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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

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3 Ships Wrecked by 60-Foot Waves 28 Killed By Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. -- A roaring Atlantic gale, whipping up 60ft. waves, is lashing the eastern Seaboard of America. So…

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3 Ships Wrecked by 60-Foot Waves 12 Killed By Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues.--A roaring Atlantic gale, whipping up 60ft. waves, is lashing the eastern seaboard of America…

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3 Ships Wrecked by 60-F00t Waves 28 Die In U.S. Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. --A roaring Atlantic ale, whipping up 60 Waves, is lashing…

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3 Ships Wrecked by 60-Foot Waves 28 Die In U.S. Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. --A roaring Atlantic gale, whipping up 60 waves, is lashing…

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3 Ships Wrecked by 60-Foot Waves 12 Killed By Storm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. -- A paring Atlantic gale, whipping up 60ft. waves, is lashing the eastern seaboard of America. So…

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S. Coast Cargo Steamer Ends Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 3

The 860-ton steamer Cobargo, winch carried timber and other cargo to and from South Coast…

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Shipwrecked Men's Message

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 22

DARWIN, Thurs. -- A bottle containing a message dropped into the Timor Sea six months…

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Shipwrecked Men's Message

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 22

DARWIN, Thurs. -- A bottle containing a message dropped into the Timor Sea six months…

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"Villainous Vandals" Wreck Garden Plot At MEMORIAL

The Biz · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 4

The Mayer, Ald Ryan, told the [?] at la[?] weak's [?] of Fairfield Council that during the week some villainous vandals…

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Husband Spied on Nude Wife and Her Lover Fortune teller's advice on sex wrecked a marriage

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1952 · page 7

Blaming a fortune teller for busting up his marriage a husband said in the Divorce Court this week that the mystic's advice had touched off a 10 years' feud between him and his wife and caused bitter legal…

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Thaw Shows Flame Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 5

MARSEILLES, Monday (A.P.).--A thaw enabled the remains of a crashed British Wellington bomber…

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Thaw Shows Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

MARSEILLES, Monday (A.P.).--A thaw enabled the remains of a crashed British Wellington bomber…

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Thaw Shows Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

MARSEILLES, Monday (A.P.).--A thaw enabled the remains of a crashed British Wellington bomber…

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Thaw Shows Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

MARSEILLES, Monday (A.P.).--A thaw enabled the remains, of a crashed British Wellington bomber…

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Thaw Shows Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

MARSEILLES, Monday (A.P.).--A thaw enabled the remains of a crashed British Wellington bomber…

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Thaw Shows Plan Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

MARSEILLES, Monday (A.P.).--A thaw enabled the remains of a crashed British Wellington bomber…

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Thaw Shows Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

MARSEILLES, Monday (A.P.).--A thaw enabled the remains of a crashed British Wellington bomber…

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Thaw Stews Plane Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 5

MARSEILLES, 'Monday (A.P.).--A thaw enabled the remains of a crashed British Wellington bomber…

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Wrecking Now a Major Industry

The Biz · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 13

The little-known, highly techmeal wrecking industry, now a 100,000,000 dollar-a-year business, draws nationwide interest this…

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F.S.A. General President's Letter Coastal Shipping Languishers While Heavy Transports Wreck Our Roads

The Land · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 9

FELLOW Members:—No doubt many of you have had occasion. to travel the Hume Highway and also no doubt you have been forced to notice the deterioration of this once magnificent stretch of road…

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