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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

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Murder, Greed, Love-feud Wrecked Bid to Salvage Sunken Treasure

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 5

A SALVAGE tug rode quietly at anchor in the North Sea near Terschelling Island off the coast of Holland one clear day in 1933. From it came the…

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Man's Aim "To Wreck Marriage"

The Sun · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 3

Letters written by a man who had "set out to wreck a woman's marriage" had reduced…

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Police, Troops Guard Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 1

Nobody was allowed within 50 yards of the crash. Police and troops guarded the wreck…

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Wreck of launch

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 7

Cedric Williams, 21, escaped unhurt when heavy seas wrecked a 22ft. launch on rocks at…

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54 Dead, 61 Saved In Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

ALEXANDRIA, Mon. (A.P.).--Fifty-four were drowned when the Egyptian frigate Sollum sank…

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54 Dead, 61 Saved In Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

ALEXANDRIA, Mon.(A.P.).--Fifty-four were drowned when the Egyptian frigate sollum sank…

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54 Dead, 61 Saved In Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

ALEXANDRIA, Mon.(A.P.).--Fifty-four were drowned when the Egyptian frigate Sollum sank…

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54 Dead, 61 Saved In Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

ALEXANDRIA, Mon. (A.P.).--Fifty-four were drowned when the Egyptian frigate Sollum sank…

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54 Dead, 61 Saved In Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

ALEXANDRIA, Mon. (A.P.).--Fifty-four were drowned when the Egyptian frigate Sollum sank…

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54 Dead, 61 Saved In Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

ALEXANDRIA, Mon. (A.P.).--Fifty-four were drowned when the Egyptian frigate Sollum sank…

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Wreck Profit

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 1

A wrecked hopper barge bought for £275 has paid its two farmer owners a first dividend of £800—for the anchor chain…

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Late News Shipwreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 1

NEW YORK, March 11 (A.A.P.).—The American freighter Claiborne to-day rescued 28…

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Hut wrecked by bomb: couple hurled from bed

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 3

A bomb explosion at an alpine construction camp near Cooma last night wrecked the bedroom of a Hut and blew a sleeping couple out of bed…

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Lifeboat of death The nightmare story of 80 people—men and women—who grew to hate each other as the rations in their lifeboat dwindled

The World's News · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 3

ONE of the war's most dramatic disasters—the torpedoing of the Roseboom off Sumatra on March 9, 1942—was described in detail…

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Wreckage on Two Sides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 3

The Lincoln was attacked about 30 miles south-east of Hamburg, above the border between…

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Reds wrecked peace. says Eden Big Tasks for West

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 5

NEW YORK, Fri.--Russia under Stalin had deliberately discarded the chance of working for world peace, Mr…

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Dash To Freedom By Red Steamer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 16

WEST BERLIN, Tues. (Kemsley). -- The skipper of a 500-passenger river steamer yesterday made successful dash from the Soviet zone for West Berlin. He ran the gauntlet of…

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Dash To Freedom By Red Steamer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 16

WEST BERLIN, Tues. (Kemsley). -- The skipper of a 500-passenger river steamer yesterday made a successful dash from the Soviet zone for West Berlin. He ran the gauntlet of…

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Dash To Freedom By Red Steamer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 16

WEST BERLIN, Tues. (Kemsley). -- The skipper of a 500-passenger river steamer yesterday made a successful dash from the Soviet zone for West Berlin. He ran the gauntlet of…

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Dash To Freedom By Red Steamer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 16

WEST BERLIN, Tues. (Kemsley). -- The skipper Of a 500-passenger river steamer yesterday made a successful dash from the Soviet zone for West Berlin. He ran the gauntlet of…

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