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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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Gales and Snow Storms. Japanese Liner Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Thrilling scenes occurried at Redcar in Yorkshire, in the rescue of men from the Japanese liner Awa Maru, which went ashore at night. Seventy…

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A Disabled Steamer. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 5

The steamer Mokan was reported disabled off Crowdy Head this afternoon and subsequently was towed into the Manning River…

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Japanese Liner Wrecked. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

Thrilling scones occurred at Redcar, in Yorkshire, in the rescue of men from the Japanese liner Awa Maru, which went ashore at night. Seventy…

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Fire on a Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 11

A narrow escape from destruction by fire at sea was experienced by the large new cargo-carrying steamer Irish Monarch, which anchored in Hobson's Bay on…

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Mail Steamer Wrecked. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

The Pacific Company's mail steamer City of Panama was wrecked at California. Seventy passengers and 30 of the crew are missing…

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The Elverland Wrecked

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The barquentine Elverland, bound from Newcastle to Auckland, has become a total wreck near tho Three Kings. The vessel on Saturday last became becalmed…

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A Hopeless Wreck. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 5

The barque Edenholme, which went ashore near Tamar Heads, Tasmania, is a hopeless wreck…

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The Largest Steamer

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 3

The Oceanic is intended for the trade between England and America. The ironwork of her hull weights nearly 20,000 tons, and her steel-plates would from a wall 5ft. high…

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Two Mail Liners Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 5

Many Americans who were in Kingston have taken refuge on the United. States men-o-war. The Hamburg-American liner Prinz Waldemar is hard ashore at Plum…

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A Schooner Beached

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 10

The well-known coastal schooner Alma Decpet met with a serious mishap at the Beltinger River, as a result of which the vesel had to he beached. The Alma Docpel was and had lain…

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Shipping in Difficulties. Excitement at Nambucca Heads Steamer and Tug on the Bar

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 5

OUR representative at Nambucca Heads states that the s. s. Nerong experienced a most trying time this trip. In the first place, the mishap…

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Steamer Pilot Lost

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 12

The steamer Seymour has just returned to Cooktown (Q.) from a search for boats that have been missing since the recent hurricane. She brought in a quantity of wreckage…

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A Steamer Wrecker. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 3

The steamer Clavering, bound from Middlesborough to Japan, has been wrecked off the Tees and 12 of the crew were drowned…

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Wrecked on Crozet Islands. SYDNEY,THURSDAY

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 5

The German ship De Reyter, off Port Phillip Heads last night, transferred to the brig Alacrity the Captain and two men of the shipwrecked Danish schooner Catherine…

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Shipwrecked Sailors

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 3

The pilot steamer Captain Cook arrived back from Lord Howe Island with forty shipwrecked sailors from the barques Annasona and Maelgwyn. The captains and…

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Wreck of a Barque

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

The pilot steamer Captain Cook returned after a relief trip to Lord Howe Island, with forty men of the crews of the wrecked barques Maclgwyn and Annasona…

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New Steamer Stranded. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 2

The Illawarra and South Coast Company's new st amer Moruya, bound from Liverpool to Sydney, in ballas, stranded on the Ninety…

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The Wreck on the Crozets

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 3

Capt. Ree, of the shipwrecked schooner Catherine, stated that the vessel arrived at the Crozets at the end of November, and anchored in American Bay. They…

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Improved Steamer Service

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 4

WE understand it is the intention of the North Coast S.N. Co. to keep the Burra-wong in the trade between the Bellinger and Sydney do long as the depth of water…

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New Coasting Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 4

The [?] and South Coast Co. steamer Moruya looked little the worse for her mishap on the Ninety-mile Beach on arrival in Sydney from Liverpool. The…

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