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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943

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Japanese Ships and Planes Smashed at Rabaul Allies Strike in Air at Mast Height Wreckage and Destruction From Skip-Bombing

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 November 1943 · page 1

"The harbor was practically swept clean. Nearly every ship there has been heavily hit or sunk by 1000-lb. bombs." In these graphic words General McArthur yesterday described the "scene of utter wreckage and destruction." Following the big raid on…

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3000 Miles in Lifeboat After Ship Was Sunk

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 November 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday: The United Press correspondent at Chungking says: Dr. Marvin Hensley, American missionary said that…

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Wreck Sold For £1500

Northern Star · Thursday 11 November 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Together with 100 tons of bagged wheat still aboard, the wreck of the 9000 tons steamer aground at Shellharbour…

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Houses Wrecked by Storm

Northern Star · Monday 29 November 1943 · page 4

During last Thursday's hailstorm the wind reached hurricane force as it whipped over Goolmangar Valley and broke at the foot of…

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Allies Use Wrecked Nazi Airfield

Tweed Daily · Monday 13 December 1943 · page 1

An Allied officer examines the wreckage of German planes, piled near the edge of an airfield Italy where they were smashed on the ground by Allied bombs. Back of them is a squadron of British Royal Air Force Spitfire fighter planes…

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Houses Wrecked In Storm

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 December 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—Residents of Back Creek, Backmetle and surrounding localities had a terrifying experience yesterday…

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