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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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The Latest Telegrams. The Kawatiri Wreck. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 5

The Union s.s. Coy's, steamer Kawatiri, bound from Hobart to Strahan, Tasmania, was wrecked at Macquarie Harbor just before midnight on Tuesday…

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Lifeboat for Watson's Bay

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 5

A now lifeboat, to be stationed at Watson's Bay, was launched at Fitzroy Dock last week. The lifeboat, which was constructed at the Government dockyard. is of the following…

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Exploiting an Old Wreck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 8

An expedition was recently organised by Mr. E. C. Ferano, of Picton, and Mr. A. M. Gow, of Wellington, to exploit the wreck of the steamer Rangitoto, which was wrecked off Jackson's…

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Supposed Loss of a Schooner. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 3

The loss is reported from Tonga of the schooner Scharlott. With 60 native passengers on board the vessel left Tonga for Ninafoon, only 2 days'…

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Latest Telegrams. Wreckage Found. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 3

The steamer Macleay arrived this morning. The captain reports having sighted a quantity of wreckage on Friday about four miles to the…

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The Wrecks of the Dunbar

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 4

It will be 50 years on the 20th of this month since the ill-rated Dunbar crushed into the rocks at the Gap, South Head. Mr.Henry…

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New Zealand Trader Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 4

A report from Auckland states that wreckage has been found at the Great Barrier, including the name-board of the Constance Craig, the leg and end of a table, a boat, also boat chocks,…

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The Dunbar Wreck Jubilee. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 5

An historic gathering was held at the Signal Station Grounds, Watson's Bay, yesterday, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the wreck…

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A Disaster's Jubilee. Anniversary of the Dunbar Wreck

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 4

In our telegraphic messages in, last issue it was stated that the fiftieth anniversary of the wreck of the illfated Dunbar had been celebrated by…

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New Steamer Service. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1907 · page 5

A massage from New Zealand states that a new steamer service has been started between San Francisco, Auckland, and Sydney…

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Wreck in the Pacific. 150 Passengers Perish by a Collision

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 8

Details are to hand of the disastrous steamship collision on the Pacific Coast, by which more than 100 persons—of whom a large number were women and…

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Shipwrecked Five Times

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 4

A number of people have gone through the thrilling experiences of shipwreck, lost all they possessed, and been glad to escape with their lives, but there are not many in…

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Steamer Monowai Overdue

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 13

SYDNEY, Friday.—Considerable anxiety is felt in Sydney owing to the non-arrival of the Union S.S. Co.'s fine steamer Monowai from New Zealand. The vessel had…

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Heroic Diver's Daring Rescue. Entangled in Wreck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1907 · page 10

It is difficult to conceive a more dramatic story than that of the rescue of a diver off Torbay after he had been imprisoned beneath 150ft of water for five hours and a…

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Ocean Liner Ashore. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1907 · page 3

A cable message received to day stated that the ocean liner Patroclus, from Sydney, is ashore at Portland, on the Dorset Coast. England.'…

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Rescued in Mid-Ocean. Missing Steamer Found. Sydeny, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1907 · page 3

The Union S.S. Company's ovendue steamer Monowai arrived early this [?] in tow of the same Company's steamer Mokoia, which left…

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Tomki Wrecked. at Richmond Entrance. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1907 · page 3

The N.C. Co's steamer Tomki, bound from the Richmond River to Sydnye, while proceeding to sea this afternoon, shipped several tremendous…

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No Lives Lost. a Probale Total Wreck. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1907 · page 3

The Tomki now lies stranded on Lighthouse Beach, broadside on to the waves. When the steamer struck the waves washed over her decks and…

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Mail Liner Ashore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A cable message from New Zealand states that the R.M.S. Warrimoo, which on Saturday left Lyttelton (N.Z.) for Sydney, is ashore at Cape…

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Wreck of the Tomki. On the Richmond Bar

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 3

The N.C. Co's steamer Tomki, bound from the Richmond River to Sydney, while proceeding to son on Saturday afternoon shipped several curling seas in succession…

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