Wreck of the Candidate
SYDNEY, MONDAY. — A telegram was received in Sydney stating that the ketch Candidate had capsized off Port Macquarie, and that the pilot boat and a tug had gone…
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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
8 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
SYDNEY, MONDAY. — A telegram was received in Sydney stating that the ketch Candidate had capsized off Port Macquarie, and that the pilot boat and a tug had gone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN spring and summer Anthony Fenton spent his time almost in the sight of his neighbours. That is to say, he went in and out amongst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Catterthun struck on a sunken rock that lies outside the larger ones, and it now transpires that the way which the ship had on when she touched the rock, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ANOTHER fine vessel has been lost through the dangerous practice of trying to save time in a voyage by shaving dangerous rocks. Almost the last thing one would expect in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE salvage steamers Sterling and Mermaid, dispatched from Sydney nearly a week ago to locate the wreck of the Catterthun, and endeavour, to recover the specie on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CAPT. DONALDSON has plied the waters of the Sound for years and years, and no one has ever accused him of telling a lie. He came into harbour with his steam oyster dredger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE mission work in the New Hebrides, with which the name of the Rev. Dr. Paton is so closely associated, has called into existence no fewer than four missionary vessels, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WOOGOOLGA, MONDAY. — The steamer Orara passed here at 9 o'clock this morning. When about 2 miles from South Solitary, the propeller became loose. The wind was…
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