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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

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The Red Badge of Courage "I'm smaller than you, mother--I can crawl over the wreckage."

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 6

HOW does one recognise a hero? Or a heroine? Well might the…

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Youth Wrecks Waverley's Cricket Hopes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 21

D. Fagan, a 17-year-old Northern District fort bowler, wrecked Waverley's cricket premiership hopes of Waverley Oval yesterday. Fagan, taking 5-34, helped to…

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Torpedoed, Adrift In Lifeboat For 41 Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 2

How a British liner on which he was travelling last year was torpedoed was described yesterday by Mr. F. Fulton, a British mining engineer. Mr. Fulton, of the…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales B.I. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Macdonald, Hamilton & Co., agents

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

Tricho Laboratories, Ltd., 1 cs hair lotion H. Jones, 42 cs groceries, 216 pkgs fruits and jams…

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

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

P.D.S., Ltd., 10 cs milk powder Nestles Milk Co., 3 cs mile McPhersons, Ltd., 4 cs pastry fat S Shippers, 200 bgs flour (4 tons),…

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Wrecked Ships Refloated

The Sun · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 7

With every ton of merchant shipping vital, the salvage section of the British Admiralty has performed some amazing…

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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 · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 3

The P.D.S., Ltd., 20 bxs butter, 1 cs hams, 3 cs cheese, 2 cs reduced cream Lord Mayor's Fund, 35 cs comforts…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Royal Packet Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Royal Packet Nav. Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 3

Duly & Hansford, 4 cs motor parts Burns Philp & Co., 4 bis knitting wool Phillips Lamps, 1 cs cabinet backs…

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Girls of Cliffdale This Week: The Haunted Schooner

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 6

THE SEA URCHIN made her tortuous way through the reef-dotted seas like some living creature that knew her…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. British India Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 3

P.D.S., Ltd., 100 bxs butter, 30 cs cheese, 33 cs cheese, 41 cs cheese, 160 bxs butter Burns Philp & Co., 100 cs wine…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland Burns Philp Steamer. Sailed Brisbane. Burns Philp and Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 3

Qid. Co-op. Bacon Assn., 4 Cs bacon, 102 cs hams. Foggitt Jones pty., Ltd., 83 cs cheese, 1 cs end ments…

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Captured Three Times Experience of a Finnish Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 2

The Finnish freighter Nagu arrived at Boston recently bearing the odd distinction of having been captured three times…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Royal Packet Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Royal Packet Nav. Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 2

Duly & Hansford, 4 cs motor parts Burns Philp & Co., 4 his knitting wool Phillips Lamps, 1 cs cabinet backs…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports South Australia British India Steamer. Sailed .Adelaide. Maerdonald, Hamilton and Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 3

Henry B. Smith, 4S his wooltops. The Emu Wine Co. Pty., Ltd., 1 [?]d wine Sunday Shipper, quantity assorted essences. Holdens, Motor Body Builders, 1 es hinges…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland. Port Line Steamer. Sailed Port Alma. The Australian Estates Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 3

Best and Gee Pty., Ltd., [?]700 cs [?]nd meats. The C.Q.M.E. Co., Ltd., 830 cs eggs, 2193 hinds ox beef. 2834 bgs piece beef, 3738 bgs boneless piece beef, 2501 bgs boneless beef, 2758…

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Wrecked Hangars at Benghazi — Preparing Indoor Exhibits at Show — Crowd at Opportunity Shop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 16

A British sentry on guard at Benghazi harbour soon after the Libyan town was captured by British and Australian troops on February 6. British troops have now been withdrawn from Benghazi, and Italian and German forces have occupied the town, which was not used as a port. Light Horse from northern districts were inspected yesterday by Lieutenant-General C. G. Miles, G.O.C., Eastern Military Command…

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Sale of a Steamer Hirondelle Not Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 2

The New York "Maritime Register" states that the United States Maritime Commission has announced disapproval of the…

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New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended British India Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Macdonald, Hamilton & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 3

Alrzone (1931), Itd., 6 cs radio receivers Barnes Bacon Co., 8 bgs bacon Thos. Playfair, 30 bgs lamb…

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Richmond Prospects Rosmead to Rake and Wreck Ring Three and Four-year-old Handicap, 5 1/2 FurlongS. (12.50.)

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 7

ST. ELMO: Has taken a long time to strike form, but, judging on his third to Lady Neith and John Mac at…

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Cabramatta Hcp. Remarc Was a Wrecker

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 20

BELIEVE it or not, the last event on the card, the Cabramatta Handicap was the best betting race of the day, and those…

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