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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 27

Fish Shop Wrecked

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

A terrific explosion shook Oxford-street early today when a refrigerator exploded and wrecked. Murrell's fish shop…

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Soldiers Rescue Six From Wrecked Boat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 7

Soldiers rescued three men and three girls yesterday when a ketch was driven on the rocks inside South Head. A strong wind caught the…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 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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Danish Shipyard Explosion New Ship for Germany Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

An explosion in the shipyard of the Danish port of Svendborg wrecked a ship which had just been built for the German armed…

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Curtin Must Stand Up to Wreckers on Coalfields

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

IT cannot be said by any stretch of imagination that Mr. Curtin's abject confession of impotence in the face of the coal crisis in the House of Representatives yesterday. has improved the outlook. HIS offer to stand down if the…

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Curtin Must Face Coal Wreckers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

IT cannot be said by any stretch or imagination that Mr. Curtin's abject confession of impotence in the face off the coal crisis in the House of Representatives yesterday, has improved…

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Curtin Must Stand Up to Wreckers on Coalfields

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

IT cannot be said by any stretch of imagination that Mr. Curtin's abject confession of impotence in the face of the coal crisis in the House of Representatives yesterday. has improved the outlook His offer to stand down if the…

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Curtin Must Face Coal Wreckers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

IT cannot be said by any stretch of imagination that Mr. Curtin's abject confession of impotence in the face of the coal crisis in the House of Representatives yesterday, has improved…

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Curtin Must Face Coal Wreckers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

IT cannot be said by any stretch of imagination that Mr. Curtin's abject confession of impotence in the face of the coal crisis in the House of Representatives yesterday. has improved…

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Curtin Must Face Coal Wreckers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

IT cannot be said by any stretch of imagination that Mr. Curtin's abject confession of impotence in the face of the coal crisis in the House of Representatives yesterday, has improved…

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Curtin Must Stand Up to Wreckers on Coalfields

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 2

IT cannot be said by any stretch of imagination that Mr. Curtin s abject confession of impotence in the face of the, coal crisis in the House of Representatives yesterday, has improved the outlook. HIS offer to stand down if the…

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Fifteen Pilots Bail Out Parachute From Wrecked Plane: 2 Killed By Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 2

Fifteen Allied airmen jumped with parachutes near Cessnock last Monday after an airscrew flew off a transport plane. Two of the men were killed when their…

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New Lifeboat Cost Nearly £12,000

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 1

News received from London states that a large crowd watched the arrival of a new lifeboat at Pwllheli. It has been constructed…

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Swedish-built Steamer for Germany Accident at Launch

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 4

The steamer Konsul Sartori, which is one of four sister ships being built at Solvesborgs Varv for German account, was to have…

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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 15 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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Nazis Still Resisting In Wrecked Cassino

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--Terrific Allied air assault yesterday has not broken Nazi resistance at…

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Bombs Wreck London Homes

The Sun · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 2

London homes wrecked by the Nazi air raid on February 20. The occupants had sought shelter…

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Lived In Alley on Wreck

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 5

Lifted bodily by big seas, and thrown on to her side upon rocks on the Barrier Reef, an…

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Cloud-burst Drenches Thousands of Workers Storm Washes Boat Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 7

A cloud-burst drenched thousands of people who were on their way to work yesterday morning. Three inches of rain fell in two hours…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney, Turnbull Martin & Co.. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 2

S Shippers, 2836 cs dehydrated meats, 5481 cs dehydrated mutton, 931 drms dehydrated mutton, 1600 crts dehydrated mutton, 20 bis rabbitskins,…

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