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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

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49 m.p.h. Gale Sweeps New South Wales Stormtossed Launches, Yachts Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2

Gales and Heavy rain swept wide areas of New South Wales yesterday. A 49 m.p.h. southerly buster yesterday afternoon capsized 15 small boats in the Harbor…

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N.Z. Authorities Seal German's Ketch

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 8

AUCKLAND, Tuesday. -- Customs officials have sealed the ketch Te Rapunga, owned by German-born Captain George Dibbern, who is now at…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales N.Y.K. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 2

Geo. L. Thompson Pty., Ltd., 140 cs battery plates, 2 cs dry batteries, 2 cs radio chassis, 15 pkgs battery containers, 6 bxs dry battery plates,…

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Yugo-slav Steamer Chartered to Load

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 2

A Yugo-Slav steamer, which came to Australian ports last year, has again been chartered for a round voyage to Australia, at 4.50…

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German Steamer Sails From Chile Talcahuano (Chile)

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 2

The Hamburg-America liner Portland (7132 tons), which has sought refuge here ever since the war began, has sailed for an unknown…

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Mine Washed Ashore. Naval Party Sent Out. Explosion Near N.Z. Island. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1941 · page 7

A mine three feet in diameter, with six horns, was washed ashore in a storm near Thames, some distance from Auckland. A naval party was sent our…

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A German Steamer Leaves Talcahuano

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 2

According to, cable advices, the Hamburg-Amerika steamer Portland, 7132 toils, which has been in port at Talcahuano since…

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Wreck of Ketch; One Dead Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 3

A mishap to the winch of the £2000 fishing ketch Tasman led, five days later, to the death of one of the…

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Steamer John Lykes Recent Launching

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 2

The Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, launched the steamer…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. Australian Oreintal Steamer Sailed Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 3

G. S. Yuill & Co. Pty., Ltd.: agents. S Shippers, 50 bxs butter Prod. Co-op. Dist. Scty., Ltd., 150 cs cheese…

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Port Bowen Wreck Vessel Being Dismantled

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 2

News received from Wanganui states that the liner Port Bowen, which is stranded on Castlecliff beach, is beginning to bear all the…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales N.Y.K. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

Geo. L. Thompson Pty., Ltd., 140 cs battery plates, 2 cs dry batteries, 2 cs radio chassis, 15 pkgs battery containers, 6 bxs dry battery plates,…

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A Tramp Steamer Was Heaven To Her

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 13

"Board the -- cargo ship on Monday morning with one suitcase and four days' supply of food." This curt message meant more to Miss Edith Norris, an Australian stranded in Marseilles, than the most polite…

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Export Manifests Sydney Amended. Shaw-savill Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 3

H. Jones & Co. Pty., Ltd., 1000 es end fruits Leeton Co-op. Cannery,' Ltd., 1499 es end fruit…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports South Australia. Blue Funnel Steamer. Sailed Adelaide. George Wills & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 3

Central' Wool Committee, 250 bls sheepskins. Australian Wheat Board, 11,000 bgs wheat (9OS tons). Co-op. Dried Fruit Sales Pty., Ltd., 105 bxs…

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New Glory to Rise in Britain Buildings From Wreckage London

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 9

Property damaged by bombs throughout England so far did not exceed one per cent, of the total, said the…

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The Wreck Maianbar Nearly Broken Up

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 2

News received from Newcastle states that the remains of the. steamer Maianbar, which, was wrecked on Nobbys Beach, may…

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Wrecked Plane Found. Two Australian Pilots Missing in Canada. OTTAWA, Feb. 6. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 8

Royal Canadian Air Force planes have discovered a wrecked plane on the ice on the Nottawasaga River, in Ontario, which is believed to be the…

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“Wreckers”

Tribune · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 8

The “Herald ” writes about “wrecker”. It asserts that “union executives decide to ban overtime.”…

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Australians' Plane Wrecked on Ice

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 5

OTTAWA, Thursday (A.A.P.).--A wrecked plane, believed to have been piloted by two Australian airmen, was sighted by Royal Canadian Air Force…

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