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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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Latest Telegrams. Missionary Schooner Wrecked. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 3

It is feared that the schooner Lydia, belonging to the Methodist Mission, has been wrecked off the coast of Now Guinea…

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Wreck of the Orizaba

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 2

A preliminary inquiry into the wreck of the Orizaba was opened at Fremantle. Captain Archer stated that after 8 a.m. on February 16,…

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Romance on a wreck

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

THE wreck of the Orient Coy's mail steamer Orizaba off the west Australian Coast was accompanied by a romantic episode. When the…

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Shipwrecked Crew

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 4

LETTERS from San Francisco received at Queenstown contain the news of the loss of the schooner Victor on the Island of Apataki (Society Island), in…

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A Barque Wrecked. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 3

A steamer which has reached Fremantle reports that a large barque is ashore on Java Island, and appears to have been…

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Floating Wreckage. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 5

The captain of the ketch Wave, from the Bellinger River, reports sighting a steamer's deck-house floating in the water yesterday…

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Fire on Board a Steamer. (By Telegram.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 5

MELEBOURNE, Thursday.—The Union Co.'s steamer Warrimoo was discovered to be on fire off Cape Schanck. She returned to port, when fire was discovered among the…

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That Floating Wreckage. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 3

Tho wreckage reported as having been seen on the coast has been washed ashore near Barrenjoey, and an official of the Navigation Department has gone…

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Another Barque Wrecked. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 5

The wreck of the barque Acacia has been found in Main waring Inlet, not far from where the Brier Holme lies on the Tasmanian Coast. Three bodies…

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Wreck of the Acacia. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1905 · page 3

The warship Cadmus has returned to Hobart with five bodies from the wreck of the barque Acacia. The vessel was found on…

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A Novel Lifeboat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1905 · page 3

A telegram from Gloucester, Mass., says: —After a terrible trip from Norway, the novel lifeboat Uradd ran ashore here. Captain Brude and four men landed, and…

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Wreck of a Wheat Ship

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1905 · page 5

It transpires that after sighting the Lizard Light, the whent ship Khyber lost several of her sails, became unmanageable,' and drifted towards the shore. The anchors…

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The Missing Steamer Pilbarra. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1905 · page 5

It is considered probable in shipping circles that the steamer Pilbarra has been taken in tow by the Induna…

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The Missing Steamer Pilbarra

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 5

The welcome news that the Pilbarra, which has been missing for upwards of a fortnight, has been heard of in the New Hebrides Group, and that she is believed…

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Traces of Wrecks Found. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1905 · page 3

The schooner Enterprise found traces of two wrecks at the Chesterfield group. One was a lumber ship, the name of which is unknown…

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Wreck of the Albany. (By Telegram)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.— The Adelaide Company's steamer Albany, under charter to the A.U.S.N. Co., has gone ashore on,a reef two miles north of Nambucca, about…

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A Steamer Aground. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 5

The steamer Perth is aground at Corio Bay, near Melbourne…

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Last Night's Wires. the Wreck of the Albany. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 5

The wrecked steamer Albany has been sold at auction for £20…

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Wreck at Nambucca Heads.!

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 5

OUR Nambucca Heads correspondent reports Hint the s.s. Albany, owned by the A.U.S.N. Co. and chartered by the Adelaide Steamship Co., left Sydney at noon last Saturday,…

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Accident to a Ferry Steamer. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1905 · page 3

The Manly steamer Kuringai crashed into a wall at Circular Quay this morning, sustaining considerable damage, but no one was injured…

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