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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
10 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
CAPTAIN CREER, of the Clarence, R, and M. R. S. N. Company, who was sent home a few months ago to secure a new steamer for the northern costal service has written to the directors to the effect that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, MONDAY.—The British-India mail steamer Quetta from Brisbane on 18th February (Captain Sanders) struck on a rock near Mount Adolphus (which is not on the chart) on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE bare idea of one of the great Transatlantic steamers going to the bottom is so appalling that everyone is rejoicing at the escape of the Inman Liner, the City of Paris. This magnificent vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE lifeboat Storm King has practicaly demonstrated its seaworthiness, Captain Jorgensen having arrived safely in Australian waters with her after a venturesome voyage. The Storm King set sail from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Kallatina, built to the order of the C.R. and M. R.S.N. Co., was launched on Friday by her builders, Dunlop and Co., Glasgow. This new addition to the company's fleet has been specially designed for passenger and cargo service…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE coming ocean steamer will be over a quarter of a mils in length—one learns these particulars from an American paper. She will be driven by electricity, and in such a fashion as to keep railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SOME doubt has arisen as to the identity of the little baby girl, who was rescued by one of the steerage passengers, and subsequently cared for by the Javanese in the boat with whom she was when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THIS important addition to the fleet of the C.R. and M.R.S.N. Co. arrived on the Clarence on Saturday in command of Captain Creer, the oldest commander in the trade. Under his supervision the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the Assembly, Mr. NICOLL drew the attention of the Colonial Secretary to the foot that the steamer Alice, which had been moored at the wharf at Woodburn, had been out adrift, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, MONDAY NIGHT.—A telegram from the Tweed Heads, posted at the Exchange this morning, says that a steamer is ashore on the Sutherland reef. Three small boats just sighted, supposed to…
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