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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1881

23 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 2

The Late Gale. the Missing Steamer Balclutha

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 November 1881 · page 4

ON Friday nothing had been heard of the missing steamer Balclutha, and great anxiety was expressed as to her fate, although the consensus of opinion is that she is lost. The Balclutha…

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The Boomerang Steamer. to the Editor of the Clarence Examiner

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1881 · page 3

SIR,—With respect to the rescue of the above named vessel by the New England, during the late gale that raged along our fair coasts, causing many a stout heart to quail, wrecking more than one…

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Trial Trip of the Steamer Argyle

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1881 · page 4

THE steamer Argyle, which, it will be remembered, was sunk almost three months ago in the Clarence River, and was subsequently purchased from the underwriters by Messrs. Nipper and…

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