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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

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Art Treasures 'Ashore Today' Flying-fox lifts cargo from ship

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 6

HOBART, Wed. -- French paintings worth £100,000 probably will be sent ashore tomorrow by flying-fox from the…

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Mother, 2 children die in N.G. wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 2

PORT MORESBY, Wed.--A mother with her 18-months-old baby in her arms and her six-years-old son drowned when a launch blew up in the Gulf of Papua, about 200 miles west of Port Moresby, on Monday…

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Cabin Boy Who Wrecked Kingdom Was Thrown at Last to Vultures Downfall of Constant Phaulkon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 9

ONE June evening in 1688, a slight, darkish man lashed to an elephant was led through a jeering throng of Siamese to the edge of a dense jungle. Pulled roughly to the…

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Cabin Boy Who Wrecked Kingdom Was Thrown at Last to Vultures Downfall of Constant Phaulkon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 9

ONE June evening in 1688, a slight, darkish man lashed to an elephant was led through a jeering throng of Siamese to the edge of a dense jungle. Pulled roughly to the…

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Cabin Boy Who Wrecked Kingdom Was Thrown at Last to Vultures Downfall of Constant Phaulkon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 9

ONE June evening in 1688, a slight, darkish man lashed to an elephant was led through a jeering throng of Siamese to the edge of a dense jungle. Pulled roughly to the…

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Cabin Boy Who Wrecked Kingdom Was Thrown at Last to Vultures Downfall of Constant Phaulkon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 9

ONE June evening in 1688, a slight, darkish man lashed to an elephant was led through a jeering throng of Siamese to the edge of a dense jungle. Pulled roughly to the…

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Cabin Boy Who Wrecked Kingdom Was Thrown at Last to Vultures Downfall of Constant Phaulkon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 9

ONE June evening in 1688, a slight, darkish man lashed to an elephant was led through a jeering throng of Siamese to the edge of a dense jungle. Pulled roughly to the…

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Cabin Boy Who Wrecked Kingdom Was Thrown at Last to Vultures Downfall of Constant Phaulkon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 9

ONE June evening in 1688, a slight, darkish man lashed to an elephant was led through a jeering throng of Siamese to the edge of a dense jungle. Pulled roughly to the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Cabin Boy Who Wrecked Kingdom Was Thrown at Last to Vultures Downfall of Constant Phaulkon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 9

ONE June evening in 1688, a slight, darkish man lashed to an elephant was led through a jeering throng of Siamese to the edge of a dense jungle. Pulled roughly to the…

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Cabin Boy Who Wrecked Kingdom Was Thrown at Last to Vultures Downfall of Constant Phaulkon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 9

ONE June evening in 1688, a slight, darkish man lashed to an elephant was led through a jeering throng of Siamese to the edge of a dense jungle. Pulled roughly to the…

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S.A. ketch Ingrid wins big yacht race

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 4

South Australian 38ft ketch Ingrid--10th to finish in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race--today won the race officially on handicap. Ingrid was skippered by…

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S.A. Ketch Takes Hobart Race; Sydney Yawl 2nd

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 3

HOBART, Fri. -- The 38ft. South Australian ketch Ingrid has won the Sydhey-Hobart yacht race on corrected times from the Sydney yawl Moonbi, Nocturne and Ripple…

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S. A. Ketch Takes Hobart Race; Sydney Yawl 2nd

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 3

HOBART, Fri. -- The 38ft. South Australian ketch Ingrid has won the Sydney-Hobart yacht race on corrected times from the Sydney yawl Moonbi, Nocturne and Ripple…

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S.A. Ketch Takes Hobart Race: Sydney Yawl 2nd

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 3

HOBART, Fri. -- The 38ft. South Australian ketch Ingrid has won the Sydney-Hobart yacht race on corrected times from the Sydney yawl Moonbi, Nocturne and Ripple…

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S. Aust. Ketch May Win Race On Corrected Time

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 5

HOBART, Fri.--The South Australian 38ft. ketch, Ingrid, this morning appeared to be the winner, on handicap, of the 680 mile Sydney-Hobart yacht race. She crossed the finishing…

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S. Aust. Ketch May Win Race On Corrected Time

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 5

HOBART, Fri.--The South Australian 38ft. ketch, Ingrid, this morning appeared to be the winner, on handicap, of the 690 mile Sydney-Hobart yacht race. She crossed the finishing…

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S. Aust. Ketch May Win Race On Corrected Time

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 5

HOBART, Fri.--The South Australian 38ft. Retch, Ingrid, this morning appeared to be the winner, on handicap, of the 680 mile Sydney-Hobart yacht race. She crossed the finishing…

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S. Aust. Ketch May Win Race On Corrected Time

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 5

HOBART, Fri.--The South Australian 38ft. ketch, Ingrid, this morning appeared to be the winner, on handicap, of the 680 mile Sydney-Hobart yacht race. She crossed the finishing…

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S. Aust. Ketch May Win Race On Corrected Time

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 5

HOBART, Fri.--The South Australian 38ft. ketch, Ingrid, this morning appeared to be the winner, on handicap, of the 680 mile Sydney-Hobart yacht race. She crossed the finishing…

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S.A. Ketch Takes Hobart Race, Sydney Yawl 2nd

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 3

HOBART, Fri. -- The 38ft. South Australian ketch Ingrid has won the Sydney-Hobart yacht race on corrected times from the Sydney yawl Moonbi, Nocturne and Ripple…

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