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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1910

229 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 12

Atlantic Liner Ashore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Atlantic Transport Coy's. steamer Minnehaha, bound from New York to bondon, with 66 passengers on board, ran on the rocks off the…

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Steamer Satara Wrecked. Founders Near Seal Rocks

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A telegram was received by the Navigation Department this afternoon from the lighthouse keeper at Seal Rocks, stating that the British-India…

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Missing Schooner Safe. a Long Voyage. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 5

A message from Auckland states that the Honto, of 99 tons, which left Sydney for Kaipara (N.Z.) on March 8 and was reported to be long…

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Latest Telegrams. a Steamer Founders. Off Seal Rocks. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 5

A telegram was received by the Navigation Department this afternoon from the lighthouse keeper at Sugarloaf Point, stating that the…

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The Minimbah Wreck. on the Manning Bar

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 7

On Thursday 26th at., the N.C, S.N. Co's new steamer Minimbah specially designed for the Manning River trade, entered the river on her…

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Wreck at Seal Rocks. Orara Picks Up the Crew; Two Lives Lost

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 5

The British India steamer Satara, 5272 tons, totally wrecked on Edith Breakers at Scal Rocks yesterday, The Satara left Newcastle for…

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The Minnehaha Wreck. LONDON

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 5

The passengers by the steamer Minnehaha, which was wrecked in a fog at the Scilly Islands, arrived at Penzance (Cornwall) safe, this afternoon,…

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The Minnehaha Wreck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—Three steamers and a schooner are standing by the wrecked steamer Minnehaha. All hopes of saving the vessel have been…

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The Satara Wreck. All Hands Saved

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Further particulars concerning the wreck of the steamer Satara were received to-day when the officers and crew arrived in Sydney by the steamer…

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The Satara Wreck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—While steaming between Seal Rocks and Sugarloaf Point, on the inside passage, the steamer Makambo from the Solomon Islands sighted a boat,…

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Minnehaha Wreck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The passengers from the wrecked steamer Minnehaha have arrived at Penzance. Their coming created quite a stir in the place, a crowd…

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A Dirigible Wrecked

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday Night. The dirigible balloon Zeppelin II. dragged its anchors while at Lumburg, Prussia, and was completely wrecked,…

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Sealing Steamer Lost

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A despatch from St. John's, Newfoundland, states that the steamer Boothic has arrived from the fishing banks, and reports that the steamer…

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Another Shipwreck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 3

"Another Big Steamer Wrecked" was the ghastly caption in the evening papers on Wednesday. This time it was the Satara, a British-India boat, which paid the…

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The Satara Wreck. All Hands Saved

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 6

Further particulars concerning the wreck of the steamer Satara at Seal Rocks were received when the officers and crew arrived in Sydney by the…

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An Overdue Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Information has been received from Capetown that the steamer Carpentaria, hound to London, is overdue at that port from Port Natal…

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The Satara Wreck

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The loss of the steamer Satara off Seal Rocks was investigated yesterday by a Court of Marine inquiry…

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Fishing Schooner Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A message from Alaska states that the codfish schooner Stanley, of San Francisco, has been found a total wreek on Sanak Island with the…

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Steamer's Suspicious Movements

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 6

Captain Haug, of the German steamer Siar, states that while his vessel was off British New Guinea, on the way to Brisbane, he saw a steamer of about 2000 to…

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The Satara Wreck. Captain's Certificate Suspended

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The loss of the steamer Satara was further considered by a Marine Court of Inquiry to-day, Judge Backhouse presiding…

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