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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1942

619 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 31

King's Stand Wrecks Govt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--The resignation of the Egyptian Government yesterday is reported to have directly resulted from the negotiations which led to the…

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Plan Made To Wreck Mines

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 6

If the Japanese land in N.S.W. coal districts, experts will make the mines useless to the enemy, said the Minister…

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Native's Home Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Home of a native in the residential section of…

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Native's Home Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Home of a native in the residential section of…

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Native's Home Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Home of a native in the residential section of…

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Native's Home Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Home of a native in the residential section of Hono…

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Native's Home Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Home of a native in the residential section of…

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Native's Home Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

Home of a native in the residential section of…

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Overseas Export Manifests Queensland American Pioneer Steamer. Sailed Brisbane. Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 3

Q'land State Wool Committee, 14,120 bis wool FEDERAL BRANCH STEAMER. Sailed Brisbane…

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German Steamer Odenwald History Repeats Itself

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

The arrival of the German steamer Odenwald at San Juan after being intercepted by the U.S.S. Omaha in the South…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Port Line Steamer. Sailed Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

The Salvation Army, 22 cs comforts Royal Empire Society, 8 pkgs comforts B. Bruce Smith, 2 ctns comforts…

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Overseas Export Manifests Queensland American Steamer. Sailed Brisbane. Birt & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 3

Central Wool Commitee, 9915 bls of wool S Shipper, 59 csks pelts Central Wool Committee, 1207 bls…

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Fishing Launch Ashore at North Cronulla

The Observer · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

Early on Sunday morning a 45 ft. auxiliary launch, the “Petuna,” was driven ashore at North Cronulla beach, owing to the mooring rope fouling the…

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Overseas Export Manifests Queensland American Steamer. Sailed Brisbane. Birt & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

Central Wool Committee, 9946 bis of wool S Shipper, 59 csks pelts Central Wool Committee, 1267 bis…

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12 Days in Lifeboat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- An American flying-boat picked up nine survivors from a British ship on Wednesday off the Atlantic Coast…

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12 Days in Lifeboat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- An American flying-boat picked up mine survivors from a British ship on Wednesday off the Atlantic Coast…

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12 Days in Lifeboat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- An American flying-boat picked up nine survivors from a British ship on Wednesday off the Atlantic Coast…

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12 Days in Lifeboat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- An American flying-boat picked up nine survivors from a British ship on Wednesday off the Atlantic Coast…

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Wrecked Men's Ordeal Darwin

The Sun · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

How they lived on flour and brackish water on a small water-locked piece of land 80…

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Romero a Wrecker!

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1942 · page 3

BRISBANE bookmakers are fully aware that Romero won the second division of the Flying Handicap at…

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