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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1944

523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 27

Salvage Feat in North Ships Wrecked by Cyclones

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 10

What experts describe as the most remarkable salvage feat ever accomplished in Australian waters, was completed recently…

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French Explosives Factories Wrecked by Bombs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Lancaster bombers which have blasted French explosives factories in the past few days left a trail of devastation. One factory at Bergerac, near…

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French Explosives Factores Wrecked by Bombs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Lancaster bombers which have Masted French explosives factories in the past few days left a trail of devastation. One factory at Bergerac, near…

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Air Armadas Wreck Frankfurt, Berlin

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. — Following Tuesday's daylight raid on Berlin by 1150 U.S. bombers and fighters, big forces of R.A.F. bombers blasted Frankfurt and other Nazi centres last night…

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Submarine Wreck Sale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 6

Prospective buyers of the wreck of a Japanese midget submarine destroyed in Sydney Harbour in May, 1942, will have an opportunity to…

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British Win First Tank Battle in Burma Jap Machines Blasted In Jungle Trapped Crews Die in Burning Wrecks

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Four Japanese tanks were blasted to burnt-out skeletons and a fifth was captured in the first action fought by British and Japanese tanks in the present…

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Frankfurt A City Of Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Reconnaissance shows that almost the whole of the commercial and administrative part of…

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Frankfurt A City Of Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Reconnaissance shows that almost the whole of the commercial and administrative part of…

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Frankfurt A City Of Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- Reconnaissance shows that almost the Whole of the commercial and administrative part of…

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British Win First Tank Battle in Burma Jap Machines Blasted In Jungle Trapped Crews Die in Burning Wrecks

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Four Japanese tanks were blasted to burnt-out skeletons and a fifth was captured in the first action fought by British and Japanese tanks in the present…

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Most of Frankfurt Now in Ruins Chemical Works Are Devastated 6000 Buried in Berlin Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Reconnaissance shows that almost the whole of the commercial and administrative part of Frankfurt has been wiped out as a result of the heavy R.A.F…

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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 29 March 1944 · page 2

S Shippers, 14 bls rabbit skins, 60 bls dry hides, 2 cs personal effects (Complete.) MOTORSHIP…

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Explosion Wrecks Stove

The Sun · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 3

When an explosion wrecked a gas stove in a house in Palmer- street, Darlinghurst, last night, Mrs. Mary Thompson received a…

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Captured Japanese Put Ashore at Pacific Base

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 3

JAPANESE prisoners captured recently in the Central Pacific disembark at a Pacific base under cover of a Marine guard. They are wearing new clothes issued to them.--U.S. Office of War Information photo…

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Britain In The Post-War--5 World problems that could wreck her trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 6

LONDON, Sunday.--One thing seems certain after this war: There will be an immediate boom in world trade. Every country in Europe will be wanting machinery to replace that destroyed in the war or worn out producing the munitions of war, while…

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South Australia Clan Line Steamer. Sailed Adelaide

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 8 April 1944 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort & Co., Ltd., Agents. Commonwealth of Australia, 61 bis sheepskins S Shipper, 30 tons gum…

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Home Wrecker Candidly Tells of Lapse

Truth · Sunday 9 April 1944 · page 19

IT caused no small ripple in the social pool last week when Mary Denise Wentworth Walker (34), of 82 Bellevue Hill Road,…

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SCIENCE Huge meals to cure nervous wrecks

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1944 · page 4

Insulin, once reserved almost exclusively for the treatment of diabetes, is proving successful in the rehabilitation of war's…

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50-50 Radio Voice Wreckers Letterettes In Fifty Words Ear Bash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 13

Mothers who encourage their dren to wail popular songs at radio sessions should be ashamed of themselves…

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Cyanide Fumes in Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 13

When cyanide was split in the hold of a steamer in an Australian port yesterday, wharf labourers refused to handle the cargo unless they were…

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