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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

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Salvage Begins Of 1917 Wreck's £250,000 Cargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 1

EDEN, Monday. — The salvage vessel Foremost Seventeen returned to Eden to-day after having at its first attempt…

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Salvage begins on old wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

EDEN, Mon.--The British salvage ship, Foremost Seventeen, has recovered 70 tons of copper and lead ingots from the sunken freighter Cumberland. Cumberland (8993…

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Salvage of Rich Cargo From Wrecked Freighter Salvaged Metal Impounded By The Customs From A Special Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 1

EDEN, Tuesday.—Customs officers have impounded about £20,000 worth of copper and lead ingots which the British salvage vessel Foremost 17 brought to…

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Board's Hush-hush on S. Africa Tour Risk of Further Financial Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 23

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--A ludicrous position has developed with the South African cricket tour of Australia this year. Officially the tour is on, but nobody seems to know anything about it…

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Cargo Of Wreck For Bond

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wed.--All metals salvaged from the wreck of the Cumberland, off Eden…

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Board's Hush-hush on S. Africa Tour Risk of Further Financial Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 23

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--A ludicrous position has developed, with the South African cricket tour of Australia this year. Officially the four is on, hut nobody seems to know anything about it…

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Board's Hush-hush on S. Africa Tour Risk of Further Financial Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 23

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--A ludicrous position has developed with the South African cricket tour of Australia this year. Officially the tour is on, but nobody seems to know anything about it…

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Board's Hush-hush on S. Africa Tour Risk of Further Financial Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 23

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--A ludicrous position has developed with the South African cricket tour of Australia this year. Officially the tour is on, but nobody seems to know anything about it…

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Board's Hush-hush on S. Africa Tour Risk of Further Financial Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 23

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--A ludicrous position has developed with the South African cricket tour of Australia this year. Officially the tour is on, but nobody seems to know anything about it…

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Board's Hush-hush on S. Africa Tour Risk of Further Financial Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 23

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--A ludicrous position has developed with the South African cricket tour of Australia this year. Officially the four is on, but nobody seems to know anything about it…

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Search For Records Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 16

Agents' records of the wreck of the Cumberland off Eden in 1917 have probably…

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Board's Hush-hush on S. Africa Tour Risk of Further Financial Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 23

LAUNGESTON, Wed.--A ludicrous position has ! developed with the South African cricket tour of i Australia this year. Officially the tour is on, but nobody seems to know anything about it…

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Board's Hush-hush on S. Africa Tour Risk of Further Financial Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 23

LAUNCESTON, Wed.--A ludicrous position has developed with the South African cricket tour of Australia this year. Officially the four is on, but nobody seems to know anything about it…

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Search For Records Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 16

Agents' records of the wreck of the Cumberland off Eden in 1917 have probably…

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Four men in a ketch

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 7

A former Royal Navy officer will lead a party of four on a three-years trading cruise of Pacific islands in a 68ft. ketch, starting next month. The party plans to…

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Deep-water Seal Near Wreck From a Staff Correspondent at Eden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 2

THE crew of the salvage ship Foremost 17, working on the 34-years-old wreck of the…

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Johnson Wrecks West Australia

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sat.--Due to devastating bowling by medium-fast Len Johnson, who took seven wickets for 43, Queensland dismissed West Australia for the meagre total…

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Johnson Wrecks West Australia

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sat.--Due to devastating bowling by medium-fast Len Johnson, who took seven wickets for 43, Queensland dismissed West Australia for the meagre total…

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Johnson Wrecks West Australia

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sat.--Due to devastating bowling by medium-fast Len Johnson, who took seven wickets for 43, Queensland dismissed West Australia for the meagre total…

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Johnson Wrecks West Australia

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sat.--Due to devastating bowling by medium-fast Len Johnson, who took seven wickets for 43, Queensland dismissed West Australia for the meagre total…

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