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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 27

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 24 June 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 1S bls rabbit skins, 491 bls sheep skins, 325 cs sheep tongues, 175 cs lamb tongues, 1 pkg personal effects, 100 cs ox tongues,…

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Rubber Suits Saving Shipwrecked Sailors

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 June 1944 · page 2

NEW YORK, Friday.--One-piece synthetic rubber suits, which leave only the face exposed, are saving the lives of shipwrecked U.S. sailors. The suits protect the men…

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Vandals Wreck Defences

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 June 1944 · page 4

Many dummy buildings erected to camouflage military installations have been destroyed or…

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POPEYE the Sailorman WRECKED!

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 6

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People cry out for decent homes-- marriages wrecked, babies in tents

The Sun · Sunday 25 June 1944 · page 6

IN Sydney's industrial suburbs, even m some better-class localities, hundreds of families are living in overcrowded tenements, without proper bathrooms and washing facilities…

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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 26 June 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 18 bls rabbit skins, 491 bls sheep skins, 325 cs sheep tongues, 175 cs lamb tongues, 1 pkg personal effects, 100 cs ox tongues,…

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Nazis Wreck Leghorn

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Their forces still retreating northwards, the Nazis are destroying Leghorn, Italy's third biggest port. THIS is reported by Allied…

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Nazis Wreck Leghorn

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Their forces still retreating northwards, the Nazis are destroying Leghorn, Italy's third biggest port. THIS is reported by Allied…

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Nazis Wreck Leghorn

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 June 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Their forces still retreating northwards, the Nazis are destroying Leghorn, Italy's third biggest port. THIS is reported by Allied…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 1 cs personal effects, 2 cs Vickers gin, 5 pkgs cigarettes, 1 pkg cigars, 100 cs marmalade, 6750 cs meat and vegetable rations, 798 cs…

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Nazis Wreck Italian Port Allied Troops' Swift West Coast Advance

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 June 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--German troops are blowing up harbor installations at Leghorn, big Italian port 160 miles north-west of Rome. This is reported by the B.B.C., which adds: "The…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 June 1944 · page 2

S Shippers, 1 cs mixed tobacco, 2 cs cigarettes, 530 crts wallboard, 253 cs powdered milk, 200 ca jam, 1111 cs marmalade, 616 cs biscuits, 789…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 29 June 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 1 cs personal effects, 2 cs Vickers gin, 5 pkgs cigarettes, 1 pkg cigars, 100 cs marmalade, 6750 cs meat and vegetable rations, 798 cs…

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School Wrecked, But Children Escape Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 June 1944 · page 3

LONDON, June 28.—A flyingbomb which hit a school in southern England just before the children's midday dinner…

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Nazis Wreck France Ruthless Destruction Wandalism Under Official Orders

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 6

LONDON, Friday.--German forces in France are carrying out orders to pursue a ruthless scorched earth policy as indiscriminate as that in Russia…

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Nazis Wreck France Ruthless Destruction Vandalism Under Official Orders

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 10

LONDON, Friday.--German forces in France are carrying out orders to pursue a ruthless scorched earth policy as indiscriminate as that in Russia…

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Nazis Wreck France Ruthless Destruction Vandalism Under Official Orders

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 10

LONDON, Friday.--German forces in France are carrying out orders to pursue a ruthless scorched earth policy as indiscriminate as that in Russia…

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Nazis Wreck France Ruthless Destruction Vandalism Under Official Orders

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 10

LONDON, Friday.--German forces in France are carrying out orders to pursue a ruthless scorched earth policy as indiscriminate as that in Russia…

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Nazis Wreck France Ruthless Destruction Vandalism Under Official Orders

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 10

LONDON, Friday.--German forces in France are carrying out orders to pursue a ruthless scorched earth policy as indiscriminate as that in Russia…

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Child Home Wrecked Flying-Bomb Tragedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 1

LONDON, June 30 (A.A.P.).— A flying-bomb, which had been shot down, early to-day directly hit and demolished a large…

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