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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954

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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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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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Ketch Salvage Attempt To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.— Attempts will be made to-morrow to refloat the £4,500 36ft ketch aground on a reef 68…

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Rose Wrecks Rosewall Hartwig turns on the "heat'

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 30

Victorians Mervyn Rose and Rex Hartwig will meet; in one of the weakest ever Australian tennis singles cham­pionship finals-at White City tomorrow. Yesterday Hartwig…

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Ketch in Tow

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.-- The launch Peekaye. with the 36ft ketch Quest IV in tow. is expected…

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N.Z. Ketch Leading Tasman Yacht Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Jan. 31 (A.A.P.-Reuter).— The 32ft Auckland ketch, Ranginui, was leading the…

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Bodies frozen to wreckage in crash 15 die in collision

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 5

TROIS RIVIERES (Quebec), Sunday.--Bodies of victims of a buslorry smash last night were frozen to the wreckage by water from melting…

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3 men saved in launch wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 1

Lifesavers yesterday saved three fishermen whose launch was…

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Three Saved From Wrecked Launch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 3

Lifesavers yesterday rescued these three men after their launch was wrecked on rocks at La Perouse. They are (from left to right): Mr. V. Rootsey, of Newtown; Mr. H. Swan, of Redfern; and Mr. H. Symington, of Paddington…

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Actress a "Wreck" Tragic story of marriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Tues. -- A stark story of drunken orgies, murder threats and adultery was unfolded in the London Divorce Court…

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Actress "wreck" after break-up of marriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Tues.--A stark story of drunken orgies, murder threats and adultery was unfolded in the London Divorce Court yesterday. The story was told when…

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Actress "wreck" after break-up of marriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Tues.--A stark story of drunken orgies, murder threats and adultery was unfolded in the London Divorce Court yesterday. The story was told when…

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Actress "wreck" after break-up of marriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Tues.--A stark story of drunken orgies, murder threats and adultery was unfolded in the London Divorce Court yesterday. The story was told when…

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Actress "wreck" after break-up of marriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Tues.--A stark story of drunken orgies, murder threats and adultery was unfolded in the London Divorce Court yesterday. The story was told when…

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Actress "wreck" after break-up of marriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Tues.--A stark story of drunken orgies, murder threats and adultery was unfolded in the London Divorce Court yesterday. The story was told when…

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Actress a "Wreck" Tragic story of marriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Tues. -- A stark story of drunken orgies, murder threats and adultery was unfolded in the London Divorce Court…

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Panic as ferry, ketch collide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 22

Panic broke loose and police launches raced to the rescue early this afternoon when a crowded ferry and a ketch with 85 on board collided off Kirribilli Point…

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Panic as ferry, ketch collide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 22

Panic broke loose and police launches raced to the rescue early this afternoon when a crowded ferry and a ketch with 85 on board collided off Kirribilli Point…

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To See the Queen Come Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 5

ABOVE: Rosemary Russell, of Banksia, Ruth Rennie, of Rockdale, and Alice Neave, of Bondi, set up their tent at Farm Cove last night ready for a long wait to see the Queen. BELOW: Two sisters from Mosman, Helen and Gillian Welch, and their cousin, Penelope Welch, were all asleep early in their blankets. WHILING away the time with a game of cards were Mr. and Mrs…

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Sidelights of the Day: S. African ketch takes Duke's eye

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 15

The Duke of Edinburgh, a keen yachtsman, seemed greatly interested today in the South African ketch Cariad on the harbor. The Cariad recently…

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