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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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An Overdue Steamer. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 November 1906 · page 5

Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the steamer Centennial, which is much overdue at New Zealand from Tasmania…

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A Steamer Wrecked. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 November 1906 · page 5

The Eastern and Australian steam liner, Australian, is ashore 150 miles from Port Darwin. The passengers and crew, numbering 663, together with…

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Steamer Australian Ashore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 11

The E. and A. Co.'s steamer Australian, one of the finest trading to the East, went ashore at Vashon Head on Saturday night. The vessel was bound from Sydney to the…

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French Barque Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Friday.—The French barque Mont[?]bello, 2284 tons, Captain Kergwan, bound from Hobart, Tasmania, for Port Pirie, in ballast, has been wrecked near…

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A Hopeless Wreck. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1906 · page 5

All hope of re-floating the wrecked steamer Australian (which went ashore 150 miles from Port Darwin) has been abandoned. The vessel is now…

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A Vessel Wrecked. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 December 1906 · page 5

A vessel, supposed to be the steamer Inger, has been wrecked on Ocean Island. All hands were saved. The news was signalled from Byron Bay by the…

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The Latest Telegrams. Steamer Fired On. SYDNEY

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 5

A river steamer on the Tweed was fired, at by a Kanaka who emerged from the se[?]b Three shots were fired but no one was injured. The Kanaka disappeared…

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A Steamer Without Masts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 10

The steamer Tencer, which called at Colombo last month, en route from Liverpool to the East, presented an unusual appearance, us she had no masts. Very prominent features are…

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A Disastrous Accident. Horse Team and Waggon Hurled Over Dorrigo Cutting. Waggon Wrecked and Horses Killed

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

A CATASTROPHE which was disastrous in its effect, and which involved a heavy loss on the owner, Mr. J. Jones, carrier of Dorrogo, occurred…

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Duels Afloat and Ashore. Some Interesting Incidents

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 6

In France and Germany dueling enjoys certain amount of popularity, although she laws forbid it, and, until a half-century igo, a fight with swords or pistols between…

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