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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

5 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Mine Washed Ashore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 2

A message from Auckland states that a mine three feet in diameter, with six horns, was washed ashore in a storm near Thames, some distance…

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R.A.A.F. AIRCRAFT Interference With Wreckage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 4

An urgent appeal to members of the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents is made by the Department of…

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Wrecked Nazi Aircraft Rebuilt

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

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

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Hospitals Wrecked in Air Baids

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 September 1941 · page 3

German bombers, raining fire-bombs and high- explosives hit five London hospital in one night raid. A public shelter was wrecked and many dead -were brought from the ruins.-This picture shows nurses of one of the bombed hospitals; clearing out a damaged…

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Christian Churches unite Over the Wreckage of 3,000 Places of Worship

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 September 1941 · page 3

Movements of Britain’s -population will be taken into account before decisions are finally made to build again the churches bombed by Nazi airmen…

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