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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

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WRECKERS Armed Guards Posted

Truth · Sunday 1 June 1941 · page 15

WASHINGTON, Saturday (B.U.P. Exclusive).—Armed guards have been placed at every dam, irrigation plant, power station,…

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Prairiedale's Reversal Wrecks Plunge On Our Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 June 1941 · page 21

MOONEE VALLEY, Saturday. -- Prairiedale upset a substantial plunge when he narrowly beat Ellison in the Mount Alexander Handicap at Moonee Valley today…

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Vacuum Causes Wreck Of £2000 Gold-Dredging Barge

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 3

GYMPIE, Monday.--A 100-ton gold dredging barge, the property cf Mary River Gold Ltd., was wrecked on Saturday in the Mary River…

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Vacuum Causes Wreck Of 1 £2000 Gold-Dredging Barge

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 June 1941 · page 3

GYMPIE, Monday.--A 100-ton gold dredging barge, the property of Mary River Gold Ltd., was wrecked on Saturday in the Mary River, Gympie…

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British Steamer Sunk

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 9

LONDON, Tues.--Paris Radio has announced that the 5000-ton British steamer MacDougal has been sunk off the Cape Verde Islands…

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British Steamer Sunk

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 9

LONDON, Tues.--Paris Radio has announced that the 5000-ton British steamer. MacDougal has been sunk off the Cape Verde Islands…

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British Steamer Sunk

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 9

LONDON, Tues.--Paris Radio has announced that the 5000-ton British steamer MacDougal has been sunk off the Cape Verde Islands…

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British Steamer Sunk

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 9

LONDON, Tues.--Paris Radio has announced that the 5000-ton British steamer MacDougal has been sunk off the Cape Verde Islands…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. E. & A. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Gibbs, Bright & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 3

P.D.S., Ltd., 350 cs apples, 100 cs pears, 200 cs grapes, 50 bxs butter, 273 bxs butter G. S. Yuill & Co., 318 cres pork, 93…

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Tears For Wreck OS London's Pride

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--For the first time since bombs closed it, Saint Paul's Cathedral was…

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Tears For Wreck Of London's Pride

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--For the first time since bombs closed it, Saint Paul's Cathedral was…

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Tears For Wreck Of London's Pride

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--For the first time since bombs closed it, Saint Paul's Cathedral was…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. A.O. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. G, S. Yuill & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 3

Ah Ham & Co., 100 cs apples Wing Young & Co., 75 cs apples Wm. H. Price, 150 cs grapes, 300 cs apples, 50 cs pears…

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High Seas in Harbour. Ferries Delayed. Small Craft Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1941 · page 13

An exceptionally heavy southeasterly swell, caused by a cyclone in the Tasman, swept through the Heads yesterday and disorganised the…

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Today's Complete Short Story Trip ASHORE

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 26

BACKDOORS of memory opened in Arthur Brandon's uneasy mind as the great cruise finer swung around the river bend and stirred up the mud off…

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Today's Complete Short Story Trip ASHORE

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 26

BACKDOORS of memory opened in Arthur Brandon's uneasy mind as the great cruise liner swung around the river bend and stirred up the mud off…

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Today's Complete Short Story Trip ASHORE

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 26

BACKDOORS of memory opened in Arthur Brandon's uneasy mind as the great cruise liner swung around the river bend and stirred up the mud off…

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Today's Complete Short Story Trip ASHORE

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 26

BACKDOORS of memory opened in Arthur Brandon's uneasy mind as the great cruise liner swung around the river bend and stirred up the mud off…

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Historic Abbey Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 3

PHOTO SHOWS Westminster Abbey after the great April blitz. The damaged Altar can be seen amid bomb debris on the choir…

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Historic Abbey Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 3

PHOTO SHOWS Westminster Abbey after the great April blitz. The damaged Altar can be seen amid bomb debris on the choir…

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