recently rode on the back of a wounded 6ft. crocodile and steered it 100 yards to shore. Darwin aircraft operator…

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Six Ft. Wounded Crocodile Ridden Ashore by Native

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 5

DARWIN, Wed.--A Melville Island native recently rode on the back of a wounded 6ft. crocodile and steered it 100 yards to shore. Darwin aircraft operator…

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Six Ft. Wounded Crocodile Ridden Ashore by Native

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 5

DARWIN, Wed.--A Melville Island native recently rode on the back of a wounded 6ft. crocodile and steered it 100 yards to shore. Darwin aircraft operator…

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General's Whim Caused Wreck

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 10

BERLIN, Thurs. (A.P.). -- A Russian general's obstinacy caused a Soviet troop train crash that cost him his life and killed about 160 of his soldiers, according to informed…

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"Herald" Saturday Magazine First Steamer Service To Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 August 1952 · page 6

ONE hundred years ago to-morrow, the 699ton Chusan arrived in Sydney to establish the…

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Twisted Plate Wrecks Bankbrook Chance

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 3 August 1952 · page 1

A twisted plate on Bankbrook's near front hoof ruined his prospect of winning the Winter Handicap at Rosehill yesterday…

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Red Target In Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 4

SEOUL, Tues. (A.P.). --Attacking in two massive waves, Allied fighter- bombers yesterday…

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Red Target In Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 18

SEOUL, Tues. (A.P.). --Attacking in two massive waves, Allied fighter bombers yesterday…

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Red Target In Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 18

SEOUL, Tues. (A.P.).--Attacking in two massive waves, Allied fighter bombers yesterday…

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Red Target In Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 4

SEOUL, Tues. (A.P.). --Attacking in two massive waves, Allied fighter bombers yesterday…

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Men Swim Ashore From Navy Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 5

One of eight seamen who were on a Navy Fairmile Vessel wrecked on rocks in a boiling surf at the foot of North Head last night told a dramatic story today of their experience…

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Men Swim Ashore From Navy Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 5

One of eight seamen who were on a Navy Fairmile vessel wrecked on rocks in a boiling surf at the foot of North Head last night told a dramatic story today of their experience…

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Men Swim Ashore From Navy Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 5

One of eight seamen who were on a Navy Fairmile vessel wrecked on rocks in a boiling surf at the foot of North Head last night told a dramatic story today of their experience…

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Navy Boat Wreck: Men Swim Ashore

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 2

Eight seamen who were on a Navy fairmile vessel wrecked on rocks in a boiling surf at the foot or North Head last night Told dramatic stories today at their experience…

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Men Swim Ashore From Navy Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 5

One of eight seamen who were on a Navy Fairmile vessel wrecked on rocks in a boiling surf at the foot of North Head last night told a dramatic story today of their experience…

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Men Swim Ashore From Navy Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 5

One of eight seamen who Were on a Navy Fairmile vessel wrecked on rocks in a boiling surf at the foot of North Head last night told a dramatic story today of their experience…

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Crew of Wrecked Vessel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 10

The crew of the Navy Fairmile launch wrecked on rocks at North Head last night. Only the crafts petty officer is absent. He was taken to the Balmoral Naval Base casualty ward for attention. From left :AB's Rick Rowlands (27), Sydney; Charles Boreham (28), Wentworthville; D. McCormack (25), Richmond, Vic.; SM Jack Allmin (20), Brisbane; ERA R. J. Kelty (28), Bentleigh, Vic.; LS M. R. H. Stoker (27),…

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One Survived When Dynamite Smashed the Hull of Wreck Loss Of The Brier Holme

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 17

AN enormous wave plunged into a small inlet on the west coast of Tasmania one murky dawn in November, 1904. As it retreated, it left sprawled on the beach a gasping, bleeding man, who, buffeted by…

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