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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

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Wrecked: Mid Ice and Snow

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The London-Pacific Steam Navigation Company's liner Lima has been wrecked in Magellan Strait, between Terra Del Fuego and South…

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French Mailboat Wrecked Terrible Loss of Life

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The French mail boat,' General Chanzy, has been wrecked near Cludadela, on a well known danger spot, 25 miles from Port Mason, not…

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Wreck of the Port Jackton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Port Jackson, one of the best known tugboats, was totally wrecked on Saturday night; south of Catherine Hill Bay…

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The Wrecked Tug. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 3

Messrs. J. and A. Brown's tug Port Jackson, which was wrecked near Catherine Hill Bay on Saturday night, has now broken up. A report…

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The General Chanzy Wreck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—It transpires that when the General Chanzy was wrecked, Rodel, the engineer, who was the sole survivor, was asleep…

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Disabled Steamer Sighted. Is It the Waratah

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 5

London, Sunday -The whaling schooner Ulva has reported at Durban that she sighted, during a snowstorm on November 23, a large two…

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A Steamer Wrecked 20 Lives Lost. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 3

The steamer Hohenzellen, bound from Bremen to London, was wrecked at Dummorley Bay. The crew of 20 were lost owing to their inability to…

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Gales and Wrecks. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 3

Heavy gales have swept over great Britain. A train in Ireland was blown over an embankment but the couplings held…

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A Steamer Founders. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

The steamer Rocklily foundered in Darling Harbor (Sydney) yesterday afternoon, owing to the inrush of water into the hold. The vessel was…

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New North Coast Steamer. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

The North Coast S.S. Co's new steamer which is being built at Androssan is well advanced and wall be named the Canonbah…

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Steamer Rock Lily Sunk

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Yesterday the North Coast Co's. steamer Rock Lily was at Darling Harbour loading steel rails for the North Coast Railway. About 75…

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Floating Wreckage Seen. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 5

During the voyage of the steamer Thistleroy from the Tyne to Sydney a boat, bottom up, was passed in the Southern Ocean. The derelict was…

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Ashore on the Goodwins

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 9

VANCOUVER Thursday.—An unknown steamer has been driven on the Goodwin Sands. Five tugboats and three lifeboats are struggling to rescue, the crew…

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River Steamer Employees

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 4

An officer of the Ferryboat Employees' Union, of Sydney, was in Grafton a few days ago. He interviewed the employees on the Clarence River boats and droghers,…

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Wreckage Washed Ashore

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. A [?]ntity of wreckage, possibly hatch[?] combings, has been washed asho[?] at Marley Beach, south of…

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Wreckage Found. Said to Be From the Waratah. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

A quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at intervals in the neighbourhood of Morsel Bay. The most significant object was a cushion…

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Alleged Waratah Wreckage. an Expert Opinion. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 5

Captain Simpson, of the steamer Pericles, at Melbourne, referring to the cable about the wreckage found at Morsel Bay, expressed the opinion…

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Wreckage Discovered. Probably From the Missing Waratah

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—Reuter's Capetown correspondent reports that wreckage has been washed ashore in the neighbourhood of Mossel Bay. A significant…

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Canadian Steamer Service. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 5

It has been decided to make Bristol the British port for the Canadian Northern Railway's steamship service…

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Mutiny on a Steamer. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 5

A mutiny occurred on a fishing stegmer at Puget Sound (Washington, U.S.A.), owned by a Chicago firm. The sailors refused to continue their…

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