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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940

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Nazis Claim Successes With Air Raids on Shipping Italian Steamer Bombed With New type of Incendiary LONDON, March 8

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 10

The German Newsageney claims that Nazl bombers sank or seriously damaged II convoyed and other merchantmen on the nights…

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British Steamer Sunk by Mine Carried Survivors of French Vessel London, March 9

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 March 1940 · page 1

After picking up the survivors of a French vessel with which she collided, the British steamer Thurston shortly afterwards sank, with considerable…

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Mine Causes Steamer to Sink London, March 11

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 3

The steamer Amor sank after striking a mine. The crew of 30 has been landed at Flushing. The steamer Niritos is proceeding to…

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Small Steamer Broken to Pieces Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 3

The Coas[?]of [?] sank [?] crashing into [?]today A fishing boat rescued the crew of…

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Steamer Sunk in North Sea London [?] 12

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 7

The steamer [?] been sunk in the North [?]crew of 34 was picked up [?] and landed on the [?] The wireless…

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Another German Steamer Scuttled London, March 15

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 7

The crew of the German steamer Lacoruna set fire to the vessel and scuttled her in northern waters after she had been intercepted by British…

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Another Steamer Sunk

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 3

The steamer Slava was sunk in Bristol Chanel near a British warship. One member of the crew perished…

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Registered in Morning; Wrecked in Afternoon

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 5

This car, which tore away three panels of fencing on the Albury-Wodonga road on Tuesday, rolled down a steep embankment and came to rest upside down. The driver escaped without injury…

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Thrills of the China Seas British Steamer Has Exciting Experience Fired on Both Chinese and Japanese Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 2

The crew of the British steamer Hsin Peking had an uneviable experience when [?] at the wharf [?] just prior to Christmas. The…

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German Admiralty Orders Followed Too Literally Steamer Runs Around Copenhagen, March 25

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 3

It has been revealed that the German Admiralty, after the British torpedoing of the Heddernheim on March 22. ordered all German vessels in…

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Three-year-old Wreck Salvage to End Soon MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 5

Within a few weeks, the Kakariki. which sank to the sea bed three years ago after a collision with the Caradale in Hobson’s Bay, is expected to be…

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Steamer Aground Assisting Trawler Founders London. April 1

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 April 1940 · page 4

The trawler Walsingham was helping a neutral steamer which had gone aground on the east coast of England when the steamer slipped off a shelf…

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Sidelights of the War R.a.f. and Lifeboat Men Co-operate

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 8

Above Left: R.A.F. and lifeboatmen gel together, Lifeboatmen of the Wells lifeboat carry the pilots ashore after a trip to sea. Above Right: The coxswain of the Sheringham lifeboat gels a helping hand from the R.A.F. officers into the plane to take his flight…

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Traffic Accidents Eight Persons Hurt Telephone Booth Wrecked 'Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 6

Eight persons were injured and a telephone booth was knocked from its concrete foundation and crumpled as the retail of a…

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Germans Removed From Steamer San Francisco, April 7

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

The German Consul-General has stated that the British and French authorities have removed 35 members of the crew of the scuttled German…

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Steamer Sunk Stockholm. April 21

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 April 1940 · page 4

The steamer Hurgenfritzen while bound for Stockholm from Stetting. sank near Landsort, south of Stockholm. All the members of the crew…

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Steamer Mined Off English Coast London. April 23

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 4

The steamer Lolworth struck a mine off the south-cast coast of England today. Two members of the crew were killed. but lifeboats picked up the…

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R.a.f. Chaplain Retires : Scottish Pipers Popular : Wrecked German Bomber

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 1

Top Left: Rev. J. R. Walkey, who is retiring after long and distinguished service as Chaplain-in-Chief of the R.A.F., pays a farewell visit to the men in France. He is known personally to thousands of men…

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British Steamer Wrecked New York, May 1

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 May 1940 · page 2

The English steamship, Matakana. struck a reef cast of Ac[?] Island The American steamer. Panama, picked up the entire crew of 82 from open…

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Pl’nes Attack Steamer in British Port London. May 2

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 2

A German plane machine-gun two Scandinavian ships in a [?] alongside each other at an English north-east coast port last night…

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