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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945

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

Hess a Pitiable Wreck Memory Lapses

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 1

Rudolf Hess, one-time deputy Fuhrer, is now "a gaunt spectre' and a pitiable wreck of the man he once was, according to old…

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40 Rescued From Wrecked Liberty Ship

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 1

SAINT NAZAIRE Oct. 27—The captain and 40 members of the crew of the American Liberty ship, Charles G. Gloyer, which…

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STRIKERS and WRECKERS

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 3

"At this time of crisis I urge the people of the country towns and districts to stand up for their rights as citizens, and to demand an end of the sufferings…

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Officers oh British Steamer Threatened

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Saturday.—Two officers of the steamer, British Character, were threatened in their cabin early to-day, as the…

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Extensive Damage in Fierce Sydney Storm Houses Wrecked People Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.— Damage amounting to thousand of pounds including the wrecking ,of homes, was caused by a fierce gale along a narrow strip Riverstone to Liverpool yesterday afternoon…

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Bombs Wrecked Jap. Industries Long Time Before Trade Possible

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 November 1945 · page 1

Even if public sentiment in Australia would permit a full resumption of trade with Japan, it would be a long time before it…

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Roof of Factory Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 2

An explosion of chemicals at a Marrickville factory late yesterday blew the roof off and scattered it over an area 100 yards. The…

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Perilous Landing Of Jewish Refugees Motor Schooner Wrecked Near Lebanese Frontier Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 December 1945 · page 1

HAIFA, December 27.—Several hundred Jewish refugees landed clandestinely from the motor schooner “Hannah Senesh” on Nahariah beach, eight miles to the south of the Lebanese frontier and dispersed inland without incident. The Jewish defence…

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Home Wrecked By Explosion

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 December 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE Thursday.— The two-storied home of Mr. A. E. Simpson at Cooparoo, suburb of Brisbane, was wrecked when the…

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[?] of Wrecking

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 1

[?] December 31.—The [?] administration has [?] to the Services about [?] Latest and worst…

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Trouble in Jerusalem Jews Wreck Police Headquarters

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 December 1945 · page 1

Jews armed with automatic guns and sticks of gelignite wrecked police headquarters at Jerusalem…

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