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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

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Granville News "Littered with Wrecked Planes" "Thrills Daily" Graphic Letter From Biltzkrieg Zone

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

"We have become quite used to planes crashing and pilots baling out, and the country round is littered with the wrecks of…

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Interference With Wreckage OF R.A.A.F. AIRCRAFT

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 5

An urgent appeal to members of the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents was recently made by the Department…

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Twice Wrecked Rangitane Survivor Visits Penrith

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 1

TWICE within three months, Miss Miss R. Mannington, of Bristol, a stewardess, was on a boat that was sank by enemy action…

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Aircraft Wreckage Interference with R.a.a.f. 'Planes

Liverpool News · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 2

An urgent appeal to members of the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents is made by the Department of Air…

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Aircraft Wreckage Interference with K.a.a.f. [?]Lanes

The Biz · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 2

An urgent appell to members of the public not to in[?] with the [?] of aircraft involved in [?] is made by the Department of…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland. Port Line Steamer. Sailed Brisbane. Gibbs Bright & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 3

Southern Qland. Dairy Co., Ltd., 201 bxs butter. Sundry Shippers, 903 bxs butter, 430 crts cheese, 585 bxs butter, 130 crts cheese…

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Wrecked in Gale Days Without Food, Water Jervis Bay

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1941 · page 16

MAAROONED on a rock off Crocodile Head, about three miles north of Point Perpendicular, near Jervis Bay, and three nights and two days without food or water while a gale-lashed…

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Three days on cliff ledge after wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 February 1941 · page 5

JERVIS BAY, Saturday. -- A shipwrecked man, who had been marooned for three days on a rocky ledge at Crocodile Head, near Jervis Bay, was rescued at 6 a.m. today…

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Three Days on Ledge. Survivor From Wreck. Mate Was Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 11

Edward Morley, 62, fisherman, of Ulladulla, who had been trapped on a ledge in a steep cliff without food or water since Wednesday night, when…

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Steamer Stranded Freed by Locomotives

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 2

The steamer kovowai stranded on an isolated shingle-bank in the Grey River (N.Z.) recently, while turning to sail for…

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Still Useful Steamer Richard Peck Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 2

The American steamer Richard Peck, 2906 tons register, which was built at Wilmington (Del.) in 3892, 49 years ago, has been…

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Export Manifests Sydney Amended. P. & O. Royal Mail Steamer. Sailed Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 February 1941 · page 3

Macdonald Hamilton & Co., Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty., Ltd., and Birt & Co. (Pty.) Ltd., joint agents. Australian Wheat Board, 23,908 bgs…

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Export Manifests Sydney Amended. P. & O. Royal Mail Steamer. Sailed Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 3

Macdonald Hamilton & Co., Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty., Ltd., and Birt & Co. (Pty.) Ltd., joint agents. Australian Wheat Board, 23,908 bgs…

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American Steamer Sold To British Buyers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

The Maritime Commission of America recently approved of the sale of the cargo Vessel Pacific from the American South…

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Mast From Old Wreck

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

The discovery has been made on the New Zealand coast near Karckare of a mast believed to be from H.M.S. Orpheus, which was…

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Italians Welcome Australians to Benghazi — Mr. Menzies in London — Wrecked Italian Cruiser

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 12

The Australian Brigadier whose troops led the final British drive into Benghazi talking, through an interpreter, to the Italian Mayor of the city. In the background is the commander of the Italian Carabinieri, who co-operated with the Australian after the surrender of the city…

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Trapped In Wrecked Hospital Bomb Victims Sought by Torchlight London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1941 · page 2

Rescuers are still searching for people trapped in wreckage of a London Hospital which was bombed last night. Hospital was used as an A.R.P. depot. One block…

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Coastal Ship Maianbar Wreck Disappearing

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

Allowing for fine weather, it is expected that in about a month little of the wreck of the coastal steamer Maianbar will be left on…

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New Island Steamer For Fijian Government

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

A steel twin-screw vessel named Viti has been built at Hongkong for the Fijian Government for service in the East Indian…

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Export Manifests Sydney Amended. Port Line Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Gibbs, Bright & Co., agents

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

S Shippers, 4 bls basils, 4000 bgs rice (201 tons), 5 bls sole leather shoulders, 6 cs upper leather, 3000 bgs rice (150 tons), 93 drums…

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