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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

11 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

Kiel Canal Is Blocked Wrecked Bridge Sinks Ship

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 1

Kiel Canal, Germany's chief waterway, from the Baltic to the North Sea, is blocked as a result of R.A.F. raids, according to Swedish…

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Greek Advance Continues Tepelini Almost Surrounded Italian Steamer Sunk

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 1

The Greek forces now command three sides of Tepelini and the only road left open to the Italians is that leading to Valona. The Greeks…

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Aircraft Wreckage Appeal to Public Not to Interfere Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 4

An urgent appeal to members of the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents was made…

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Interference With Wreckage of R.A.A.F. Aircraft

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 2

An urgent appeal for members of the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents was made today by the…

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Mystery Solved Wrecked Plane Found (By Wire) Sydney, Monday. (A.A.P.)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 1

The mystery of the disappearance of a military aeroplane, which was on a flight from Auckland South, (N.Z.), was solved by the discovery…

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Jack Ashore Birthday Party to J. Hocking (R.A.N.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 2

Jack Hocking (R.A.N.), who has been home on leave, was entertained at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hocking, "Lawson Vale,"…

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Wrecked Nazi Aircraft Rebuilt

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 28 July 1941 · page 3

German aeroplanes engines removed from machines shot down over England are being examined by technical experts and the Army Air Corps…

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Struck a Reef Steamer Re-floated Near Tweed Heads (By Wire) Sydney, Mondoy

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 1

A steamer of about 600 tons, bound from Tasmania, struck a reef near Point Danger, Tweed Heads, yesterday afternoon…

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Christian Churches Unite. Over the Wreckage of 3000 Places of Worship

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 29 September 1941 · page 4

Movements of Britain's population will be taken into account before decisions are finally made to build, again the churches bombed by Nazi…

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Steel Tower Crashed At Temora Flour Mill Wrecks Huge Wheat Shed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 November 1941 · page 2

At about 9.45 o'clock on Tuesday night, just when a severe gale hit Temora, the 90ft high' steel tower at Pardey and Cd's. flour mill,…

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The Mareeba Loss of Sydney Cargo Steamer Victim of German Raider

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 1

Nothing is known of what has happened to the crew of 44 of the Sydney cargo steamer, Mareeba, which fell a victim to the German…

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