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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954

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Three Million Died When 12-Year 'Quake Wrecked Chinese Province

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 23

MORE than 200 million peasants are facing stark famine in China today. Desperate for food they are crowding along the highways into the towns only to be turned back by their Communist masters to…

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Comet Wreckage Feared Too Deep For Salvage From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, April 11. —Experts investigating last week's Comet jet air-liner crash believe the wreckage may be sunk in an area of the Mediterranean too…

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Watch on rail wreckage

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 15

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Police guarded tons of merchandise against looters last night, after 14…

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Vietminh Wreck Airfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 April 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 15 (A.A.P.).—Vietminh rebels last night wrecked the airfield at Dienbienphu, the…

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Wholesale Gambling Is Wrecking Australia's Happiness

The Methodist · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 1

Gambling and its offer of easy money has drugged the political and public mind of Australia. It has wrecked thousands of homes and, unless its influence is arrested, it will cause the moral and spiritual fabric of the nation…

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Explosion wrecks kitchen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 12

MAITLAND, Mon.--An explosion in a kerosene refrigerator wrecked a kitchen in…

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14 Lost in Tug Wreck

The Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 19

VANCOUVER, Tuesday.-- There is little chance that any of the crew of 14 survived when…

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Ketch and tug collide

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 11

ADELAIDE, Sat. -- The ketch John Robb, laden with barley, sank within minutes after collision in…

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Ketch and tug collide

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 11

ADELAIDE, Sat. -- The ketch John Robb, laden with barley, sank within minutes after collision in…

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Drab Programmes Wrecking Racing

Truth · Sunday 25 April 1954 · page 22

If the A.J.C. Committee doubts that drastic changes are necessary in the structure of programmes for future major fixtures at Randwick, they should be convinced after a…

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Quake Disaster Wrecks Towns Deathroll rising

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 1

ATHENS, Sat. -- A catastrophic earthquake which devastated a big area yesterday northwest of Athens has left at least…

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60 ft. Dive to Wreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 11

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Three men will dive 60 feet to inspect the wreckage of the ketch John…

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60 ft. Dive to Wreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Three men will dive 60 feet to inspect the wreckage of the ketch John…

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'Quake Disaster Wrecks Towns Deathroll rising

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 1

ATHENS, Sat.--A catastrophic earthquake which devastated a big area yesterday northwest of Athens has left at least…

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60 ft. Dive to Wreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Three men will dive 60 feet to inspect the wreckage of the ketch John…

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Attempt to salvage Rabaul war wrecks

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 6

Salvage of wartime wrecks and jettisoned machinery worth millions of pounds now lying on Rabaul Harbor bed will begin this month. Capt. John Johnson, who…

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Attempt to salvage Rabaul war wrecks

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 6

Salvage of wartime wrecks and jettisoned machinery worth millions of pounds now lying on Rabaul Harbor bed will begin this month. Capt. John Johnson, who…

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Escaped Wreck Facing Trial

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 7

SALZBURG, Wed. (B.U.P.).--Manfred Lentner, alias Walter Prexmarer, chief engineer aboard the ill-fated yacht Kangaroo,! will be tried today for murder and double…

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Escaped Wreck Facing Trial

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 7

SALZBURG, Wed. (B.U.P.).--Manfred Lentner alias Walter Prexmarer, chief engineer aboard the ill-fated yacht Kangaroo,will be tried today for murder and double…

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Escaped Wreck; Facing Trial

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 May 1954 · page 7

SALZBURG, Wed. (B.U.P.).--Manfred Lentner, alias Walter Prexmarer, chief engineer aboard the ill-fated yacht Kangaroo,will be tried today for murder and double…

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