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Floods & storms, 1939

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Wool on Fire Ship's Hold Flooded Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1939 · page 3

Wearing gas helmets, firemen last night fought a fire which broke out in the hold of a ship laden with wool at Hamilton wharf. The outbreak was got…

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Russian Lines Sunk in Gale 550 Lives Lost New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1939 · page 1

From the Russian ship Indigirk[?] 402 were saved but 650 were drowned when the ship suddenly sunk off Hakkaido Island (Japan) yesterday. The…

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Canadians' Arrival Storm Over Early Disclosure London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1939 · page 1

A new storm of criticism over the censorship control has resulted from the premature disclosure by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston…

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Foundered in Storm Istanbul

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 1

The Kizilmark, with a crew of 20, and the Astrea, with a crew of 14, foundered during a violent storm in the Black Sea. All hands were lost…

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