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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 27

Wrecking German Oil Supplies Intensive Air Activity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 August 1944 · page 3

LONDON, August 7 (A.A.P.).—Another German synthetic oil plant in the Ruhr was raided by Allied bombers last night. Bomber Command has been systematically…

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Will Wreck It

The Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1944 · page 4

The Portland strike will do more than anything else to defeat the Referendum. This sort of thing seems to suit some…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales. Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Oceanic Steamship Co., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 August 1944 · page 2

S Shipper, 18 bls raw rabbit skins (Complete.) STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Wilh, Wilhelmsen Agency Pty., Ltd., Agents…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 11 August 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 212 cs beef and livers, 78 bgs cheeks, 7 bgs calf hearts, 1 bg sheep hearts, 2004 bxs butter, 13 cs canned meats, 1216 crcs mutton and…

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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 · Saturday 12 August 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 212 cs beef and livers, 75 bgs cheeks, 7 bgs calf hearts, 1 bg sheep hearts, 2004 bxs butter, 13 cs canned meats, 1216 cres mutton and…

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Motor Launch "Wrecked" in York Street Car Park

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 August 1944 · page 5

TWENTY-FOOT MOTOR LAUNCH, which was badly damaged soon after it had been purchased yesterday by Mr. Sam Babicci manager of Rose's restaurant, Mr. Babicci (above) bought the launch at a city auction, and had it placed temporarily in the…

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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 · Monday 14 August 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 212 cs beef and livers, 78 bgs cheeks, 7 bgs calf hearts, 1 bg sheep hearts, 2004 bxs butter, 13 cs canned meats, 1216 cres mutton and…

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Bombers Wreck German Transport

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 August 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday. -- Allied aircraft from Britain yesterday made the most devastating onslaught of the war against German transport in France. Yesterday was the sixth…

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Nurses' Home Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 August 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Aug. 14 (A. A. P.).— One of the finest nurses' homes in Britain was wrecked when a flying-bomb hit a hospital last…

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Stop-press Tanks Wrecked at Falaise

The Sun · Tuesday 15 August 1944 · page 1

London.--Second Tactical Air Force destroyed or damaged 360 German tanks around Falaise on Sunday in attempts by…

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Robot Wrecks Nurses' Home

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 August 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--A German flying-bomb last night wrecked a nurses' home attached to a large hospital in southern…

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Missing Lifeboat Drama

The Sun · Thursday 17 August 1944 · page 3

A man, his wife and two children-- one aged two years, the other nine months-- are missing in a lifeboat from a ship torpedoed in the Indian Ocean. This sea tragedy is related by…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 August 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 212 cs beef and livers. [?] bgs cheeks, 7 bgs calf, hearts, 1 bgs sheep hearts, 2004 bxs butter, 13 c[?] canned meats, 1216 crcs mutton and…

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German Remnants Smashed Roads East of Falaise Clogged With Wrecks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 August 1944 · page 3

R.A.F. BASE, NORMANDY, August 20.—The battle for Normandy is ending with the most terrible destruction from the air this war has seen. For more than 50 hours up to last night the Allied Air Forces…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales. Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 2

S Shippers, 542 bgs bacon, 226 crops beef, 151 hinds beef, 312 sides pork, 3231 bxs butter (Complete.)…

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Wreckers in Action

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 7

The Communist supporters on the Branch Executive led by Leo King, head of the Communist Party Agrarian Bureau, and E…

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Wrecked Buildings at Falaise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 August 1944 · page 3

Big heaps of rubble and ruined buildings at Falaise, which was subjected to a terrific air and artillery onslaught before the Germans were driven out by British troops. (Canadian War Information Board radio-picture.)…

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Fifty Killed by Plane School Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Aug. 24 (A.A.P.).— The bodies of 34 children and 16 adults have been recovered from the wreckage of the infants'…

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Bombers Wreck Jap Airfield

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 August 1944 · page 4

Allied bombers in a mass raid have wrecked another Japanese airfield on Halmahera. The raid was the heaviest yet made…

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Swedish Schooner Sold. Built 52 Years Ago

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 2

The steam-driven three-masted schooner Venus, of Lidkoping, 300 tons deadweight, has been sold by Captain G. R. Gustafsson,…

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