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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943

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Guerrillas Wreck German Barracks

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Friday. -- Patriot troops in Greece have overwhelmed the German garrison at one village. After capturing the barracks the…

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Wife Shared In Rescue By Lifeboat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 5

LONDON. -- "Doctor Nora," is the lifeboat woman who stowed away. She had no business in the boat. She was…

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Lifeboat Procedure Report of Medical Research

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 2

Cable advices received from London state that procedure which will improve the chances of men forced to take to lifeboats…

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Wife Shared In Rescue By Lifeboat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 5

LONDON. -- "Doctor Nora," is the lifeboat woman who stowed away. She had no business in the boat She was…

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New South Wales Matson Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Oceans S.S. Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 16 January 1943 · page 3

S Shippers, 160 his shearling, [?]…

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Sharks Follow Leaky Lifeboat

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 January 1943 · page 4

NEW YORK. -- In eight agonising days, while shark' fins scraped ominously against the bottom of their leaking 16-foot gig, the master and…

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Unattended Plant Wrecked in Factory War Worker Charged

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1943 · page 2

Valuable machinery at a Sydney war factory was wrecked because a workman, disappointed over a Manpower decision, left it unattended, it was alleged at Central Summons' Court today…

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Can't Go Further Than the "Red Wrecker" Yaralla to Stitch the Challenge Field Pointers to Race Plans Should Do Trick

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 21 January 1943 · page 1

AUSTRALIA'S champion racehorse, YARALLA, looks like making an auspicious return to racing this summer by winning next Saturday's £1000 Challenge Stakes. He has not had a run since the Spring, but is…

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35 Killed in U.s. Plane Wreck

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--The US Army announces that an Army transport plane crashed near the coast of Dutch Guiana…

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A tragedy, a lesson on lifeboat living

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1943 · page 3

Not World War I but a peacetime sea tragedy has been responsible for the improvements in gear carried by lifeboats today…

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Wrecked in Desert Battle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1943 · page 3

AXIS tanks put out of action by anti-tank guns litter a battlefield near Tel el Eisa (Egypt). In the background a British convoy is seen advancing.--Information Department picture…

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Repairs to Ferry Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1943 · page 5

The Manly ferry steamer, Curl Curl, which struck an object in the Harbor at 10 p.m. on Sunday, will be back in service again this afternoon after…

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15 Out of 17 Die in Lifeboat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1943 · page 5

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (A.A.P.).— After 51 days at sea in an open lifeboat, Mrs. Gordon, of Victoria, Australia, and James Whyte, third officer…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Panamanian Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Millars Timber & Trading Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 2

Millars T. & T. Co., Ltd., 1397. pcs sawn timber S Shippers, 193 cs beef extract, 250 cs sheeps tongues, 15 sks dry gluten,…

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Stark Retreat in Caucasus Burning, Wrecking

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--One of the strangest retreats in history is occurring in the Caucasus. German armies, retreating at 30 miles a day in bitter winter weather, are apparently driving the whole population of the…

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Wreckage on Florida Coast Much Salvage Obtained

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 1

A message from Miami, Florida, received in London states that wreckage from torpedoed ships washed up on the coast, of Florida…

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Bomb To Wreck 10 Acres

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--Britain's 8000lb. bombs now being dropped on Germany were never tested over…

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The Wreckers Of Stalingrad

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 1

German soldiers--two of the wreckers of Stalingrad--look at the confusion of damage in a power plant. With the German Sixth Army crushed, the people of Stalingrad have started to rebuild. Last Hours of Stalingrad.--See story at foot of his page. Fearing an Allied invasion,…

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Wreckage In Storm

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1943 · page 3

CASINO, Friday.--A terrific storm in Casino recently did damage running into thousands of pounds…

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Records Wrecked

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1943 · page 4

STAR performer at the inter-club swim at the Domain Baths yesterday was 15-years-old Bondi champion, Trevor Phillips, who won the…

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