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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943

41 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 3

Wreckage of Flying Boat Found. Auckland (Nz)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 2

Wreckage of the NZRAF flying-boat which has been missing for several days, has been sighted. There were 14 persons on board and the search for thein has…

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Troops Have Queer Vehicles Ambulance From Plane Wreckage. (From Axel Olsen, “Mall” War Correspondent). (No. IV.). Somewhere in New Guinea

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 2

Anything on wheels is used for transport in the forward areas of Wau-Salamaua One of the most unusual vehicles is an ambulance that was made from a wrecked…

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Palermo Wrecked and Useless LONDON, July 9

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 3

Photographic reconnaissance reveals that Palermo as the result of Allied bombing is a total wreck and is useless for military purposes, but during…

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Bodies Recovered From Wrecked Plane LONDON. July 9

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 July 1943 · page 1

The Morocco radio has announced that General Slkorski's despatch case, containing Slate documents and also a letter [?] Mr Roosevell to him, have been salvaged…

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Wreckage of Nazi Transport Plane

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 July 1943 · page 6

Two American soldiers examine the port plane destroyed in an Allied during the victorious Allied drive wreckage of a giant German…

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Reds in Control of Labor A.L.P. Platform Wrecked Wake Up, Australia !

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 July 1943 · page 3

Communism has entered into complete control of the Parliamentary and industrial wings of the Australian labor movement Labor moderates have…

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U.S. Bombers Wreck 109 Vehicles LONDON, Sept 20

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 September 1943 · page 1

American lighter-bombers on September 19 heavily strafed long lines of enemy motor convoys proceeding north from the Salerno bridgehead…

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Lifeboat Dropped to Fortress Crew

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 6

For[?] by air[?] lifeboat—The airborne lifeboat. [?] and dropped by three parachutes from Air ivS[?] of lives of many [?] to sea. It was first used in May…

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Second Edition Friday, [?] A.M. Germans Wrecking Harbor at Naples LONDON, September 23

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 September 1943 · page 3

According to the North-West African Air Force headquarters air photos re[?]al that the Germans are destroying great [?]arbor works at Naples. At…

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Where 11d. Paid For Schooner Of Beer Goes SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 2

Of 11d paid for a schooner of beer by a consumer, 5[?]d represented excise duty said the chairman of Tooheys Ltd (Sir Mark Sheldon), at the…

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Ferry Steamer in Collision Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 October 1943 · page 1

While making one of the early morning trips today the Manly ferry steamer, Dee Why, came into collision with a merchant vessel, and as a result…

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Attempt to Wreck Service- Men’s Hostel SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 October 1943 · page 4

Military and civil police were rushed to the scene when almost 20 men, [?]ed on by a hooting crowd of nearly 300, forced their way into the colored…

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How the Money Goes on Beer Price of Schooner Half Excise

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 October 1943 · page 4

When a customer pays 11d. for a schooner of beer in a hotel, exactly half the money goes in excise to the Government…

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Fines for Goods Taken From Wrecked Ship Wollongong

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 October 1943 · page 3

Fines ranging from 20/ to £7, were imposed on a number of men convicted at Wollongong Court today for haying possessed goods taken from a ship…

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Rescue by Red Cross Steamer

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1943 · page 3

"Caritas 1," one of the vessels chartered by the International Red Cross Committee, on her first crossing of the North Atlantic, to…

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Irish Steamer Attacked From The Air DUBLIN, October 25

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 October 1943 · page 2

A steamer owned by Eire Shipping Company which left Dublin on October 20 for Spain was attacked from a level by an unidentified plane, 120…

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3000 Miles in Lifeboat New York, November 10

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 November 1943 · page 3

United Press says that Dr Marvin Hensley, American missionary, said that he and other survivors of a Norwegian freighter that was sunk 1500…

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Wrecked 9000-Ton Steamer Sold for £1500 SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 November 1943 · page 6

Together with 100 tons of bagged wheat still aboard, the wreck of a 9030 ton steamer at Shellharbor was sold at public acution today for £1500…

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Big Jap Cruiser And Steamer Bombed

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 November 1943 · page 2

A Japanese light cruiser and a 10,000 ton merchant, vessel travelling in two convoys north of Ra[?]aul were damaged by US Navy Cata[?]nas…

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Swim Ashore After Yacht Is Wrecked. Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 November 1943 · page 2

Caught in a southerly gale while sailing from Broken Bay to Newcastle, a yacht with Ray Richards and a lad named Donnelly as the crew, was blown many miles…

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