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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

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Old wreck slops salvage effort

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 5

A shipwreck of many years ago is fouling the British motorship Kelvinbank (7269 tons), ashore…

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Robot lifeboats for air-sea rescues A new lifeboat, guided by automatic pilot, can. be dropped by plane to rescue wrecked aircrews

The World's News · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 13

A ROBOT lifeboat which can be dropped at sea by plane to rescue wrecked airmen has been invented by American engineer Blair…

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Gale Wrecks Darwin Boats

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 1

DARWIN, Saturday. -- A 70 miles - an - hour gale yesterday wrecked or damaged half of…

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Gale Wrecks Darwin Boats

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 1

DARWIN, Saturday.-- A 70 miles-an-hour gale yesterday wrecked or damaged half of…

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Johnston Wrecks Queensland Side

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 23

BRISBANE, Mon.--Due mainly to a brilliant spell of bowling by Bill Johnston, Victoria was able to beat Queensland by seven wickets in the Sheffield Shield match…

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Queensland Side Johnston Wrecks

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 23

BRISBANE, Mon.--Due mainly to a brilliant spell of bowling by Bill Johnston, Victoria was able to beat Queensland by seven wickets in the Sheffield Shield match…

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Johnston Wrecks Queensland Side

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 23

BRISBANE, Mon.--Bill Johnston soon wrecked any slight Queensland hope of winning the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria by taking five quick wickets today…

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Johnston Wrecks Queensland Side

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 23

BRISBANE, Mon. --Bill Johnston soon wrecked any slight Queensland hope of winning the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria by faking six quick wickets today…

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Queensland Side Johnston Wrecks

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 23

BRISBANE, Mon. --Due mainly to a brilliant spell of bowling by Bill Johnston, Victoria was able to beat Queensland by seven wickets in the Sheffield Shield match…

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Johnston Wrecks Queensland Side

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 23

BRISBANE, Mon. --Bill Johnston soon wrecked any slight Queensland. hope of winning the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria by taking five quick wickets today…

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£200 Owed on Wrecked Boat

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 9

LISMORE, Tues. — Two fishermen whose launch was wrecked on Evans Head bar last…

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Defiant Convicts Hold Out Prison Wrecked, Burned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

PITTSBURG, Tues. (A.P.). -- A thousand cold and hungry convicts are clinging defiantly to two cell blocks in the Pennsylvania…

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£200 Owed on Wrecked Boat

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 9

LISMORE, Tues.-- Two fishermen whose launch was wrecked on Evans Head bar last…

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Defiant Convicts Hold Out Prison Wrecked, Burned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

PITTSBURG, Tues. (A.P.). -- A thousand cold and hungry convicts are clinging defiantly to two cell blocks in the Pennsylvania…

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£200 Owed on Wrecked Boat

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 9

LISMORE, Tues. -- Two fishermen whose launch was wrecked on Evans Head bar last…

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Defiant Convicts Hold Out Prison Wrecked, Burned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1

PITTSBURG, Tues. (A.P.).-- A thousand cold and hungry convicts are clinging defiantly to two cell blocks in the Pennsylvania…

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Sabotage As Cause Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 22

WASHINGTON, Thurs. (I.N.S.).-- Sabotage is believed to have been the cause of the train…

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Sabotage As Cause Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 22

WASHINGTON, Thurs. (I.N.S.).-- Sabotage is believed to have been the cause of the train…

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Sabotage As Cause Of Wreck

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 22

WASHINGTON, Thurs. (I.N.S.).--Sabotage is believed to have been the cause of the train…

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Story Of The Lifeboat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 16

ONE stormy day not long, ago a small fishing boat capsized off Selsey Bill on the south coast of Britain. In ten minutes the Selsey lifeboat had been launched, and when she came…

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