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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

548 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 28

Tornado Wrecks Homes Heavy Damage To Farms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sat.-- tornado which roared through the township of yesterday, wrecked 10 houses and cut a…

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Tornado Wrecks Homes Heavy Damage To Farms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sat.-- A tornado, which raored through the township of Yandina yesterday, wrecked 10 houses and cut a…

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Tornado Wrecks Homes Heavy Damage To Farms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sat.-- A tornado, which roared through the township of Yandina yesterday wrecked 10 houses and cut a…

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Tornado Wrecks Homes Heavy Damage To Farms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sat.-- A tornado, which roared through the township of Yandina yesterday, wrecked 10 houses and cut a…

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Tornado Wrecks Homes Heavy Damage To Farms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sat.-- A tornado, which roared through the township of Yandina yesterday, wrecked 10 houses mid cut a…

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Tornado Wrecks Homes Heavy Damage To Farms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sat.-- A tornado, which roared through the township of Yandina yesterday wrecked 10 houses and cut a…

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Steamer Saved

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 7

TOKIO: The 7962-ton American President Line's steamer President Taft was blown aground…

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Church Wrecked by Teenage Reds

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 5

HONGKONG, Sat.--Teenage Communist children destroyed a crucifix and wrecked the inside of a mission church in Kwantung province, China…

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Surfer Swept on Wreckage

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1952 · page 1

Lifesaver Les Banton, of Mascot, was hurt when swept on to the wreck of the old sailing ship…

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Seas Threaten to Wreck Lighthouse

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 March 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sat.--Heavy seas are threatening the lighthouse at Point Lonsdale, at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay…

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Explosions, Fire Wreck Ruildinr

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

Terrific explosions rocked buildings in the city today when a fire gutted the four-storeyed premises of Andrews Laboratories, at the corner of Kent and Margaret Streets. Ten firemen trapped on the top floor staggered…

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Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 2

WYONG, Friday. -- For having stolen £9 worth of Oregon timber from the wrecked coastal steamer…

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Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 2

WYONG, Friday. -- For having stolen £9 worth of Oregon timber from the wrecked coastal steamer…

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A street carefully built of bomb-wrecked homes

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1952 · page 15

In Olney, Maryland, a construction company is building a wrecked street containing brand-new shattered homes, offices, storerooms and a, cinema, which no one will ever occupy…

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Lifesaver's Escape in Wreck Trap

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 3

A hfesaver's Une got fouled in the old wreck of the Hereward off Maroubra Beach…

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Wolves Chase 'Miss Stay- Ashore'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

Only "telephone wolves" have offered lifts to an attractive blonde Manly girl who dislikes ferry travel. The girl, Miss Norma Maim (22)said she had…

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Wolves Chase 'Miss Stay- Ashore'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

Only "telephone wolves" have offered lifts to an attractive blonde Manly girl who dislikes ferry travel. The girl, Miss Norma Malm (22), said she had…

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Wolves Chase 'Miss Stay-Ashore'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

Only "telephone wolves" have offered lifts to an attractive blonde Manly girl who dislikes ferry travel. The girl, Miss Norma Malm (22), said she had…

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Wolves Chase 'Miss Stay-Ashore'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

Only "telephone wolves" have offered lifts to an attractive blonde Manly girl who dislikes ferry travel. The girl, Miss Norma Malm (22). said she had…

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Wolves Chase 'Miss Stay- Ashore'

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 3

Only "telephone wolves" have offered lifts to an attractive blonde Manly girl who dislikes ferry travel. The girl, Miss Norma Malm. (22), said she had…

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