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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

113 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 6

Remains of Wreck Must Be Moved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 5

Expressing strong disapproval of the delay by the owners is the removal of the remains of the wreck at Nobbys [?], Greater Newcastle Council last…

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"Dangerous" Wreck on Nobby's Peach

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 November 1941 · page 2

"There is a matter with which I am thoroughly disgusted." declared the Mayor (Ald. W. E. Young) at the meeting last night of the City Council in…

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Nobbys Wreck on Crown Land

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1941 · page 3

"Responsibility for removing the remains of the wreck at, Nobbys appears to be a matter for the Lands Department," said the Mayor (Ald. Young) last…

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Sailor Dives to Save a Steamer

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 November 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Oct. 24 (Air Mail).— Hundreds of people saw a man dive fully clothed from the George V. Bridge. at Glasgow, lately, and swim…

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Europe's Quislings of Various Brands Traitors to Their Own Countries and Wreckers of Their Peace of Mind Are the Contemptuous Dupes Who Make Up—

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 November 1941 · page 4

The time has come at length when the Quislings throughout Europe are looking anxiously over their shoulders. They are a very mixed lot, the Quislings. In this country they are but little understood, in any of their varieties…

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Council Wants Act Applied Removal of Nobbys Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1941 · page 2

Greater Newcastle Council decided last night to ask the Minister for Customs to apply a section of the Commonwealth Navigation Act to the removal of the…

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Council's Move to Shift Wreck From Nobbys Beach

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 December 1941 · page 6

"If ever there was a danger on a, Newcastle bench it is the remains of the wreck on Nobbys Beach." said Alderman Norris last night at the…

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14 Boats Washed Ashore in Gale in Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 3

MELBOURNE: After the coldest December day for 17 years. Melbourne had a night of boisterous wind and heavy rain, which did much damage…

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Two Cottages Wrecked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Two weatherboard cottages, one on each side, were wrecked at 5 a.m. to-day when the walls of a burning factory collapsed…

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Third Lifeboat Picked Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Dec. 10.—A Portuguese warship picked up the remaining lifeboat from the Portuguese vessel Cassequel (4751 tons), with 18 survivors, including…

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From the Wheelhouse of a River Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 December 1941 · page 5

MUD, BLACK AND SLIMY, churned to the surface, and startled fish cut swift ripples across the water to safety as the old Allwyn River slid…

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Strange Adventures of Crew of Wrecked Sunderland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Dec. 29.—An extraordinary story of the adventures of the crew of a Sunderland flying-boat, under a young New Zealand…

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R.a.f. Wrecks Nazi Rubber Plant

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 December 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (British Official Wireless)—Great chemical works at Huls, near the Ruhr, where Germany…

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