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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1942

50 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Terrific Damage Stettin Wrecked LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Sunday 3 May 1942 · page 1

Photographers of the big Baltic port of Stettin, which is really the port or Berlin, show that over 100 acres of the closely industrialised…

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U-boat Works Smashed Photos Reveal Wreckage LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 2

According to evidence of official photographs released by the Air Ministry the Nazi U-boat works at Augsburg have suffered severely…

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Epic Story of Escape. 1500 Miles in Lifeboat. 44 Days at Sea. Melbourne [?]

Leader · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 2

An epic story of the privation and perils which beset a party of twelve members of the R.A.F. and R.A.A.F. during 44…

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Shipwrecked Sailors New Device to Repair Leaks

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 2

SHIPS' crews and passengers cast away upon the high seas nerd no longer be kept constantly at work baling out with…

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Shipwrecked Sailors New Device Washington

National Advocate · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 1

In an endeavor to reduce loss of life all American ocean-going and oc[?] vessels of 1000 tens or more are required to carry at least one…

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Missing Plane. Wreckage Sighted, Auckland

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 2

The wreckage of an Airways plane missing since Thursday was [?] room the air this morning 4000 idet up Mount [?] 16 miles…

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Airliner Wreckage No Sign of Occupants. Auckland (N.z )

Leader · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 2

The wreckage of an Airways plane, missing since Thursday, was sighted from the air this morning, 5,000 feet up Mount…

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Taxi Cab Almost Wrecks Building After Colliding With Cyclist

Leader · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 2

A cyclist was Injured and the balcony of premises in Keppel Street, Bathurst, was almost wrecked In an unusual street…

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Jap Foodstuffs Washed Ashore Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 2

Bully beef, rice stores and tinned food washed ashore on a N.S.W. beach this week s[?] crime from a Japanese submarine sunk off…

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Gale Wrecks Building Two Men Fatally Injured MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 2

Two men were fatally, injured and eight others injured while 12 received miner hurts when a big timber foamed building which was being…

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[?] Landed in America From Submarines. They Planned to Wreck Great Aluminium Plant and Railways. Had Nearly 150,000 Dollars to Organise Bribery and Spying New York

Leader · Monday 29 June 1942 · page 2

German saboteurs landed on Long island and in Florida from submarines, have been arrested, it is disclosed by the Chief of the FM, J. Edgar Hoover. The submarines which landed die agents left France…

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S.O.S. BUTTON Portable Lifeboat Radio LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 2

Every ship in the British merchant service must now carry an ingenious, addition to its lifeboat equipment it the form of a portable wireless…

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Not "Home Wreckers" Mechanics' Institute Dances Are Select

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 6

"When I mentioned to some friends of mine the Saturday night dances conducted at the Mechanics' Institute, they said,…

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Shipwrecked Sailors Repair Machine-Gunned Lifeboats By New Device London

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 2

Ship's crews and passengers cast away upon the high seas need no longer be kept constantly at work baling out with anything from empty…

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Sea Leotard Washed Ashore Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 4

A 12 foot sea leopard was washed up on Palm Beach today. It was scarred with teeth [?] and had apparently been attacked by shar[?]…

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Jessie Matthews Back Home with W.A.A.F's. and Seamen at the Bbc "Shipmates Ashore? Club

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 September 1942 · page 2

The first appearnace of Jessie Matthews, the popular British actress, on her arrival back in England after her voyage from the United States in a convoy, was at the British, Broadcasting Corporation's "Shipmates Ashore" party…

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Senator Johnson Body Washed Ashore Westralian's Tragic End MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Monday 7 September 1942 · page 1

Police authorities report that a body washed up on the beach at Black Rock Victoria today has been identified as that of Senator Edward Bertram…

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Part of Hotel Wrecked Home Made Bomb Responsible MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Monday 7 September 1942 · page 2

A home made bomb is believed to have produced a violent explosion which wrecked the side entrance to the bar of the Greyhound Hotel…

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Nazis in Brooklyn. American Jewish Congress Wrecked. New York

Leader · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 2

Nazi aympath[?]rs wrecked the Brooklyn branch of the American Jewish Congress. They palled down and trampled on American flags,…

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Heavy Damage in Gale Small Boats Wrecked SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 1

Sydney Harbor to-day was [?] at various points with wrecked of small craft which were[?] their[?] and [?]…

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