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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1901 · page 3

NOBODY can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says. "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was obliged to…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1901 · page 4

NOBODY can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. "In 1891," he says. "I first experienced the miseries of acute Indigestion. I was obliged to…

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The Steamer Great Eastern

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 8

IN a recent report relative to the comparative sizes of large ocean boats, and referring to the White Star liner Celtic, recently launched, it was stated that the latter exceeded the…

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Terrible Scenes at a Wreck

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 8

WITH reference to the loss of the Mansusseb Company's steamer Aralan in the Red Sea on April 1, the following particulars of the disaster are now to hand from one of the survivers…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 4

NOBODY can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. " In 1891, " he says. " I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was obliged to…

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The Steamer Otway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1901 · page 2

The Otway, the vessel recently purchased by the N.C.S.N. Co. for the Clarence trade, will arrive on Thursday next to take up the City of Grafton's running, should the…

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Shipping Casualties. Perilous Position of a Manly Steamer. Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 5

The large harbor steamer Manly had a fierilous experience last night while on her last trip from Manly to Sydney with about 80 passengers aboard. Her machinery broke…

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Wreck of the Protector. Five Lives Lost. BALLINA

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

MESSRS. Fenwick Brothers' steam tug Protector proceeded from the Richmond Heads on Sunday to Byron Bay to tow the Oakland, which, had broken her propeller. The weather was so rough…

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Wreck of the Protector. Five Lives Lost

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 5

BALLINA, MONDAY.—The tug boat Protector has been wrecked, and all hands lost. LATER. The steamship Oakland met with an accident…

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Terrible Scenes at a Wreck Captain and Crew Desert the Passengers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 3

With reference to the loss of the Mansuaaeb Company's steamer Arelan in the Red Sea on April 1st, the following particulars of the disaster are now to hand from one of the…

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The Wreck of the Protector

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 4

The names of the drowned in the recent disaster at the Richmond Heads are as follows:—Captain Jos. J. Lewis, 53 years, who leaves a widow and one daughter. The engineer was Mr, Ben Walton, 45…

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Sydney's Lifeboat Service

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1901 · page 2

AMONG the matters upon which the Manly accident has focussed attention is the management of the lifeboat service. De Fraser is a watchman and signalman…

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That Lifeboat Again

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 4

One of the excuses raised on behalf of the lifeboat crew that didn't turn out when asked to, in the all-but wreck of the "Manly," was the roughness of the weather…

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A Submerged Wreck

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 1

A PECULIAR discovery in the shape of a submerged wreck in the sands near Cape Liptrap (Vic.) is reported to have been made quite recently During the late gales a number of sand dunes along the…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 4

NOBODY can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. 'In 1891,' he says, 'I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion…

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The Steamer Otway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 July 1901 · page 3

THE steamer Otway, recently purchased by the North Coast S.N. Co. for the Clarence River trade, arrived at Grafton about 8 o'clock on Friday evening on her maiden…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 July 1901 · page 4

NOBODY can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. 'In 1891,' he says, 'I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 4

NOBODY can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. 'In 1891,' he says, 'I first experienced life miseries of acute indigestion…

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Wreck of a Barque. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1901 · page 3

THE barque Lizzie Bell, bound from Wellington to Newcastle, is ashore off Pehama, on the New Zealand coast. Further particulars state that the…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1901 · page 4

NOBODY can tell the following story better than the writer tells it himself. In 1891,' he says, 'I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion…

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