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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

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Greek Steamer Again Held Up

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 2

News received from Adelaide states that a Greek cargo ship is held up at a South Australian port because of a dispute between…

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Australians Inspect Wrecked Japanese Bomber

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 1

Australian members of a disposal squad inspect the remains of a Japanese bomber on Wakde Island airstrip. From left: Corporal R. B. Baptist (Sydney). Sergeant V. Kay (Manly), and Flight-Lieutenant R. Taylor (Tenterfield). (Department…

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Liberty Ship Wrecked Navy Men Rescued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 June 1944 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 (A.A.P.).—The liberty ship Henry Bergh, the Navy Department announces, went aground…

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Explosion Wrecks A Village

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—A little Cambridgeshire town witnessed scenes reminiscent of the London blitz early yesterday…

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Explosion Wrecks A Village

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 June 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—A little Cambridgeshire town witnessed scenes reminiscent of the London blitz early yesterday…

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Wreck of a Liberty Ship On Farallone Island

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 2

Cable advices received from San Francisco state that the Liberty ship Henry Bergh went aground on Farallone Island, 20…

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Fences Wrecked at Five Homes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

FIVE residents of Trafalgar St. and The Boulevarde, Brightdn-le- Sands, this morning found that hoodlums had almost completely wrecked…

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Wreck Survivors Located by Crew of Land Bomber

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 6

COLOMBO, Tuesday. -- The crew of a land bomber based in Ceylon searched the Indian Ocean for several hours before sighting 58 survivors of a wreck who were drifting in lifeboats. THE bomber, flown by a pilot from…

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Fences Wrecked at Five Homes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

FIVE residents of Trafalgar St. and The Boulevarde, Brighton-le-Sands, this morning found that hoodlums had almost completely wrecked…

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Wreck Survivors Located by Crew of Land Bomber

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 6

COLOMBO, Tuesday. -- The crew of a land bomber based in Ceylon searched the Indian Ocean for several hours before sighting 58 survivors of a wreck who were drifting in lifeboats. THE bomber, flown by a pilot from…

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All Beaches Secure, Invaders Deep Inland Reinforcements Pour Ashore

The Sun · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--All beaches are held and Allied troops are deep inland as the invasion of Europe goes well. Berlin reports new landings at Calais and Boulogne. RAF pilots reported late last night that German armored…

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Launch Wreckage Recovered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 7

Water police yesterday recovered from the rocks near Rosa Gully portion of the launch Thelma, which was overturned off Sydney Heads on May…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports South Australia Shaw Savill Steamer. Sailed Adelaide: Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 4

G. Cramp & Sons, Ltd., 68 hads wine Emu Wine Co., Ltd., 128 hhds wine B.Seppelt & Sons, Ltd;, 10 hhds wine Walker, Ltd., 16 hhds wine…

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Troops Pour Ashore--Latest Picturegrams

The Sun · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 1

Beachhead: Through the doors of a landing craft American troops and jeeps are seen going ashore on the French coast in the great initial assault on Tuesday,--Photo by signal corps. Radioed from London. Battle Silhouette: American infantrymen making their first landing on the Normandy coast under…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports South Australia Shaw Savill Steamer. Sailed Adelaide. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 4

G. Gramp & Sons, Ltd., 68 hhds wine Emu Wine Co., Ltd., 128 hhds wine B. Seppelt & Sons, Ltd., 10 hhds wine Walker, Ltd., 16 hhds wine…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports South Australia Shaw Savill Steamer. Sailed Adelaide. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 4

G. Gramp,& Sons, Ltd., 6S hhds wine Emu Wine Co., Ltd., 128 hhds wine - B. Seppelt & Sons, Ltd., 10 hhds wine Walker, Ltd., 16 hhds wine…

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In church, a bride's life was wrecked

The Sun · Sunday 11 June 1944 · page 3

New York Supreme Court refused this week to grant an annu[?]ment request of a young naval officer, whose bride was crippled…

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Wrecked Gliders

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 June 1944 · page 4

"There has been no time to bury the dead. The fighting has been too hot. "But there are still civilians, including women and children, in the…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 67 cs whisky, 3 chests bulk tea, 165 cs Horlicks malted milk, 300 cs sheeps tongues, 521 cs beef and carrots, 21,996 cs…

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South Australia Shaw Savill Steamer. Sailed Adelaide. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 4

G. Gramp & Sons, Ltd., 68 hhds wine Emu Wine Co., Ltd., 128 hhds wine B. Seppelt & Sons, Ltd., 10 hhds wine Walker, Ltd., 16 hhds wine…

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