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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954

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Rain may wreck chance of Sydney Shield match as big money spinner

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 28

Rain has probably wrecked the current New South Wales-Queensland Sheffield Shield match at Sydney Cricket Ground as a big money-spinner. Only six balls were bowled before the second day's play was abandoned…

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Barges Driven Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 11

A 60 m.p.h. gale last night broke two barges adrift from a dredge in Botany Bay and ground…

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3 Drift Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Two men and an eight-years-old boy who were lost in the bay since…

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Barges Driven Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 11

A 60 m.p.h. gale last night broke two barges adrift from a dredge in Botany Bay and…

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Barges Driven Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 11

A 60 m.p.h. gale last night broke two barges adrift from a dredge in Botany Bay and ground…

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Barges Driven Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 11

A 60 m.p.h. gale last night broke two barges adrift from a dredge in Botany Bay and ground…

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Barges Driven Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 1

A 60 m.p.h. gale last night broke two barges adrift from a dredge in Botany Bay and…

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Barges Drive Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 11

A m.p.h. gale last light broke two barges from a dredge in any Bay and…

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Barges Driven Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 1

A 60 m.p.h. gale last night broke two barges adrift from a dredge in Botany Bay and ground…

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Missing 3 Drift Ashore

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Two men and an eight-years-old boy who were., lost in the hay since…

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Plane wreck on mountain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 5

PARIS, Sun.--A rescue party today found the wreckage of a twin-engined French military plane,…

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He Wrecked Rackets Mended Hearts

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 14

HOLDER of one of Sydney's oddest and most ticklish jobs -- racket…

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Wrecked Boat Sighted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 14

BRISBANE, Tues.-- An airline pilot said today that he had sighted an overturned…

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Paddle steamer on river snags

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The paddle motor vessel, Wanera, with 26 passengers aboard, is stuck fast on snags in the Murray River downstream…

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A Shipwreck Started It How Chemicals Control Bunt

The Land · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 14

BUNT, or Stinking Smut, is a fungal disease of wheat carried over from one generation to the next in the form of spores which infect the seed wheat. The features of this…

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Big waves sweep surfers to sea Dramatic Rescue in Heavy Sea Saved by pilot steamer

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sat. -- Five youths and a beach inspector were dramatically rescued more than a mile off Nobbys Beach this…

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Huge waves sweep surfers oat to sea Dramatic Rescue in Heavy Sea Saved by pilot steamer

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sat. -- Five youths and a beach inspector were dramatically rescued more than a mile off Nobbys Beach this…

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Huge waves sweep surfers out to sea Dramatic Rescue in Heavy Sea Saved by pilot steamer

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sat. -- Five youths and a beach inspector were dramatically rescued more than a mile off Nobbys Beach this…

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Huge waves sweep surfers out to sea Dramatic Rescue in Heavy Sea Saved by pilot steamer

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE,Sat. -- Five youths and a beach inspector were dramatically rescued more than a mile off Nobbys Beach this…

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Huge waves sweep surfers out to sea Dramatic Rescue in Heavy Sea Saved by pilot steamer

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sat.-- Five youths and a beach inspector were dramatically rescued more than a mile off Nobhys Beach this…

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