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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1942

619 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 31

Export Manifests New South Wales British Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 3

Tozer, Kemsley & Milbourn, 15 crts baths, 228 ctns end meat Nestles Anglo-Swiss, 854 cs malt extract…

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All Ashore!

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1942 · page 1

THIS U.S. SOLDIER was not dampened by the sharp downpour of rain which greeted his arrival. His excellent equipment amply…

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Employee Wrecked Home of a Grazier

Truth · Sunday 12 April 1942 · page 22

MEDICAL evidence concerning the paternity of two of five children, which he claimed were not his, was called by Hubert Thomas Power, a Canowindra…

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Shipwreck In Cyclone PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 12 April 1942 · page 7

Battered by one of the fiercest cyclones in the history of the North-West. Broome luggers have limped into a northern…

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Export Manifests New South Wales British Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 13 April 1942 · page 3

Tozer, Kemsley & Milbourn, 16 crts baths, 228 ctns end meat Nestles Anglo-Swias, 854 cs malt extract…

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Ferry Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 5

The Manly passenger ferry Barrenjoey crashed on to the rocks near the Manly gasworks early this morning…

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Export Manifests New South Wales British Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 14 April 1942 · page 3

Tozer, Kemsley & Milbourn; 15 crts baths, 228 ctns end meat Nestles Anglo-Swiss, 854 cs malt extract…

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Harbour Mishap Manly Ferry Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 2

Early yesterday morning the Manly ferry steamer Barrenjoey struck the rocks near the Manly gasworks…

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Export Manifests New South Wales British Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 3

Tozer. Kemsley & Milbourn, 15 crts baths, 228 ctns end meat Nestles Anglo-Swiss, 851 cs malt extract…

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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 15 April 1942 · page 2

P.D.S., 14 cs cheese Thos. Playfair, Ltd., S cs lard Fostar's Shoes, Ltd., S cs footwear Vacuum Oil Co., 1 cs household…

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Export Manifests New South Wales British Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 3

Tozer, Kemsley & Milbourn, 16 crts baths, 228 ctns end meat Nestles Anglo-Swiss, 854 cs malt extract…

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Export Manifests Victoria British India Steamer. Sailed Melbourne. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 3

S Shippers, 75 bgs flour (2 tons), 14 cs canned fruit, 3 cs beans S Shippers, 274 pkgs frozen sundries BLUE STAR MOTORSHIP…

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Export Manifests Victoria British India Steamer. Sailed Melbourne. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 18 April 1942 · page 3

S Shippers, 75 bgs flour (2 tons), 14 cs canned fruit, 3 cs beans S Shippers, 274 pkgs frozen sundries BLUE STAR MOTORSHIP…

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Britain Improves Lifeboat Rockets

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Many weaknesses which exist in the warning flare used by distressed seamen will be overcome when a new giant…

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Wrecked R.a.f. Party Capture Italian Patrol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 7

Graphic pictures, which arrived by mail from London last night of the adventures of the [?] of an R.A.F. Sunderland flying-boat. After a forced landing four miles off the coast of Cyrenaica, the passengers and crew sat on a wing (top left) while the flying-boat was blown [?] by a strong wind. The damaged flying-boat (top right) was [?]hed and the crew waded ashore. Lower left: The British were taken prisoner on the beach by Italian sold[?]…

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"Secret 3" Wrecked School Rooms

The Sun · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 3

Two lads who recently left school broke into three public schools, ruthlessly smashed £230 worth of property, then melodramatically chalked on blackboards, "The Secret 3."…

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Export Manifests Victoria British India Steamer. Sailed Melbourne. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 3

S Shippers, 75 bgs Hour (2 tons), 14 cs canned fruit, 3 cs beans S Shippers, 274 pkgs frozen sundries BLUE STAR MOTORSHIP…

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Overseas Export Manifests New South Wales K.P.M. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Royal Packet Navigation Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 3

P.D.S., 5 cs cheese Tozer, Kemsley & Millbourn, 151 cs dry patteries, 36 cs battery plates, 1 cs battery separators…

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Women To Lifeboat Stations

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 4

British fishier folk area hard - working people-- the…

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Women To Lifeboat Stations

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 4

British fisher folkarea hardworking people -- the…

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