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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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A New Steamer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1907 · page 2

The steamer Yulgilbar, intended for the Macleay River trade, arrived in Sydney last week after a record voyage for a coastal steamer…

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The N.C.S.N. Co.'s Fleet. the New Steamer Yulgilbar. "The Clarence. the Only Safe Entrance."

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 November 1907 · page 4

Yesterday week the new steamer Yulgilbar reached Kempsey, having made a remarkably good run from Sydney, doing the trip from there to Trial Bay…

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Sailor's Remarkable Experience. Shipwrecked Eight Times. Round the World Without Touching Land

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1907 · page 1

Jorgen Jorgenson, a Norwegian sailor left the port of Tromsoe on April 8, 1902. He returned in January, 1905. Between these two dates…

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Latest Telegrams. Steamer Struck by Lightning Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 5

A heavy thunderstorm, during which rain fell in torrents, passed over Sydney yesterday. During the storm the foremast of…

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Coastal Steamer's Skipper

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 4

Judge Heydon, President of the Arbitration Court, had before him a test case in the matter of the Coast Trade Masters and Officers'…

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Union Company's New Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 3

The Marama, the latest addition to the Union Steamship Company's fleet, made her appearance in Port Jackson on Monday, having made a fast run across from…

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The Story of a Wreck. Rescued After Great Privations. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 3

The New Zealand, Government steamer Hinemoa arrived today. She had aboard 15 castaways who were rescued from the depot at…

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The New Steamer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 3

Advices have been received by the North Coast S.N. Co., Ltd., stating that the speed trials of the Orara, which has been constructed…

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The New Steamer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 3

Advices have been received by the North Coast S.N. Co., Ltd.. slating that the speed trials of the Orara, which has been constructed…

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Clarence Steamer Service

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 4

At the Maclean Conference last month a resolution was carried that the North Coast S.N. Co. be asked to provide an accelerated service for the Clarence River…

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Dundonald Wreck. Survivors Rescued

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 3

The New Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa arrived at Auckland on Saturday with 15 castaways who were rescued from the depot at Port Ross,…

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Ocean Liner Wrecked. London

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

The Canadian Pacific Co.'s liner, Mount Temple, has been wrecked on the west coast of Ironbound Island during a blinding snowstorm…

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Nothing ont a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Case of Mrs. E. COLE. (By a Local Reporter.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 7

A narrative well worth reading is one which was told by Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, of No. 78 Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill, in the company of a…

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Latest Telegrams. a Ketch in Trouble. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 December 1907 · page 3

The ketch Zelma was towed into the Macleay River in a sinking condition this morning and is now moored piles in the river…

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Dundonald Wrecked. Captain and Eleven Others Drowned)

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 2

As briefly stated last issue 15 castaways rescued from Port Ross, Auckland Islands, were landed by the Government steamer Hinemoa at…

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Wireless Telegraphy and Wrecks

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 9

Details received in London by the Amalgamated Radio Telegraph Co. of the stranding of the Lituania (s.) at Skilliage, near Stockholm, show the great value of wireless telegraphy. The ship,…

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Dundonald Wreck. Thrilling Story of a Survivor

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 5

Neither Fennimore Cooper nor Captain Marryat, with all their imagination, over invented a more thrilling story of adventure…

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Dundonald Wreck. a Survivor's Thrilling Story. Eight Months at the Auckland Islands. Terrible Hardships

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 3

Neither Fennimore Cooper nor Captain Marryat, with all their imagination, ever invented a more thrilling story of adventure than the narrative of the survivors of…

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Wreck of the Thomas Lawson

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1907 · page 14

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Thomas Lawson, the petroleum vessel which was wreeked during the gale in, the Knglish Channel, 86 of those on board being drowned, was a…

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Growth of the Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 December 1907 · page 9

Herr Ballin, of Germany, had siad that twenty yours hence people will laugh at our ideas of ocean speed. This is described as a prophecy. As a matter of fact it is nothing of the kind…

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