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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 27

Landing Craft Dash Ashore with Supplies

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 2

UNDER the watchful eyes of an aerial gunner on…

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Overseas Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 13 January 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 1 cs books, 1 cs groceries, 1000 bls sheepskins, 38 csks casings, 8 bls leather, 34 bls basils, 420 cs meats, 3 pkgs cylinders, 25 sks seed,…

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Sharks Drive Surfers Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 5

A 12ft. grey nurse shark drove surfers from the water at Tamarama and McKenzie beaches yesterday…

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Overseas Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 1 cs books, 1 cs groceries, 1000 bis sheepskins, 38 csks casings, S bis leather, 34 bis basils, 420 cs meats, 3 pkgs cylinders, 25 sks seed,…

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German Track Wrecker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 9

The Germans are using this special machine to destroy railway tracks in Italy. It weighs about io tons and has a large hook at the rear which, on being hauled along the lines, rips up the sleepers. At the same time 2lb charges are dropped down a…

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Politics Could Wreck Our Police Force

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 6

THERE are hurried moves to make light of the word "revolt" used at the Police Association Conference on Monday. The association's, secretary (Mr. Cosgrove) issues a…

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Overseas Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 1 cs books, 1 cs groceries, 1000 bls sheepskins, 38 csks casings, 8 bls leather, 34 bls basils, 420 cs meats, 3 pkgs cylinders, 25 sks seed,…

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Plane Wrecks at Broome

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 1

POWERFUL influence of tides (there is a rise and fall of 30 feet) is gradually disintegrating what remains of the flying…

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Wrecked Drome

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 6

THE THOROUGHNESS with which Allied bombers pounded the airfield at Vibo Valentia, in Italy, was apparent when it…

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Wrecked Drome

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 8

THE THOROUGHNESS with which Allied bombers pounded the airfield at Vibo Valentia, in Italy, was apparent when it…

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Wrecked Drome

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 8

THE THOROUGHNESS with which Allied bombers pounded the airfield at Vibo Valentia, in Italy, was apparent when it…

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Wrecked Drome

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1944 · page 6

THE THOROUGHNESS with which Allied bombers pounded the airfield af Vibo Valentia, in Italy, was apparent when it…

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Paddle Steamer's Second Kill Good Shooting by Gunner of the "Queen Empress."

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 2

On the superstructure of H.M.S. Queen Empress, a paddle steamer on the Clyde before the war, are the painted outlines of two…

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Overseas Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 1 cs books, 1 cs groceries, 1000 bis sheepskins, 3S csks casings, 8 bis leather, 34 bis basils, 420 cs meats, 3 pkgs cylinders, 25 sks seed,…

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Saboteurs Wreck Danish Factories

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Danish saboteurs wrecked several factories in Copenhagen (Denmark), Copenhagen radio says…

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Police Check Wrecking Of Abandoned Chinese Garden

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 7

Police were called yesterday to prevent people wrecking a six-acre vegetable garden abandoned by a Chinese. A neighbor said the Chinese…

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Overseas Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 1 cs books, 1 cs groceries, 1000 bis sheepskins, 38 csks casings, 8 bis leather, 34 bis basils, 420 cs meats, 3 pkgs cylinders, 25 sks seed,…

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Earthquake Kills 500 Argentine City Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 6

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (A.A.P.). —The Argentine Minister for the Interior, Mr. Perlinger, who flew to San Juan Province with the…

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Earthquake Victims Dug From Wreckage

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.).--Troops and rescue workers are still digging earthquake victims from the wreckage of buildings in San Juan (north-west Argentina)…

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Allied Bombs and Shells Levelled Sio Island 4k Japanese Base Twisted Wreck

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 3

OUR artillery and bombers had blasted Sio with such deadly thoroughness that there was very little left for our troops to occupy when patrols took possession on Saturday…

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