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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

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Hail and Wind Wreck Church, Three Houses

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

The 800 residents of Collarenebri, in north western N.S.W. had the State's unhappiest New Year's Day. They spent yesterday clearing away…

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Explosion wrecks shed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.-- An explosion tonight wrecked a large storage shed in a P.M.G. depot at…

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Seal Goes Ashore at Botany

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 3

A grey seal landed at Botany Bay last night. It came ashore near the…

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S.a. Ketch Wins Big Ocean Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 1

HOBART, Friday.—A strong south-westerly breeze early to-day brought the 10 lagging…

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Teenagers in Crash-- One Killed, Four Hurt in This Wreck

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 1

A teenager was killed and four others were hurt when a car was wrecked (above) in a smash near Brighton-le-Sands last night. Youth killed was Vincent Henry Green, 18, of…

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Wrecked Viking

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 5

RESCUE PARTIES near wreckage of the British airliner which crashed at Belfast on…

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Move to Save Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thurs.--A salvage expert will try to save a British freighter aground off…

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Two Ships Wrecked: 265 Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Fri.--Rescuers saved 265, people from two 10,000-ton ships--a Dutch liner and a Swedish tanker--…

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218 Drowned In Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

PUSAN, Sat. (B.U.P.). -- Two hundred and eighteen persons perished when the vessel Thangtyong (220 tons) sank yesterday in a 70 m.p.h. gale 10 miles from Pusan, in…

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Searchers Report Airliner Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 8

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Wreckage of a large plane was sighted yesterday near Kremmer (Wyoming)…

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Searchers Report Airliner Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 11

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Wreckage of a large plane was sighted yesterday near Kremmer (Wyoming)…

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218 Drowned In Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

PUSAN, Sat. (B.U.P.). -- Two hundred and eighteen persons perished when the vessel Thangtyong (220 tons) sank yesterday in a 70 m.p.h. gale 10 miles from Pusan, in…

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Searchers Report Airliner Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 8

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Wreckage of a large plane was sighted yesterday near Kremmer (Wyoming)…

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Searchers Report Airliner Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 10

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Wreckage of a large plane was sighted yesterday near Kremmer (Wyoming)…

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Shark Grabbed, Dragged Ashore

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1953 · page 3

Two lifesavers fought a five-foot shark in the surf at North Palm Beach yesterday and…

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Dead Pilot's Mother Gets £1000 Claim For Wrecked Plane

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1953 · page 7

A Sydney woman whose son and former husband were killed when a Tiger Moth burst into flames after a forced landing at Wyee on July 6 has now been asked to pay £1317—£1000…

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Willy Wrecks Roof

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 11 January 1953 · page 3

ADELAIDE. Saturday.—A willy willy to-day tore galvanised iron sheets from the roof of a timber yard at…

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Ring Among Best As Wrecker Of Attacks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 10

Doug Ring would score a surprising number of runs in a season if he was higher in the batting list. But Ring would be…

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Art show wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 7

HOBART, Mon.--Tasmanians may not see a £100,000 collection of French…

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40 Bodies In Plane Wreckage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (A.A.P.).—The U.S. Air Force yesterday said that the wreckage of a C46 troop…

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