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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

5 stories in Illawarra's papers

Rail to Wreck At Shellharbour

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

The firm which has bought the wreck of the tanker Cities Service Boston (9,000 tons) now, lying near Shellharbour, intends within the next…

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Salvage Work On Wrecked Ship

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 4

Much light equipment has already been removed from a wrecked Allied ship on the rocks near Bass Point Shellharbour, by workmen employed…

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Steamer Service at Kiama Support Needed

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 3

It appears that unless the business interests of Kiama are prepared to give more support to the steamer service than was…

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Alteration of Schooner Hours Sought

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 November 1944 · page 5

A request by the U.L.V.A. that unions agree to an alteration in the hours for the sale of schooners of beer in Wollongong was received at the…

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Bravery Awards for Shipwreck Rescue

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 1 December 1944 · page 10

Two Wollongong members of the Naval Auxiliary Patrol, Skipper William B. Nicholson, R.A.N.V.R. and Senior Mate Norman Askew…

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