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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945

368 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 19

Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales. Steamer. Motor Vessel. Sailed Sydney. Birt & Co. Pty. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 2

S Shippers, 85 sks paspalum seed, 70 bls Dallis seed, 12 cs soap, 6 bls rabbit skins (Complete.)…

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Cologne Bridge Wrecked—famous Cathedral Still Stands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1945 · page 1

The Hohenzollern Bridge at Cologne (shown in detail above) lies half submerged in the Rhine as a result of Allied bombing and German demolition work. The cathedral stands, severely damaged, but capable of being restored. (U.S. Office…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 134,069 bags flour (2681 tons) (Complete.) STEAMER…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 134,069 bags flour (2681 tons) (Complete.) STEAMER…

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Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. W. G. Deuchar & Co. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 306 cs beef, 1320 cs boiled beef and carrots, 616 bgs beans, 746 ce peas, 8280 ctns rinso, 440 cs cornflour, 13,240 ctns soap, 36 ctns…

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German G.H.Q. Wrecked

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--German headquarters in Holland were devastated yesterday by RAF Typhoons…

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Race To Aid Steamer In Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.-- Two ships are racing to the aid of a disabled merchant ship in the…

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10,000 Planes Burn, Wreck German Lifeline

The Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Over 7000 Allied tactical planes yesterday opened a ferocious attack to destroy the German lifeline along the Rhine, Saar and Ruhr rivers and in Holland…

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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 21 March 1945 · page 2

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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German Rail Transport Wrecked by Allies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 1

Wrecked German rolling stock and freight litter the railway yards at Neuss, on the western bank of the Rhine, near a big nut and bolt factory which supplied a vast amount of war material. (U.S. Office of War Information radio-picture.)…

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Air Armadas Wreck Germany Montgomery Ready To Strike From Our War Correspondents and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, March 23.—The colossal Allied air offensive on Germany continues without respite, and all the indications are that General Eisenhower is ready to deliver the final blow to the enemy's…

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Planes Sight Ship Wreckage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1945 · page 15

BRISBANE, Friday.--Aircraft which have been searching for survivors of a ship lost in the Coral Sea during a cyclone have…

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Ketch Long Overdue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 3

The ketch Priscilla owned by J. M. Johnston's sawmills at Siratfoid (Q), is long overdue. The ketch left Cooktown for Catrns…

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Stop Press Overdue Ketch on Reef

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 20

CAIRNS Monday.--An A.N.A. plane chartered to search for the auxiliary ketch Priscilla has found her on a reef north-north-east of…

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Ketch Capsized, Crew Missing

The Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- The auxiliary ketch Priscilla, reported missing on a voyage from Cook town to Cairns since March…

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Wrecked Ketch on Reef Captain and Crew Feared Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.—The auxiliary ketch Priscilla, reported missing on a voyage from Cooktown to Cairns since March 18,…

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Dead Nazis, Wreckage on Rhine Battlefield Paratroops Relax After Heavy Fighting

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 2

EAST OF THE RHINE, Monday.--Today I drove through yesterday's and last night's battlefield after crossing the Rhine by naval ferry. There were plenty of deed Germans about, lying where they had…

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Bombers Wreck Vital Hydro Plant on Formosa

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--U.S. heavy bombers yesterday wrecked the big Jitsugetsu hydro-electric plant on Formosa (800 miles south-west of Japan). Experts say this is one of the…

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The Missing Ketch. Wrecked On A Reef

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 2

The auxiliary ketch Priscilla, reported missing on a voyage from Cooktown to Cairns since March 18, was found on Monday…

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The Wrecked Freighter. Dutch Steamer Sibigo

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 2

It is reported from Melbourne that the Allied freighter which went down in the Coral Sea during a terrific cyclone on March…

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