Allies Examine German Wreckage
British officers examine the fuselage of a wrecked German Ju-52 transport plane and a heap of aircraft parts found at Taranto airfield in Italy by the advancing Allied troops…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943
71 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 4
Wreckage En Naples Harbour
Fallen cranes and blasted ships, wreckage left behind by the retreating Germans, clutter the harbour at Naples. This is a radio-photo sent from Algiers to the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Simple Plan to Beat Thirst Fish Can Give Shipwrecked Sailors a Drink
Shipwrecked sailers will soon, when their stock of water in the lifeboats run out, be able to get drinking water—from the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germans Wreck Italian Church
An American sergeant stands reverently before the statue of St. Joseph and Child which escaped destruction when German artillery shells wrecked this Catholic church in Italy. Another statue visible at the right. also remained intact amid the ruins…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Enemy Ships in Sicily
Two enemy freighters tie stranded en the whart at Palernw, Sicily, after the explosion of an ammunition Hurled both vessels out of the water. The blast occurred during Allied action leading to the expulsion of German forces in stelly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Wrecks Huts at Hospital
TAMWORTH Sat. — Twe[?] one persons, including nur[?] were Injured late yesterday [?] noon when a cyclonic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked Japanese Planes at Lae
Japanese [?]lies, wrecked by bombs and gunfire from Allied planet, line airfield at Lac, New Guinea, where they were abandoned [?] enemy’s retreat from the strategic South-well Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germans Wreck Naples Homes
Occupants of a house damaged by a German bomb in Naples. Italy, start clearing away the wreckage after the city’s liberation by the Allied Fifth Army. The Allied Military Government, working with anti-Fascist Italian civil authorities, helped the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Piece of Salvage Dutch Steamer Raised From Floor of Oro Bay
Despite attacks by Japanese dive-bombers, Australian salvage officers have raised the Dutch steamer Bantam from the floor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Homes Wrecked in Terrific Storm Wollombi Millfiefd Swept By Wind, Rain and Hail
CESSNOCK Tuesday—The members of three families had an unenviable experience late yesterday afternoon when home were wrecked in one of the worst storms in the history of the Wollombi-Millfield area…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homes Wrecked and Families Injured Terrific Storm in Wollombimillfifld Area
Rescued from their wrecked homes ana taken over flooded creeks, seven members of two families from a mountain area…
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