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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954

506 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 26

Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

ELBA, Friday (A.P.). -- Fishermen yesterday found a large tail section of the Comet aircraft which…

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Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

ELBA, Friday (A.P.). -- Fishermen yesterday found a large tail section of the Comet aircraft which…

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Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

ELBA, Friday (A.P.). -- Fishermen yesterday found a large tail section of the Comet aircraft which…

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Storms in Tasman Battering For Old Ketch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 15

AUCKLAND, Friday (A.A.P.—Reuter).—The 34foot cruising ketch Seaward sailed into Auckland…

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Estrangement, Debt Homes Wrecked By Two-up

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 13

Two wives of two-up "addicts" have written to "The Sun-Herald" telling of estrangements, debts and final ruin. One woman writes…

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Pilot Trapped in Glider Wreckage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 9

Maloney fractured a leg and suffered severe shock. A doctor gave Maloney…

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Film Hopes Wrecked Marriage

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 26

HOLLYWOOD, Moil. (I.N.S.).--Guy Mitchell, who is being- sued for divorce by Jackie…

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Film Hopes Wrecked Marriage

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 26

HOLLYWOOD, Mon. (I.N.S.).--Guy Mitchell, who is being sued for divorce by Jackie…

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Film Hopes Wrecked Marriage

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 26

HOLLYWOOD, Mon. (I.N.S.).--Guy Mitchell, who is being: sued for divorce by Jackie…

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Film Hopes Wrecked Marriage

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 26

HOLLYWOOD, Mon. (I.N.S.).--Guy Mitchell, who is being sued for divorce by Jackie…

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Film Hopes Wrecked Marriage

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 26

HOLLYWOOD, Mon. (I.N.S.).--Guy Mitchell, who is being sued for divorce by Jackie…

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Search For Comet Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, January 25 (A.A.P.).—A motor trawler searching for the wreck of the British Comet jet airliner…

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Ambulance Capsizes Driver Saved From Wreck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 6

A driver was rescued only slightly injured from a wrecked ambulance which had turned over three times…

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Jet crash wreckage

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Mon.--A frigate searching for wreckage of a crashed Comet airliner last…

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N.z. Steamer for Coastal Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 1

R. W. Miller and Co. of Sydney has bought from the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, the '2,591 ton single-screw steamer…

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Wreck May Be Sydney Boat Crest

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- The 65[?] launch Peekaye ha[?] reached the ket[?]…

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Stop Press Wreck Survivors

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 40

LONDON, Wednesday.-- Two survivors of the coaster Wallace Rose have been picked up off Erith where the coaster collided with…

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Stop Press Wreck Survivors

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 40

LONDON. Wednesday.-- Two survivors of the coaster Wallace Rose have been picked up off Erith where the coaster collided with…

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Honeymoon Pair Saved From Wrecked Ketch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday. —Police and fishermen today rescued a honeymoon couple from a ketch…

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Ketch still fast on coral reef

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thurs.--The 36ft. Sydney ketch Quest IV was still hard and fast on a coral reef 68 miles east of Mackay, North Queensland, today, with the owner-skipper Frederick Fawcett-Kay (30) on board…

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