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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

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Under the wreckage they heard a faint voice This story cabled yesterday from London was written by a London Daily Herald reporter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 8

"QUIET!" shouts a rescue worker deep down in the wreckage. He flings his shovel aside, his head disappears into a gap in the shattered…

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Stop Press Phone: M2406 Newcastle: B2772 Robot Plane Wrecks Children's Home

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 16

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.). -- A robot plane today demolished a large private house in southern England used as a hostel for…

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Japs Ram Lifeboat After Sinking Ship

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 July 1944 · page 11

WASHINGTON, Thursday--Their lifeboat rammed and machine-gunned after a Japanese submarine had sunk their ship, 38 survivors of…

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Japs Ram Lifeboat After Sinking Ship

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 July 1944 · page 11

WASHINGTON, Thursday--Their lifeboat rammed and machine-gunned after a Japanese submarine had sunk their ship, 38 survivors of…

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Stranded Vessel Saved Ashore On New Zealand Coast

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 July 1944 · page 2

Advices received from Auckland state that an overseas freighter has been salvaged near North Cape, off the north coast of…

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Chesty Bond Ashore

The Sun · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 7

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Fire on Steamer In Sydney Harbour

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 2

A fire broke out in the hold of a ship now in port at Sydney last Wednesday. At the time of the fire, which was under…

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Survived Schooner of Scotch

Truth · Sunday 9 July 1944 · page 19

IT will be a long time before comely, red-headed young Mrs. Ruby Margaret Shepherd forgets the schooner of neat…

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Steamer Runs Aground Cargo Jettisoned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 July 1944 · page 1

The Illawarra and South Coast Shipping Company's ship Bergalia ian ashore five miles south of Cape Solander last night…

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Explosion Wrecks Garage at Pymble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 July 1944 · page 4

Interior of the garage at the home of Flight-Lieutenant H. A. Chin, Pentecost Highway, Pymble, where a fuse cap, probably from a 2-inch mortar bomb, exploded and killed Private John Latama Assheton, 16, A.I.F. Private Assheton…

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Sub Killer Ace Dies Ashore

The Sun · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Britain's ace U-boat killer, Captain Frederick John Walker, RN, has…

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Mishap to Steamer Cargo Jettisoned

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 2

The Illawarra and South Coast Shipping Company's steamer Bergalia ran ashore five miles south of Cape Solander on Sunday…

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President Grant Wrecked In The Pacific

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 2

Cable advices received from New York state that the U.S. War Shipping Administration announces the loss of the 13,000 ton…

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Flying Bomb Wrecks Guards' Chapel During Church Parade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 July 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--When a flying bomb struck the Guards Chapel (London) a company of Grenadier Guards remained standing at attention on a parade ground less than 50 yards away. Not a men moved, although all knew that inside the chapel were many of…

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U.s. Marines Storm Ashore on Kwajalein

Construction · Wednesday 12 July 1944 · page 4

Their guns ready for action, U.S. Marines leap from an amphibious assault craft on to a beach on Kwajalein during the campaign on the former Japanese fortress in the Marshall…

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Salvage Workers On Wreck Strafed By Practice Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 July 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three men doing salvage work on the wreck of the steamer Orungal off Barwon Heads were strafed today by aircraft with live ammunition on practice runs…

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Ferry Goes Ashore In Strong Wind

The Sun · Saturday 15 July 1944 · page 3

Caught by the strong wind, the ferry Karingal was driven ashore in Mosman Bay today…

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Wrecks Snatched From Davy Jones

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 July 1944 · page 7

Two Australian ships, wrecked in a terrific cyclone in Torres Strait late last year and rescued recently from their temporary graves by the Commonwealth Maritime Salvage Board, will soon be plying the high…

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Wrecks Snatched From Davy Jones

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 July 1944 · page 7

Two Australian ships, wrecked in a terrific cyclone in Torres Strait late last year and rescued recently from their temporary graves by the Commonwealth Maritime Salvage Board, will soon be plying the high…

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Wrecks Snatched From Davy Jones

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 July 1944 · page 4

Two Australian ships, wrecked in a terrific cyclone in Torres Strait late last year and rescued recently from their temporary graves by the Commonwealth Maritime Salvage Board, will soon be plying the high…

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