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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939

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Six Days in Lifeboat Lad Takes Charge LONDON. December 29

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 3

VyHEN the British Bteamer Arlington Court (4915 tons) iras sunk recently by a U-boat, Malcolm Morrison, a slightly built lad of 18,…

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German Menace Of The Seas Survivors From British Steamer Tell Ol Experiences (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON. December 29

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 5

ALTHOUGH a U-boat made a torpedo attack on a British battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class and did some damage, the vessel is safe and is proceeding on her course…

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Homestead Wrecked by Landslide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Saturday.— Describing a huge landslide which engulfed the beautiful homestead of Mr. E. L. Riddiford, at Orongorongo…

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