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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 27

A Fortunate Steamer 38 Atlantic Crossings

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

The Belgian steamer Ville d'Anvers, formerly the United Stated Lines' American Banker, a Hog Island-built steamer of the…

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South Australia Pacific Australian Steamer. Sailed Adelaide. Elder Smith & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 4

S Shipper, 03 bis furskins S Shipper, -14 bis furskins S Shipper, 10 bis leather Emu Wine Co. Pty., Ltd., 25 hhds…

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Salvage Work on Wrecked Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 4

Much light equipment has already been removed from a wrecked Allied ship on the rocks near Bass Point, Shellharbour, by workmen employed…

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Salvage Work On Wreck at Bass Point

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

Much light equipment has already been removed from a wrecked Allied ship on the rocks near Bass Point, Shellharbour, by…

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MARSHALLS: wrecked radio tower

The Sun · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 2

American troops advance past wreckage of a Japanese radio tower on Enubuj Island, during their successful attack on the Marshalls group. --owl Picture…

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Freighter Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (A.A.P.).— The Navy has announced that a 7.200-ton British freighter was driven ashore at York, Maine, in a blinding blizzard…

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Man Burned on Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 7

Leakage of inflammable spirit on the deck of a steamer at an Australian port is believed to have been the cause of an explosion which started a fire…

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Wreckage of Jap Bomber

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 10

U.S. MARINES examine wreckage of Japanese medium bomber destroyed on ground during U.S. invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Britain.--U.S. Office of War Information picture…

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Wrecked Plane Metal Sent to U.s. for Re-use

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 9

Hundreds of ingots of duralumin (aluminium alloy) are being shipped back to the United States from Australia annually. The duralumin melted down is…

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

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

S Shippers, 2 cs effects, 20,000 crtns lager, 259 cs milk products, 1499 cs peas, 108 cs Horlicks milk, 1000 crtns Horlicks, 78 bgs split peas, 33…

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Allied Bombs and Shells Wreck Italian Buildings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 3

SHELL-TORN and bomb-blasted buildings in Ortona, seaport on Italian Adriatic coast, which was captured by Eighth Army Canadians after Strest-to-street fighting.--Dept. of Information picture…

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Nazi Air Plants Wrecked U.S. Bombers Cause £8,000,000 Loss, Six Miles Of Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--Fires were blazing over six square miles when an American bomber armada finished an attack on Messerschmitt aircraft plants at Steyr (95…

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Week of record air offensive ends with-- Triple Attack on Augsburg Day, night bombing wrecks factories to cripple Luftwaffe

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Sat.--R.A.F. bombers struck twice of Augsburg (south Germany) last night while the city was burning from a U.S. daylight raid…

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Radium Found Among Wreckage

The Sun · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday. -- One of the two radium containers, which were buried in the wreckage of the Marie Curie…

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U.S. Planes Wreck Jap Docks In Carolines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday.--U.S. Liberators on Friday wrecked docks and gasoline dumps on Ponape Island, Eastern Carolines. Ponape, which has been 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 1 March 1944 · page 2

S Shippers, 2 cs effects, 20,000 crtns lager, 259 cs milk products, 1499 cs peas, 108 cs Horlicks milk, 1000 crtns Horlicks, 78 bgs split peas, 33…

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MacARTHUR Decorates First Man Ashore From Our War Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 5

WITH THE INVASION FORCES. Tuesday.—The bombardment and occupation of Los Negros were watched by General…

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137 Men Wrecked Camp Gates In Bid To Escape

The Sun · Saturday 4 March 1944 · page 3

Dissatisfied with the food supplied, 137 men battered down the main compound gates of Miranda military detention camp on February 14, and swept through them…

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Tito's Partisans As Wreckers London

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1944 · page 3

General Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia have wrecked three bridges, torn up stretches of railway line, destroyed two…

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Shop Wrecked by Explosion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 5

A terrific explosion in the refrigerator of Murrell's fish shop, Oxford Street Darlinghurst, wreeked the shop premises early this morning…

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