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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

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Terrible Experience on a Cattle Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 3

Some particulars have been published respecting the terrible loss of cattle sustained by the steamer Annerley, which left Newcastle for South Africa on May 25, and…

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A Schooner Sunk. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 June 1900 · page 3

The schooner Jane foundered in Nelson's Bay last night during the heavy weather. All hands were saved…

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A Barque Wrecked. Chew Picked Up by the S.s. Macleay Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 June 1900 · page 3

It is reported that the American barque Harvester, bound from Table Bay to Newcastle, was totally wrecked on Seal Rocks last night. The captain and crew…

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Storm on the Goast. Two Vessels Wrecked. The Kallatina in tho Gale

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 3

A VERY heavy storm raged along the coast last week; extending as far north as Port Stephens, Fortunately the storm did not extend to tho Clarenee. The Kallatina, which left the Clarence on…

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Wreck at Seal Rocks. Sydney, Monday Night

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 5

The American barque Harvester, from Trial Bay bound to Newcastle, was wrecked on Seal Rocks about midnight on Friday. Dirty weather set in on Wednesday, [?]endering observations impossible…

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Steamer Coraki Ashore. [By Telegraph] Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 3

THE N.C.S.N. Company's steamer Coraki is stranded in the Manning River at Wingham. She was driven further ashore last night. but is standing perfectly…

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A Twice-wrecked Crew

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 6

It has transpired that the crew of the barque Harvester, which was wrecked on the Seal Rocks on the 9th inst., who are now at Newcastle, have been twice shipwrecked in three months…

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A Vessel Wrecked. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 3

The ketch Melbourne was wrecked on Flinders Island. The crew, consisting of three, and the captain's wife, who was a passenger, were saved after…

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Schooner Ethel Murder. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 3

The Executive Council in West Australia has decided that the law shall take its course in the case of two of the men convicted of murder and…

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Loss of the Schooner Elizabeth Price

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 2

News was received in Sydney on Monday morning from Napier. New Zealand, stating that the threemasted schooner Elizabeth Price, a well-known Sydney trader, had been…

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Elizabeth Price Wrecked

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 2

THE well-known Clarence trader Elizabeth Price was wrecked at Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on Wednesday week. The vessel was on her way from Rockhampton to Dunedin with…

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Steamer Goes Over a Cataract

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

A telegram from Demerara to the " Express " says that forty lives have been lost at Tumatamari by a steamer going over the first great…

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Cattle Steamer in a Gale

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 6

ANOTHER cattle steamer—the third within two months—bound from Newcastle has met with disaster to her live carge on the const. The areamer Kadins, bound from Newcastle to…

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Opposition Steamer

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 24 August 1900 · page 4

A LARGE and enthusiastic meeting was hold at Bellingen on Monday to consider the shipping question. Mr. F. Buckles (of Pyrmont) and Mr. Chandler (of the North Coast Company) were…

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Wreck of the Mapourika. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 August 1900 · page 3

All efforts to tow the steamer Mapourika off Mabel Island having failed, other means will now be taken to float her…

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Wreck of a Mail Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 5

Considerable excitement prevailed in shipping circles when news was received that the steamer Futami Maru, of the Japanese mail line, had gone ashore at Cape Kalavite, on…

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Transporting a Steamer

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 3

THE engineering feat of transporting a steamboat of 550 tons from Scotland to Lake Titicaca —the most elevated lake in South America— has just boon accomplished. The vessel is the…

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A Mammoth Steamer

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 3

THE WHITE Star steamer Persic was recently pieced alongside the Circular Quay, where her immense size attracted the notice of passengers by the ferries. The Persic is the largest vessel…

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An Australian Trading Vessel Wrecked. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 September 1900 · page 3

The ship Sutherland shire, a well-known Australian trader, was wrecked on the coast of Java. Thirteen lives were lost…

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A Schooner Wrecked. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 3

The schooner Cynthia struck the rocks at Port Stephens this morning, and became a total wreck. The crew were saved with difficulty…

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