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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

47 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 3

Mission Boat Wrecked

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1944 · page 6

PERTH Thurs.—A Presbyterian mission ketch carrying Rev. G. H. Holmes, Mrs. Holmes and two children and a crew of five…

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Wreckage of Plane on Beach

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1944 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sat.—Wreckage an aeroplane washed up on Stockton beach has been identified as parts of one of two…

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Wreckage of Plane Washed Up Identified As Part of Beaufighter

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 November 1944 · page 1

Wreckage of an aeroplane washed up on Stockton Beach has been identified as part of one of two Beaufighters reported missing from…

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Airman’s Body Washed Ashore

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 November 1944 · page 3

The body of an airman, which has been identified as that of one of the crew of a plane missing off the New South Wales coast,…

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Shed Wrecked at Denman. Yesterday's Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 November 1944 · page 1

Violent wind and duststorms prevailed throughout the district yesterday. Trees were uprooted. At Denman the roof of a shed at…

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Germans Wreck and Plunder

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 15 November 1944 · page 1

LONDON Nov. 14.—An Increase[?] number of German troops is [?]treating from Fullmark, north[?]ly county in Norway, into Trom,…

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Many Killed by V2 Bomb Crowded Shop Wrecked

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 November 1944 · page 1

LONDON November 26. — Twenty-four hours after a V2 bomb crashed into a store in South England rescue parties…

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