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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945

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Boycott wrecks Orange Dog Races

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1945 · page 12

ORANGE, Sat. -- A boycott imposed by local owners and trainers ruined to-day's greyhound meeting. Even in the middle of winter, with…

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V-Bombs Wreck Many Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.--V-bomb which fell in two places ii southern England last nigh demolished a number of house…

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Children Sing In Wrecked Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 2

ST. JOOST (Holland), Tuesday.--Tommies are brewing tea in the smouldering ruins of this village while three little Dutch girls perched in the shattered window-frame of their smashed home are singing a…

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Battered Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 3

TOP: One of the battered carriages of the electric train derailed near Merrylands station this afternoon, lies on its…

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Battered Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 January 1945 · page 3

TOP: One of the battered carriages of the electric train derailed near Merrylands station this afternoon, lies on its…

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BRITAIN He visited patients by lifeboat

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1945 · page 2

An 80 mph south-westerly gale piled up seas in the Straits of Dover. Driving rain-squalls cut visibility to yards…

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Prince First Ashore

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 3

First member of the Royal Party to leave the ship this morning was Prince William with his…

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Grounding of Steamer. Refloated Without Assistance

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 2

It is reported from Melbourne that heavy bushfire smoke and dust which floated over Victoria on Wednesday, afternoon are said…

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Wreckage of Passenger Plane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

A Close-up of the twisted and charrea framework of the A.N.A. Stinson aircraft which crashed at Redesdale, Victoria, on Wednesday. The 10 occupants were killed…

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Bombay docks work again; explosion wreckage cleared

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1945 · page 5

The colossal task of clearing away wreckage after the world's worst explosion had wrecked half Bombay is almost complete. Work has already resumed at the docks where the explosion took place…

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Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 154 pcs timber, 48 bgs plumbago, 6109 bgs mimosa extract, 19,346 bgs cocoa beans, 590 ctns cornflour, 104 bgs rice, 2 bgs soya…

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One Body Recovered From Wrecked Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- The body of the first of four miners buried by an explosion at Ebbw Vale No. 3 Colliery on Thursday was recovered at 6 a.m. today. The other three bodies are…

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1000 Big Bombers Blast Berlin Wreckage In Heart Of City Ministry Offices Smashed

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Berlin is a city of complete confusion, disruption, hunger and wild rumors as countless fires smoulder after Saturday's 1000…

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1Ooo Big Bombers Blast Berlin Wreckage In Heart Of City Ministry Offices Smashed

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Berlin is a city of complete confusion, disruption, hunger and wild rumors as countless fires…

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1000 Big Bombers Blast Berlin Wreckage In Heart Of City Ministry Offices Smashed

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Berlin is a city of complete confusion, disruption, hunger and wild rumors as countless fires…

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Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 154 pcs timber, 48 bgs plumbago, 6109 bgs mimosa extract, 19,346 bgs cocoa beans, 590 ctns cornflour, 104 bgs rice, 2 bgs soya…

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Lifeboat Heroes Were Aussie Unionists

Tribune · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 4

IN last week’s Tribune article entitled, “Seamen Writes A Gripping Record of Boat Ordeal,’ it should have been mentioned that the heroes of this…

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Non-stop Bomb Blitz Wrecks German Oil

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.--RAF heavy bombers in great force flew out from England soon after dark last night to keep up the non-stop air offensive…

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Wreckage Believed Missing Author's Ship

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday.--The wreckage of a ship, believed to have been Richard Halliburton's junk Sea Dragon, has been washed up on a beach at San Diego (California)…

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Last Six-masted Schooner Lost

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 4

For the peril they shared in the enemy shelling and sinking of the Star of Scotland, last six-masted schooner to sail the seas, two…

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