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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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The Penguin Wreck. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 5

Giving evidence in the New Zealand Marine Court, on his appeal against the Suspension of his certificate. Captain Naylor, late master of the…

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Steamer Freight

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 3

Mr. Editor.—I notice a letter in a recent issue re freights charged by the North Coast Company, and while not saying that the Company are Philanthropists, still I…

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"The Examiner" Established 1859. Grafton: Saturday, May 8, 1909. the Steamer Service

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1909 · page 4

In an interview published to-day Mr. Bell, the Manager of the North Coast Steamship Company, replies to certain comments which have been made in…

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Arrival Oe New Steamer. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 4

The Colonial Sugar Refining Company's new steamer Fiona, arrived yesterday morning. Her peculiar design, with her engines wel[?]aft, made her an object of…

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Mail Steamer Ice Bound

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer Mongolian, with hundreds of passengers on board, became wedged yesterday in an ice jam at the mouth of the harbour of St…

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A Coaster Ashore. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1909 · page 5

The coasting ketch Theresa went ashore on the beach under the Barrenjoey lighthouse…

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Wreck and Earthquake. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1909 · page 5

The loss of the barque Loch Lomond was recalled yesterday, when the steamer Malita arrived from the Hebrides and reported that a lifebuoy bearing…

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Excitement on a Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 4

Among a series of incidents which mprked the voyage of the German-Australian liner Flensburg, from Fredrickstadt, one proved of an exceptionally exciting nature. When…

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Foundering of a Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 5

The small coasting steamer Narara, owned by the Hawkesbury River and Newport Steamship Company, foundered early on Saturday morning off Newport, while…

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Unlucky Zeppelin. Another Airship Wrecked. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 3

Count Zeppelin's airship No. 2, after a flight of 36 hours, collided with a tree and stove in her bow. LONDON, Tuesday Night…

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A Steamer Disabled. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 5

The steamer Pyrmont, en route from the Manning to Sydney, became disabled off Seal Rocks yesterday and was taken in tow by the…

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Baby in a Wreck. Father's Frantic Appeal

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 3

A pathetic story of a shipwreck—of which one of the victims was the baby son of the captain—was told at Lowestoft. where nine members of the crew…

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Steamer on a Reef. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 3

The steamer Promise, well-known in connection with the phosphates trade, ran on a coral reef in the Pacific, and two hundred tons of coal had to be…

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Excursion Steamer Wrecked LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 5

An excursion steamer crashed into the wooden pier at Louisiana, U.S.A and was wrecked. Nineteen of those aboard were drowned…

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A Liner Wrecked LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 3

The steamer Scaronia, while bound from New York to the Mediterranean, went ashore on Feores Island, in the Azores (the Portuguese islands…

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Mail Steamer Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Cunard liner Slavonia, bound from New York to the Mediterranean with, excursionists, is ashore at Flores, in the Azores. Her 410…

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The Steamer Service

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 4

The N.C.S.N. Co. have forwarded the following letter to Cr. W. A. Zuill (hon. sec. to the District Conference) in reply to the resolution passed by the last…

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Shipping Disasters. Two Wrecks

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 5

The Sydney marine underwriters received a cable on Wednesday stating that the German training four-masted barque Herzogin Cecile was totally…

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Czar and Kaiser Meet. a British Steamer Shelled. Four Men Injured

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 9

The Kaiser and the Czar have exchanged most cordial visits on board the German Royal, yacht Hohenzollern and the Czar's yacht Standart, at Bjorko…

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Two Steamers Ashore. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 3

The A.U.S.N. Coy's new steamer Mallina, which went ashore in Torres Straits, has been refloated. She passed Cooktown yesterday…

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