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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

548 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 28

Prisoners wreck jail

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Mon.--Rioting convicts yesterday wrecked the segregation wing of…

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Mayor's plan for wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 13

The Navy or Army should use the wreck of the Hereward on Maroubra Beach for a demolition…

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Man Trapped 2 Hours In Road Wreck

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tues.-- Trapped for more than two hours last night in the cabin of his wrecked…

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Man Trapped 2 Hours In Rood Wreck

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tues.--Trapped for more than two hours last night in the cabin of his wrecked…

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Dead Man Found in Cave May Be War Wreck Victim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 11

DARWIN, Tues.--Service officers will leave by air today for a lonely island off Arnhem Land to investigate the death of a man whose body was…

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Dead Man Found in Cave May Be War Wreck Victim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 11

DARWIN, Tues.--Service officers will leave by air today for a lonely island off Arnhem Land to investigate the death of a man whose body was…

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Dead Man Found in Gave May Be Wad Wreck Victim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 11

DARWIN, Tues.-- Service officers will leave by air today for a lonely island off Arnhem Land to investigate the death of a man whose body was…

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Dead Man Found in Cave May Be Was Wreck Victim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 11

DARWIN, Toss.--Service officers will leave by air today for a lonely island off Anthem Land to investigate; the death of a man whose body was…

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Hitler may have died in wreck LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1952 · page 36

A WRECKED submarine in the Baltic Sea has caused British Intelligence to resume inquiries into the possibility that Hitler did not die a martyr in the…

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Huge Mass of Ice Wrecks Million-dollar Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 1

A massive ice jam, borne by the Saskatchewan River, last Sunday swept away three spans of this newly built steel bridge at Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The bridge took two years to build at a cost of one million dollars (£446,000)…

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Waterspout Wrecks N.Z. Island Homes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter). —One person was killed and three were injured…

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6 "Guinea Pigs" Will Be Shipwrecked

The Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 6

PARIS, Tuesday.-- In an attempt to beat the three worst enemies of the shipwrecked sailor…

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Mystery Box Of Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 4

CLIFTON (New Jersey) (A.P.). -- A postal packet salvaged mysteriously from the Flying…

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Mystery Box Of Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 4

CLIFTON (New Jersey) (A.P.). -- A postal packet salvaged mysteriously from the Flying…

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N.Z. wreck total loss

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 11

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sun. -- The wrecked 82-tons New Zealand coastal motor-vessel Gael, which…

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Three-inch Deluge Closes Airport, Wrecks Gardens Roofs Go in Freak City 'Blow'

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Violent wind gusts disrupted traffic, tore the roofs from two houses, dislodged a verandah and ripped down overhead telegraph wires at Leichhardt early this afternoon…

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Three-Inch Downpour Forces 'Drome To Close, Wrecks Gardens Floodings in Sydney Area

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Torrential rain which began in Sydney about 8.30 p.m. yesterday and lasted all night, flooded streeets in almost every suburb and washed out many home gardens. Three inches of rain were recorded and the…

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Three-inch Deluge Closes Airport, Wrecks Gardens Roofs Go in Freak City 'Blow

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Violent wind gusts disrupted traffic, tore the roofs from two houses, dislodged a verandah and ripped down overhead telegraph wires af Leichhardt early this afternoon…

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Three-inch Deluge Closes Airport, Wrecks Gardens Flooding in Some Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Torrential rain which began in Sydney about 8.30 p.m. yesterday and lasted all night,…

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Three-inch Deluge Closes Airport, Wrecks Gardens Flooding in Some Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Torrential rain which began in Sydney about 8.30 p.m. yesterday and lasted all night,…

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