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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

661 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 34

Steamer Lansing Bought By Australian Buyers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 2

According to a New York paper, the United States Maritime Commission recently approved the return of a 50-year-old…

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Wreckage of Commons. Vivid Account of Tour. Blue Sky for Roof. LONDON, May 12. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 10

The havoc wrought by Nazi bombs in the House of Commons on Saturday night is vividly described by the Press Association's Lobby Correspondent,…

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Bombs Aimed at Parliament Deliberate Attempt to Wreck Historic Buildings London

The Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 2

In the murderous blitz on London, "as indiscriminate as the frenzy of an ape," one thing was obviously deliberate--the attempt to destroy the House of Parliament…

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Raid Wreckage Angers London LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 1

Scores of London's civil defence workers are still searching today for living and dead in the heaped wreckage left after Saturday night's air-raid…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales R.P. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Royal Packet Nav. Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 2

Burns, Philp & Co., 6 pkgs knitting wool Fostars Shoes, 3 cs footwear Philips Lamps, 1 ctn valves, 3 pkgs…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. British Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Millars' T. & T. Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 3

Millars' T. & T. Co., 82 pcs sawn timber (2000 s. ft.), 715 pcs sawn timber (20,368 s. ft.) Rega Products, 2 cs oilers, 1 crt…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports South Australia Federal Branch Steamer. Sailed Adelaide. Geo. Wills & Co.. Ltd agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 3

State Wool Committee, 4023 bis wool. McGlow & Co., Ltd., 17 bis tailors' clippings. Aust. Wheat Board, 39,364 bgs wheat (3296 tons)…

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Tobruk Garrison Wrecks German Thrust At Egypt CAIRO

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 2

For five weeks the Australian garrison at Tobruk has been wrecking the German plan to make a lightning thrust at Egypt. The Germans have hurled tanks and infantry at…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. British Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Millars' T. & T. Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

Millars' T. & T. Co., 82 pcs sawn timber (2000 s. ft.), 715 pcs sawn timber (20,368 s. ft.) Rega Products, 2 cs oilers, 1 crt…

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Fire Blitz Damage. Famous Buildings Wrecked London, May 16. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 14

Further details of the damage done during the very heavy German raid on London last Saturday night have now been revealed…

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Rambler's Notebook and Hobbies The Wreck

The Sun · Sunday 18 May 1941 · page 7

MINNAMURRA is a very small village, about 69 miles from Sydney and a few miles from Kiama. It is off the beaten track and…

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Adventures in Schooner. Alexandria, May 18. (A.a.p.) a 170-ton Greek schooner arrived at

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 10

A 170-ton Greek scnooner arrived at Alexandria with four British officers, six privates, and two Greek non-commissioned officers, probably the last men to come out of Greece…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. Burns Philp Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 3

P.D.S., Ltd., 25 cs butter and cheese Port Huon, Ltd., 1 cs syrup, 1 cs juices, 1 cs bottles McIIwraith's Industries, 2 cs baths and…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland R.D.P. STEAMER. Sailed Brisbane. Daigety and Co. Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 3

F.W. Vear and Co., 150 cs apples. Qld. Agrie, High School 6 crts live pigs. Swift (Aust.) Co. Ltd., 6 bgs, 3 cs fr. Sundries, 6 cres veal, 6 sirloins fr, beef…

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Insulin Found in Wrecked Plane

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--To add to the mystery of the landing of Rudolf Hess, Nazi number 3, in Scotland, a story is now being circulated that Hess is suffering from advanced stages of diabetes…

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Hess Latest--"has Diabetes" Insulin Found in Wrecked Plane

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--To add to the mystery of the landing of Rudolf Hess, Nazi number 3, in Scotland, a. story is now being circulated that Hess is suffering from advanced stages of diabetes…

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Hess Latest--"has Diabetes" Insulin Found in Wrecked Plane

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--To add to the mystery of the landing of Rudolf Hess, Nazi number 3, in Scotland, a story is now being circulated that Hess is suffering from advanced stages of diabetes…

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Hess Latest--"has Diabetes" Insulin Found in Wrecked Plane

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--To add to the mystery of the landing of Rudolf Hess, Nazi number 3, in Scotland, a story is now being circulated that Hess is suffering from advanced stages of diabetes…

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Maori Gifts Delivered Year Late Owing to Shipwreck

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 27

LONDON, Tuesday.--Maori gifts presented to Lord Willingdon, former Viceroy of India and Govern- General of Canada, and Lady…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Burns Philp Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 2

P.D.S., Ltd., 25 cs butter and cheese Port Huon, Ltd., 1 cs syrup, 1 cs juices, 1 cs bottles McIlwraith's Industries, 2 cs baths and…

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