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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1954

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T.v. Finds Comet Wreckage

Truth · Sunday 14 February 1954 · page 11

LONDON, Sat. — Wreckage of the Comet airliner which crashed off Elba on January 10…

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Comet Wreckage

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 19

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The underwater television camera of the frigate Wakeful yesterday…

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Debris From Wreck Washed on to Rocks

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 3

DEBRIS from a 42ft launch which blew up and sank at Church Point today being…

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Wrecked in surf

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 12

The 26ft. cabin cruiser Carinya was swept Inshore and pounded to pieces in the surf at…

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Mystery Wreck of Unmanned Launch

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 February 1954 · page 2

Mystery surrounds the wrecking of a 25ft. cabin launch at dawn today on rocks at Whale Beach. Residents who saw the craft break up, later…

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Boats Wrecked

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 21 February 1954 · page 2

Four A.N.A. and four T.A.A. flights from Melbourne were cancelled. Mascot Aerodrome was…

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Expedition Ashore In Antarctica

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 5

MacR OBERTSON LAND, Antarctica, Feb. 21. —The last of our cargo was safely removed from the…

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Storms wreck city's tour decorations

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 4

Wind and rain has caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to Sydney's Royal tour decorations. It was a very bedraggled city that greeted…

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Wreckage of Vessels Litters Shore

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sun.--The wreckage of prawning vessels and private launches today littered the shores of Bramble and Deception Bays, 12…

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Wreckage of Seven Houses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

Some of the wreckage of the seven houses which floodwaters washed away at Casino…

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Fence wrecked by heavy rainstorm

The Sun · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 1

SWIRLING WATER from a stormwater channel ripped down this fence dividing two homes in Illawarra Rd., Marrickville, today. Residents survey the damage. A LAKE feet deep formed in parts of Sydney Air port today when torrential rain fell for an hour. Dennis Beohm, 18, of Heme Bay, wades through running water up to his knees as he crosses a…

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Ketch Limps in

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--Sailing blind without the aid of charts and with a leaking petrol tank, a…

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Ketch Limps in

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--Sailing blind without the aid of charts and with a leaking petrol tank, a…

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Ketch limps through gale

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--Sailing blind without the aid of charts and with a leaking petrol tank, a 35ft. ketch owned by a young Dutch couple today limped into Newcastle Harbor…

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Stop Press Arrival of Battered Ketch

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 24

NEWCASTLE. --The 35ft ketch Beatrix, from Tahiti, entered Newcastle Harbor by mistake this morning. The ketch, believed to…

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Stop Press Arrival of Battered Ketch

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 24

NEWCASTLE, Mon. --The 35ft Betch Beatrix from Tahiti, entered Newcastle Harbor by mistake this morning. The Ketch believed to…

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Works wrecked in blast Man Killed by Flying Steel

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Monday.-- A violent explosion today demolished several buildings at the Mt. Pleasant coke works,…

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'Quake wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

Chimneys were wrecked and awnings were carried away from this shop in Adelaide early this morning when an earthquake violently shook the town for nearly a minute. The parapet at the top right hand side of this building was wrecked. Other portions may have…

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'Quake wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

Chimneys were wrecked and awnings were carried away from this shop in Adelaide early this morning when an earthquake violently shook the town for nearly a minute. The parapet at the top right hand side of this building was wrecked. Other portions may have…

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'Quake wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

Chimneys were wrecked and awnings were carried away from this shop in Adelaide early this morning when an earthquake violently shook the town for nearly a minute. The parapet at the top right hand side of this building was wrecked. Other portions may have…

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