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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1942

4 stories in Illawarra's papers

Santa Claus Is a Fireman with Toys From Blitz Wreckage for Boy & Girl Evacuees

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 5

Motor lorries rattled out 'of London on Christmas Eve with a great freight of 2,000 toys for the children of women on war work who…

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South Africa's Sheep Provide Lifeboat Gloves for Shipwrecked Mariners

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 4

The skins of South African sheep are to-day helping to save the lives of shipwrecked British sailors. Sheepskin gloves, large and warm…

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Pemmican in the Lifeboats Eskimos' Ration Saves Shipwrecked Sailors

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 1

Eskimos and trappers of the Frozen North who ate their dried strips of caribou meat or pemmican, have passed on the idea of this highly…

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Wreck of the Dandenong

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1942 · page 4

When howling shrieking winds command With force that nothing can withstand…

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