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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943

17 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

War News. Stark Retreat in Caucasus. Burning , Wrecking. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 February 1943 · page 2

One of the strangest retreats in history is occurring in the Caucasus. German armies, retreating at 30 miles a day in bitter winter weather,…

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Bomb to Wreck 10 Acres

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 4

Britain's 8000-lb, bombs, now being dropped on Germany were never tested over England, because even the moat remote Moorland was not…

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In Many Wrecks

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 February 1943 · page 2

At Forster on the 12th instant Mr. Benjamin Nelson passed away suddenly from heart failure in his 65th year. An engineer in coastal shipping,…

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Who Said There Is No Beer In Wingham ? Sydney-sider Slings a Schooner. "Hits, Skits and Shingles."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

The following came through by post to Wingham" last week-end, and it speaks for itself—in fact, it jumped out of the envelope, and rushed round…

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War News. Wrecking Rommel From Air. Coastal Road a Blaze of Ruin London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 1

Ruthless fulfilment of an Allied air headquarter's promise to "crush and destroy the last vestige of the Axis armies in Tunisia" began yesterday…

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558 Wrecked Axis Planes Recovered

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 4

It has been officially announced that 558 Axis planes, mostly battered wrecks, have been recovered by the Allies in the Tunis, Bizerta, and Cape…

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For Shipwrecked

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1943 · page 2

We have been asked by the Town Clerk, Mr. S. W. Gulliver, to announce that a depot has been established at the Council Chambers. Kempsey,…

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Clothing for Wrecked Seamen

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1943 · page 2

We have been asked by the Town Clerk, Mr. S. W. Gulliver (says the "Macleay Argus"), to announce that a depot has been established at the…

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Dynamite Outrage at Kalgoorlie. Doctor's Garage Wrecked

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 3

Two detonations shook , the centre of Kalgoorlie, West Australia, at 1.26 a.m. on Saturday, when what are believed to have been dynamite…

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For Shipwrecked

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 July 1943 · page 2

We have been asked by the Mayor (Aid. W. P. Chapman) to announce that a depot has been established at the Council Chambers, Taree, where…

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Jap. Attempt to Land Frustrated. Only 300 Ashore Out of 2200. New York

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 August 1943 · page 2

It is announced at South Pacific Headquarters that American forces bloodily smashed a Jap sea-borne attempt to land at Velia Lavella, killing…

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What Invasion Means Getting Men and Supplies Ashore

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 August 1943 · page 4

Britain and the United Nations have had to learn the technique of seaborne invasion only during the three years since France fell and the Allies lost…

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Loss of the Schooner "Gorilla."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 31 August 1943 · page 4

Tinonee, October 19, 1872: The Marine Bard has just held an investigation into the circumstances attending the wreck of the "Gorilla"…

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Wrecked Planes Civil Defence Training Canberra

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 September 1943 · page 5

The Minister for Home Security, Mr. Lazzarini, said yesterday that civil defence workers will be training in the technique of extricating…

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Passenger Steamer

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1943 · page 4

Tinonee, October 26, 1872: The steamer arrived this week on Wednesday. Her passengers were Mrs. Barratt, Mrs. Johnson. Mrs…

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Steamer's Arrival

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 9 November 1943 · page 4

Tinonee, November 2nd., 1872: The steamer arrived this week on Wednesday. Her passengers were: Mrs. Steel, Mrs. Healey, Miss Wynter,…

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A Coastal Wreck in Fierce Storm Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1943 · page 3

During one of the fiercest storms experienced on the coast some months ago, an Allied vessel ran ashore at Shellha[?]bor. The crew and members,…

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