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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1940

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Sunk by Raider ? Pieces of Wreckage Found Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 December 1940 · page 2

The finding of pieces of timber in which fragments of shrapnel were embedded was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) to-day. This…

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S O S From Italian Steamer New York, December 17

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 December 1940 · page 4

The Mackay radio has intercepts SOS from the Italian steamer [?] Cube; No details are announced…

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Life Light for Shipwrecked Floating Torch Throws Out Beam for 15 Hours

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1940 · page 4

Seamen all over the world realise the value, in an emergency of a life-saving jacket. Now, as a further aid to rescue work at…

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British Steamer Torpedoed New York, December 20

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 December 1940 · page 1

The Mackay radio reports that the British steamer Carlton was torpedoed to-day by a submarine 300 miles west of the Irish coast. The Dutch radio…

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Ferocious Attack on Steamer London, December 20

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 December 1940 · page 1

Another attempt to bomb the Irish Channel steamer services failed on Wednesday when a German plane attacked the mail steamer Cambria, [?]…

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Steamer Attached Off Ireland New York, December 25

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 December 1940 · page 3

The Mackay radio stated at 7.41 a.m. that the British steamer Everleigh (5222 tons) had reported that it was being shelled by a submarine. The…

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British Steamer Torpedoed New York

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 December 1940 · page 1

The Mackay radio has picked up message from the British steamer Arbandhan stating that she had been Torpedoed 400 miles west of northern…

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British Steamer Torpedoed New York, Dec. 28

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 December 1940 · page 3

The Mackay radio has reported that he British steamer Ardanbhan has tern torpedoed, 460 miles west of Northern Scotland…

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Steamer Aground Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 December 1940 · page 5

The inter-island steamer [?] went aground in a thick fog at [?] Bay yesterday morning when [?] entrance of Lyttleton Harbor, [?]…

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