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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

2 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

The New Ferry steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 4

THE Ruby, now ferry steamer for Grafton, arrived on Wednesday under convoy of the s.s. Admiral, which left Sydney at 1 am. on Monday; put into Newcastle for coal, and on crossing out the weather…

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Wreck of the Roumania. Great Loss of Life

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 5

LONDON, SUNDAY. — The steamship Roumanin, of the Anchor line (Liverpool to Bombay), was wrecked at the Arelho coast, Portugul. There was a deplorable loss of life,…

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