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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945

368 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 19

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 76,229 crcs lamb, 9276 cs sundries, 1459 pkgs beef, 1 pkg dehydrated mutton, 254 pkgs veal (Complete.)…

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Launch Wreckage Found; No Trace of Lost Doctors

The Sun · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

A dinghy, two hatches and other wreckage identified as belonging to the launch Robin May, which foundered off Barrenjoey during Tuesday night's gale, were today washed up on beaches stretching from Avoca to Wamberal. So far no trace…

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Victims of Launch Disaster Five Doctors Missing, One Saved in Launch Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 1

Five of o party of six young doctors are missing following the foundering of a launch off the coast on Tuesday night. The survivor. Dr. Ian Collins, of Springdale Road, Killara, drifted for 10 hours in a lifebelt before being picked up off Barrenjoey by a coastal steamer…

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One Saved, Five Missing in Wreck Launch In Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 1

A young medical graduate was saved after 11 hours and five others are missing from the wreck of the 42ft launch Robin…

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Aussies Go Ashore

The Land · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 1

Australian troops riding ashore on the roof of a three-ton truck at Toko, Smith Bougainville. The trucks were towed ashore by a bulldozer fitted with a winch…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 76,229 crcs lamb, 9276 cs sundries, 1459 pkgs beef, 1 pkg dehydrated mutton, 254 pkgs veal (Complete.)…

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No Trace Found of Missing Doctors Launch Wreckage On Beach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 5

No trace has yet been found of four young doctors and a final-year medical student who have been missing since their launch was wrecked off Cape Barrenjoey in Tuesday night's storm…

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Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Oceanic S.S. Co. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 370 bis rabbit skins, 22 bis kangaroo skins, 21 csks sheep and lamb casings, 83 bis deer skins, 400 bgs wetsalted horse hides, 62 sks…

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Wreckage, Clothing In Botany Bay

The Sun · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 3

Wreckage and clothing washed up on the north shore of Botany Bay has been impounded by the police…

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100 Wrecked Jap Planes At Wewak

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 2

NEW GUINEA, Friday. --Wrecked Japanese aircraft now being counted on Wewak airstrip may…

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Soldier Released After Killing Wife's Lover Court's Grim Warning to Home Wreckers

Truth · Sunday 20 May 1945 · page 24

LONDON, Saturday. — Action of Mr. Justice McNaughton at the Bedford Assizes this week in acquitting a British soldier who shot a civilian who had wrecked his marriage has roused tremendous…

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Launch Wreckage Not "Robin May"

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 1

Launch wreckage found on Lion Island, near the mouth of the Hawkesbury today, is not that of the Robin May, in which four young doctors and a medical student are believed to have lost…

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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 23 May 1945 · page 2

S Shippers, 80,663 bgs flour (1613 tons), 3209 cs beef, 9430 cs soap, 227 cs minced loaf, 207 cs jams, 1145 ctns steak and kidney, 100 ctns corned…

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New Swedish Lifeboat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 3

The steel motor, lifeboat Bernhard Ingelsson, built at Hammarbyverken, near Stockholm, for the Swedish Lifeboat Society, was…

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Export Manifests South Australia Blue Funnel Steamer. Sailed Adelaide. Geo. Wills & Co. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 4

S Shipper, 31 bls sheepskins S Shipper, 300 pkgs hides McGlew & Co, Ltd., 15 tons gum Murray River Wholesale Co-op., 187…

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Plot to Wreck Arbitration System Alleged Mr. Holt Suspects Moves By Communist Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.—Mr. Holt (Lib., V.) said in the House of Representatives to-day that the Communist Party was making a deliberate attack to smash the Arbitration system. He said that Australian…

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How 'The Wreck' Won a Master

The Sun · Sunday 27 May 1945 · page 6

HESPERUS was his name, but some folk called him "The Wreck," an appropriate title in more ways than one…

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Schooner Aldebaran for Sale

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 4

The 42-year-old schooner Aldebaran, at one time owned by Kaiser Wilhelm II, is offered for sale under the provisions of Public…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales. Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Port Line, Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 2

S Shippers, 417 ctns meat sundries, 3483 cres mutton and lamb, 125,099 bgs flour (2501 tons) (Complete.)…

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Wives' Jobs Wreck Homes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 7

Many marriages have been wrecked, by young wives going to work while their husbands are in the fighting services…

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