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New England · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

49 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 3

Mails Washed Ashore Letters Bead by Enemy Warning to Writers

Guyra Argus · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 3

Bags of Australian mails which have been opened and examined have been wash up on an island in the Pacific. The mails wore from one of the ships…

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Skeleton by Wrecked Aeroplane Auckland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 4

The mystery of the disappearance of a military aeroplane on a flight from Auckland south was solved by the discovery of a…

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Skeleton By Wrecked Aeroplane

The Uralla Times · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 4

The mystery of the disappearance of a military aeroplane on a flight from Auckland south was solved by the discovery of a wrecked machine…

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Extensive and Ruthless Attack on London Greatest Since September Many Homes Wrecked Casualties Not Heavy Damage by Fire and Bombs London

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 1

Despite the restrained terms of the Air Ministry communique, the morning newspapers are of opinion that last night's blitz against London was the most…

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In Raid Wreckage Spread of Rodents

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 6

While the Ministry of Agriculture's big winter drive against rats is going ahead well in the country the position in towns and…

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Fittings in Scout Hall Wrecked Floor Littered With Wrecked Furniture SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 1

Scouts of the 1st Gordon Troop discovered during the week-end that the interior of their hall had been wrecked…

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Rodents Follow Raid Wreckage Concrete Building Found Not Rat Proof

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 9

While the Ministry of Agriculture's big winter drive against rats is going ahead well in the country the position in towns and cities which have…

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Origin of the Lifeboat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 2

In Georgian days there was no more fashionable carriage-builder in Long Acre than Lionel Lukin. He became a member of the Coachmakers…

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R.A.A.F. Man Killed Found Beside Wrecked Cycle SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 4

Aircraftsman Ronald Lawrence Dartnell, stationed at Richmond, was killed in a motor cycle accident near Rouse Hill last night. He was fohnd…

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Blow at Centre of Healing and Learning Nazis Wreck Royal College of Surgeons

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 7

Nazi bombs have destroyed one of the world's' most famous centres of activity in the age-old fight to save human lives—the…

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Plane Wreckage Found in Ontario MONTREAL

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 1

The wreckage of a plane that crashed into Georgian Bay, Ontario last February, killing Australian Aircraftsmen Ross and Arthur, has been…

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Wreckage of Plane Located in Bay Two R.A.A.F. Men Victims (Australian Associated Press.) MONTREAL

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 4

The wreckage of the plane that crashed into Georgian Bay, Ontario, last February, killing the Australian Aircraftsmen Ross and Arthur, has…

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Channel Steamer Sunk LONDON, Monday

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 5

Dive bombers on Friday last sank the Irish Channel steamer "St. Patrick," killing at least 23 persons…

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Amazing Attempt to Run British Blockade By Hungarian Steamer Captain's Plan to Turn Over Cargo

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 5

Capture of the Hungarian steamer Nyugat in the Timor Sea by the Dutch destroyer Kortenaer, after her position had been noted…

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Original Serial Callarni Island Chapter 1—The Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 5 July 1941 · page 6

Everything was packed ready for our trip from San Francisco to the Phillipine islands. My brother John, sister Meg. and a were to accompany…

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Wrecked Nazi Aircraft Rebuilt

The Uralla Times · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 2

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

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Russia Organises an Enormous Network of Sabotage and Guerilla Warfare Behind the Advancing German Lines. Meanwhile— 5Th. Columnists Wreck Rumanian Oilfields Constanta Reported to Be One Huge Area of Ruins (Australian Associated Press.) London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 July 1941 · page 1

The Russians are orginising and applying sabotage and guerilla warfare behind the German lines on an enormous scale. Their latest activities are concentrated not only against the communications of the advancing German armies but extend back to the very source of…

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Aerial Armadas Flung Against Russia Red Air Force Replies; Nazi Aerodrome Left Wrecked (Australian Associated Press.) London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1941 · page 1

Flung impatiently ahead of the tangled battlefields on which the Germans have reached nowhere worth mentioning for days, aerial armadas are striving to re-introduce the blitzkreig into the German invasion of Russia. The Red Air Force is replying with weight…

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Yesterday's News Fatalities--Japanese Steamer--Britain and U.S.A.

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 August 1941 · page 6

Mrs. Frances Claindra Lambert (55), wife of Mr. Hedley Lambert, and a well-known resident of Armidale. was found dead in the bath at her…

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Steamer Aground Crew Safe SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 1

A steamer of about 600 tons, bound north from Tasmania, struck a reef near Point Danger. Tweed Heads, yesterday afternoon. Later the ship was…

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