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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 27

Floods Wreck North Coast Roads, Fences

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 2

The worst floods in years are reported from some parts of the north coast, following heavy rain in the past three days. RIVERS are swollen and many miles…

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Floods Wreck North Coast Roads, Fences

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 August 1944 · page 4

The worst floods in years are reported from some parts of the north coast, following heavy rain in the past three days. RIVERS are swollen and many miles…

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Engine Wrecked by Dive-bomber

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 August 1944 · page 4

This German locomotive was left twisted and snattered after an attack by an American dive-bomber in France…

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Baby Penguin Left Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 August 1944 · page 4

WHEN 40 penguins which had been at Clovelly Bay for the past two days swam away yesterday, this baby penguin was left behind. Small boys befriended the bird…

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He lay 8 days in a wrecked plane

The Sun · Sunday 27 August 1944 · page 3

Upside-down out in a Normandy no-man's land a plane had lain for eight days. Bullets had holed it, splinters…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 4

Turnbull Martin & Co., Ltd., Agents S Shippers, 4501 pkgs bacon and pork 22,878 crcs mutton and lamb, 5 kidneys, 8 bgs bef cheks, 137 [?]…

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U.S. Steps Up Air War Plans To Wreck Jap Industries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 August 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Monday. -- American air forces in the Pacific are rapidly preparing for an all-out attack against Japan's industries. These forces include the Super-Fortresses…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 4501 pkgs bacon and pork, 22,878 crcs mutton and lamb, 5 crts kidneys, 8 bgs bef cheks, 137 ctn3 livers, 2057 pkgs pork, 15 pkgs beef…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales. Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Union S.S. Co. of N.Z., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 August 1944 · page 2

S Shippers, 5 bls cloves, 1 chest tea, 1 bg extract, 411 bgs cornflour, 512 pcs sawn timber, 600 bgs oats, 67 sks rice, 944 sks canary seed, 12…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 31 August 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 4501 pkgs bacon and port 22,878 crcs mutton and lamb, 5 crts kidneys, 8 bgs bef cheks, 137 ctns livers, 2057 pkgs pork, 15 pkgs beef…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 4501 pkgs bacon and pork, 22,878 crcs mutton and lamb, 5 crts kidneys, 8 bgs bef cheks, 137 ctns livers, 2057 pkgs pork, 15 pkgs beef…

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Repair Work at Cherbourg Port Was Wrecked Scientifically

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 1 September 1944 · page 2

From the following article, which is reprinted from the Liverpool "Journal of Commerce," readers will get some idea of the tremendous tasks facing the Allied Nations in restoring to something like normal working order the wrecked harbour…

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Thirty-six Years After. Legacy In Gratitude For Life-boat Rescue

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 2 September 1944 · page 3

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has received two legacies, each of £200, from the late Mrs. Jane Gilchrist, of…

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Overseas Export Manifest From Interstate Ports New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Oceanic S.S. Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 2 September 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 97 bls rabbit skins (Complete.) STEAMER. Sailed Sydney…

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Raid Wrecks German HQ

The Sun · Saturday 2 September 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--Six Mosquito bombers wrecked a suspected German headquarters near Metz (France)…

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Germans Wreck French Bridge

Truth · Sunday 3 September 1944 · page 16

BLOWN UP by the Germans before they retreated, this wrecked railway bridge at Elboeuf (France) stands stark against a rain-filled sky…

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Ancient Coins Found Near Pirate Wreck New York

The Sun · Sunday 3 September 1944 · page 3

COINS from pirate treasure in the sands of Cape Cod were brought to Winthrop (Massachusetts) yesterday by…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 4 September 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 14 cs cigarettes, 37 cs tobacco, 3 cs cigarette papers, 10,815 sides pork, 269 crcs lamb, 241 crcs lamb and hoggets…

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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 · Tuesday 5 September 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 14 cs cigarettes, 37 cs tobacco, 3 cs cigarette papers, 10,815 sides pork, 259 crcs lamb, 244 crcs lamb and hoggets…

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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 · Wednesday 6 September 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 1680 cs lactogen, 750 & malted milk, 237 cs sausages, 1632 cs cordials, 8 pkgs tea, 167 cs sausages, 696 cs jam, 67 ctns cocoa…

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