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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1952

548 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 28

N.z. Shipwreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter). — The steamer Gael (82 tons), which foundered on rocks in…

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Stowaway Put Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 3

A stowaway in the Swedish cargo ship Christine Smith was handed over to a Sydney water police launch about a…

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Vandals Wreck Anzac Flowers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sat.--Vandals last night damaged wreaths and flowers placed on the War Memorial…

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Vandals Wreck Anzac Flowers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sat.--Vandals last night damaged wreaths and flowers placed on the War Memorial…

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Vandals Wreck Anzac Flowers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sat.--Vandals last night damaged wreaths and flowers placed on the War Memorial…

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Wrecked once -- will try again New York

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1952 · page 7

A MAN who was wrecked six years ago while trying to sail solo from Panama to Brisbane will try again next month. At the first attempt,…

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Income Tax Offices Burned Rioters wreck city

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sat.--Tax rioters caused millions of dollars' worth of damage in…

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Captain's 14 Days In Wrecked Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 3

TOKYO, April 27 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Captain Fred Soloman stepped ashore at Yokohama to-day…

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Three incinerated in road wreck blaze

The Sun · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 3

GOULBURN, Friday.--Three men were incinerated when trapped in the blazing cabin of a wrecked utility truck on the Hume Highway near Goulburn last night. The bodies were burned…

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Missing Plane Found Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 6

RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri (I.N.S., A.P.).— The wreckage of the Pan-American Stratocruiser mising since Tuesday with 50 aboard was sighted yesterday…

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Wrecked Airliner Found

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 19

RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. (I.N.S., A.P.). -- The wreckage of the Pan-American Stratcruiser…

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Missing Plane Found Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 6

RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. (I.N.S., A.P.).--The wreckage o£ the Pan-American Stratocruiser missing since Tuesday with 50 aboard was sighted yesterday…

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Charred Wreck Of Giant Plane Found In Brazil

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 3

RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. (I.N.S., A.P.).--The wreckage o£ the Pan-American Stratocruiser missing since Tuesday with 50 aboard was sighted yesterday. The crew of a search plane reported they had seen the liner…

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Charred Wreck Of Giant Plane Found In Brazil

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 3

RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. (I.N.S., A.P.).--The wreckage o£ the Pan-American Stratocruiser missing since Tuesday with 50 aboard was sighted yesterday. The crew of a search plane reported they had seen the liner…

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Missing Plane Found Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 6

RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. (I.N.S., A.P.).--The wreckage o£ the Pan-American Stratocruiser missing since Tuesday with 50 aboard was sighted yesterday…

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Wreckage Of Plane Found

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1952 · page 3

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 2 (A.A.P.).—A search plane yesterday found the burnt wreckage of a…

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Last Night's Wreck Picture

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 4 May 1952 · page 1

THE smashed end of a city bound tram, into which another ran in Parramaffa Road,…

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New Tourist Steamer for Loch Lomond

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 1

In one of the oldest established shipyards on the Clyde a vessel is being built that will carry tourists on the far-famed waters of…

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Americans Are Wrecking Talks (From Wilfred Burchett)

Tribune · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 12

PEKING.— From symptoms observable able outside the conference tents the talks appear to be entering the most crucial deadlock since they…

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Carriages Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 7

How the end of a wooden carriage was shattered by a steel carriage in today's rail tragedy at Berala…

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