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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

28 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 2

Christian Churches Unite Over the Wreckage of 3000 Places of Worship!

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 27 September 1941 · page 4

Movements of Britain's population wit lie taken into account before decisions are finally made to build again the churcles bombed by Nazi airmen…

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Saw Lifeboat Was Full--So He Swam Away!

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 October 1941 · page 2

LONDON, September 30.—While Capt. Mackenzie, who has a wooden leg, was paddling about in the Atlantic with a bit of a lard box after…

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15 In Two Families Lose Lives; Steamer Sunk LONDON, October 14

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 October 1941 · page 3

FIFTEEN members of two British families from Oporto (Portugal), including 10 children, were among these killed when an Englandbound British steamer wes torpedoed several days ago. The British United Press…

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Man Crushed To Death Fierce Gale Wrecks Brick Wall Workmen Had Fears for Children Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 October 1941 · page 3

HIT by a gale yesterday, the 112-ton brick wall of a factory being erected in Fitzroy crashed into a street and crushed to death an old man who was walking along the street…

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Seas Break Wreck Into Three Parts

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 December 1941 · page 3

GEELONG, Monday.—Recent heavy weather on the coast has caused further breaking up of the wreck of the interstate steamer Orungal, which…

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Ken Murray "The Wrecker"

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 December 1941 · page 3

LONDON, November 30.—PilotOfficer Ken Murray, of Melbourne, flying a Spitfire in a recent sweep over Northern Fance, decided that a…

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Heavy Bombing Severely Damages Manila Enemy Air Activity Very Heavy Japanese Reinforcements Literally Pouring Ashore MANILA, December 29

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 29 December 1941 · page 1

The Japanese answered the American praclamation of Manila as an open city by dumping two salvoes of bombs at least o mile and a half from the capital's port area, starting fires…

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Battle, Wreck, Capture And Rescue; Air Crew's Amazing Story LONDON, December 29

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 December 1941 · page 4

AN extraordinary story of the adventures met with by the crew of a Sunderland flying-boat under a young New Zealand flightlieutenant—it reada like a P. C. Wren novel—is told in the Air Ministry news service…

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