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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

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Historic Abbey Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 3

PHOTO SHOWS WESTMINSTER ABBEY alter the great April blitz. The damaged Altar can be seen amid bomb debris on the choir floor. Londoners found a new slogan after this raid: "We can take it -- right back where it came from."…

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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 floor. Londoners found a new slogan after this raid: "We can take it --right back where it come from."…

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Lambeth Palace Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 3

HIGH EXPLOSIVE and incendiary bombs reduced to partial ruin the 12th Century Lambeth Palace Library in a recent raid on London. Many valuable books were destroyed…

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Lambeth Palace Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 3

HIGH EXPLOSIVE and incendiary bombs reduced to partial rum the 12th Century Lambeth Palace Library in a recent raid on London. Many valuable books were destroyed…

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Lambeth Palace Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 3

HIGH EXPLOSIVE and incendiary bombs reduced to partial ruin the 12th Century Lambeth Palace Library in a recent raid on London. Many valuable books were destroyed…

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GIRLS of CLIFFDALE This Week: Mystery Schooner

The Sun · Sunday 8 June 1941 · page 7

TO REMIND YOU: Several Cliffdale girls on a cruise of the Pacific are wrecked on Castaway Island. A map is found that tells of treasure on a neighboring island…

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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 · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 3

P.D.S., Ltd., 360 cs apples, 100 cs pears, 200 cs grapes, 50 bxs butter, 273 bxs butter G. S. Yuill & Co., 318 ores pork, 93…

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Schooner Commodore For Overseas Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 2

After being refitted with top-mats find overhauled, the schooner Commodore, 1373 tons nett. is due for re-eitry into the offshire…

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Tornado at Orange. Heavy Damage. Homesteads Wrecked. ORANGE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 10

A tornado, the fiercest ever known in the Orange district, on Sunday swept across a narrow area near the town, doing damage estimated at…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 2

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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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. F.B.S. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Birt & Co. Pty., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 3

Harvey, Little & Co., 7 bgs lamb hearts, 31 bgs sheep hearts, 56 bgs beef livers, 7 bgs beef tails, 37 bgs beef tongues, 7 bgs beef hearts, 105…

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Plane Wreck Found Ottawa

The Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 2

Wreckage of the plane that crashed into Georgian Bay last February, killing two Australian aircraftmen, Ross and Arthur, has been located…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. Port Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Port Line, Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 3

Harvey, Little & Co., 24,467 crcs fr lamb, 1940 crcs fr mutton, 39 bgs lamb hearts, 10 bgs sheep hearts, 102 cs lamb livers, 8 cs sheep livers, 3…

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Navy's Guns Thunder As Diggers Sweep Up Syrian Coast Bitter Fight for Port, Capital Men Wade Ashore in Teeth of Guns French Resist Savagely LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 3

With British warships, pounding the Syrian coast to destroy strongposts barring their path, Australian troops to-night were sweeping towards Sidon, about 20 miles short of Beirut. They have broken the main fortified line guarding Beirut…

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Plane Wreckage Found

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 2

OTTAWA, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--Wreckage of a training plane which crashed in Georgian Bay last February, killing two Australian Empire air…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland A.O. STEAMER. Sailed Brisbane. Wills, Gilchrist & Sanderson Pty., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 3

Sundry Shipper, 5 cs hams. Q.M.E. Co., Ltd., 60 cs cheese, 795 bxs butter, 257 bgs beef fillet, 141 bgs veal legs, 22 bgs boneless beef, 20 bgs boneless veal,…

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Shipwreck Victims Eaten by Survivors

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 4

The sinking of the American freighter Robin Moor by a Nazi submarine, with the uncertainty surrounding the fate of 35 Of her passengers and crew, recalls the tragedy of the American munition ship Dumaru just before the signing of the Armistice…

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Shipwreck Victims Eaten by Survivors

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 4

The sinking of the American freighter Robin Moor by a Nazi submarine, with the uncertainty surrounding the fate of 35 of her passengers and crew recalls the tragedy of the American munition ship Dumaru just before the signing of the Armistice…

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A Shipping Case Repairs to a Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 2

In No. 2 Court last Thursday before Mr. Justice Herron and a jury, Henderson & Co., shipping contractors, sued the Richmond…

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Where The Launch Wanna Foundered

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 2

PICTURE OF GIBBON POINT, near Cronulla, where the 22ft. fishing launch Wanna foundered yesterday. The three men aboard were rescued. Mr. J. Triggs and a friend, who fish from Gibbon Point, saw the accident from a cave in the rocks, and pulled one of the men 30ft. up the cliff face from the surf. His camera earns Mr. J. Marley, of Double Bay, 10s for this 'picture…

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