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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

165 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 9

Eastern Steamer Service. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 5

James Gardiner and Company have ordered from the Clyde Engineering Works three liners of 7000 tons for service in the Eastern, Australian and…

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Another Disabled Steamer Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 5

The Union S.S. Company's cargo steamer Whangape broke her tail shaft on Monday near Kavaru, and was at once adrift. The news of the…

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Wreck of the Aeon. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 5

Another message received last night states that the Aeon castaways are running short of water, and that Christmas Island is little more than…

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Steamer Collision

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—While the steamer Airlie was being towed to sea from Newcastle by the tug Leveret they came into collision,…

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The Wrecked Steamer Aeon. SYDNEY

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 5

The wrecked steamer Aeon was insured for about £50,000, and the cargo was valued at about £100,000. Another message received last night…

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Steamer Aeon Wrecked. on Christmas Island

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 4

The steamer Aeon, which left San Francisco on July 5 for Sydney, is ashore on Christmas Island, a lowlying spot practically on the course…

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Another Steamer Adrift

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday,—News has arrived that the Union s.s. Company's Island trader Whangape recently broke her tail-shaft in the vicinity of…

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Monster of the Deep. Steamer Hits Two-ton Fish

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 2

On the arrival at Sydney of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's steamer Fiona from the Clarence River, the master, Captain Gr. Barnes,…

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Mail Steamer Quarantined. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 3

The French mail steamer Occanien was quarantined on her arrival at Fremantle yesterday morning owing to having had smallpox on board. Two…

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A Church Wrecked. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 September 1908 · page 3

During a heavy gale at Port Melbourne on Friday, portion of the Holy Trinity church was blown down…

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Search for missing STEAMER

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 2 October 1908 · page 5

The vessel sent out in search of the missing Whangape, reported as having broken her tail shaft near Suva, have returned unsuccessful…

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Loch Finlas Wreck. a Survivor's Story

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 12

Although a thorough search has been made of Foster Island no trace of the Loch Finlas or other survivors of the crew have been found…

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The Wrecked Aeon

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 5

The crew and passengers of tie wrecked steamer Acon hare arrived at Pinkenba…

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The Modern "Wrecker."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 8

English shipowners are raising and apparently with good reason, a strong agitation against the unrestricted issue of sea insurances of a speculative description. These…

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Loch Finals Wreck Serious Charge Against the Captain

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 October 1908 · page 1

The inquiry under the Wrecks Inquiry Act commenced last week at Launceston concerning teh loss of the Loch Find as on Poster Island…

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Mysterious Wreckage Found. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 October 1908 · page 5

A large quantity of wreckage, consisting of spars and parts of a ship's boat, have been found on the west coast of the North Island of New…

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The Fifeshire Wreck. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1908 · page 5

The barque Fifeshire, which left Newcastle in August bound for Portland, Oregon, coal laden, was wrecked off the Gilbert Islands, on August…

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Sodden Mails from a Wreck

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 3

The postal authorities advise that the R.M.S. Manuka, which arrived at Sydney from Vancouver on the morning of the 8th inst., in addition…

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Wreck of the Kincumber

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 9

TAREE, Friday.—The steamer Kincumber, employed in the Manning-Newcastle service, struck the end of the northern breakwater last evening at 6.30 and became a…

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Barque Fifeshire Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 5

The crew of the barque Fifeshire, which sailed from Newcastle on August 2nd, coal laden, and bound for Portland, arrived in Sydney in the steamer Marjana, and…

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