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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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Five Thousand Jews Wounded. Jewish Shops Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Count Witte informed the railway strikers that their demands will be granted. Workmen's delegates at St. Petersburg are…

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Shipping Disaster. Barquentine Wrecked. Gallant Rescuers. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1905 · page 2

A vessel, believed to be the barquentine "La Belle," from Kaipara to Melbourne, was wrecked at Warrnambool. Several of the crew were seen…

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Steamer Wollumbin Ashore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 4

The Wollumbin, one of the North Coast S.N. Company's line, running to the Northern Rivers, came to grief in the vicinity of the Bellinger River The vessel, which…

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A Barquentine Wrecked. Seven Seamen Drowned. a Gallant Rescue

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monduy.—The barquentine La Bella, bound from Kaipara (N.Z.) to Melbourne with timber, has been totally Wrecked at Warrnambool, seven of her crew…

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Wollumbin Wrecked

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 17 November 1905 · page 2

THE North Coast Company's steamer Wollumbin, timber-laden on her way from Woolgolga to Sydney last Thursday, and when some miles south of Bellinger Heads,…

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La Bella Wreck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 12

MELBOURNE,— Friday.—Large quantities of wreckage from the three-masted schooner La Bella continue to be washed-ashore along the coast, from Warrnambool, but so…

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Disastrous Gas Explosion. a Hotel Wrecked

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

MELBOURNE, Monday—An explosion of gas occurred at the Waverley hotel, Col-. lins Place, yesterday, through a leakage from the chandalier during the night. The…

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The Wreck of the Hilda. London

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

129 bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the steamer Hilda. (Details of the disaster are published under the heading "General Cables.")…

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American Schooner in Distress. a Terrible Voyage

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 3

The five-masted American schooner Kineo has just arrived at Cupe Moreton in distress, owing to an outbreak of beri beri on board. The signals made for medical…

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A Steamer Detained. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 December 1905 · page 3

The German steamer Tiberius was detained in port last night by order of the harbor authorities in consequence of being too heavily laden. The…

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Tragedy on a Steamer. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 5

A Chinaman employed on the German steamer Prince Sigismund stabbed another member of the crew last evening and then rushed away and stabbed…

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Sequel to a Wreck. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 December 1905 · page 3

A new development has arisen in connection with the recent loss of the Barquentine La Bella at Warnambool, George Mylins, master of the vessel,…

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Steamer Dorrigo Disabled

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 December 1905 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When the steamer Dorrigo was abreast of Seal Rocks at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday the tail shaft broke, leaving the Dorrigo absolutely at the morey of…

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