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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Two Vessels Ashore. on Bellingen Bar

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 2

Our Urunga correspondent wired on Friday afternoon (too late For that day's "Argus") "The Our Jack and Ellershe are…

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Another Steamer "Wined," 120 Persons Drowned London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 3

The steamer Nevada, flying the American flag, while leaving Smyrna, in order to prevent a collision with another steamer had to quit the…

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The Burglary Boom. Attempted Safe-wrecking. SYDNEY,Monday

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 3

Another attempt to dynamite a safe was made yesterday at the premises of Peter Mathieson, wholesale tobacconist. Pitt-street, near the Central…

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One Totally Wrecked

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 May 1913 · page 2

Our Bellingen correspondent wired as on Saturday :— "The steamer Ellerslie is a total wreck across the south wall at the…

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TELEGRAPHIC Steamer in Trouble. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 2

The coasting steamer Our Jack arrived at Camden Haven yesterday in distress. She was leaking badly, and part of the cargo had to be…

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Shipping Disasters. a Steamer Stranded. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 3

The steamer Tainui, en route from New Zealand to London, while making for Corunna Peninsula (Spain), collided with the steamship Inca…

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The Ellerslie Wrecked

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 3

This little steamer, In attempting to cross the Bellinger bar on Friday stuck fast, eventually becoming it total wreck. The crew were…

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Shipping Disasters a Steamer Founders. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 5

The German steamer Okawango, carrying copper ore, foundered off Cape Ushant. The steamer Northfield ran ashore…

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Wreck at Bellinger Heads. THE S.S. ELLERSLIE

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 4

As reported in our last issue the Bellinger bar was again causing trouble, and in the absence of a tug the risk to shipping crossing in or…

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Steamer Speed Restriction.I

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 4

The Navigation Departmont has issued instructions limiting the speed of ocean steamers trading on the Clarence, to six miles per hour, on the portion of the…

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Accidents at Maclean. Sawmill Partly Wrecked. Maclean

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 5

Mr. John Baldwin met with a painful accident the Maclean sawmills yesterday afternoon. He was engaged fixing one of the circular saws into position,…

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Steamer Speed Restriction

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

An oyster lessee who visited Grafton this week, interviewed with reference to the speed restriction recently imposed on ocean. steamship, owners to the Clarence, states…

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A Scow Ashore. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 5

The scow Maroro owned by the Union Box Co., of Sydney, went ashore last night at the entrance, to Pelorous Sound, N.Z., while on a…

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[?] Missing Ketch. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 2

The ketch Alfred Fanning, which put to sea from Trial Bay in a gale on Wednesday, is missing…

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New Steamer Founders. with All Hands. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 3

The underwriters received a cable from London to-day, stating that the steamer Taunui, 103 tons, bound for Melbourne from the Clyde, had…

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Wreckage Found. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 3

Lloyd's agent at Penzance reports the finding at St. Just, Cornwall, of a lifebuoy and a piece of a boat, marked ''Taunui, Glasgow," as well…

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The Tainui Wrecked. More Wreck Age Found. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 5

Further wreckage from the lost tug Tainui has been found on the coast of Cornwall…

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The Ellerslie Wreck. Captain Exonerated. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 5

The Marine Court exonerated Captain Treiberg in connection with the wreck of the steamer Ellerslie at Bellinger Heads, Judge Backhouse…

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Late Cables. Oil Steamer Explodes. Five Men Killed. Vancouver, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 3

A shocking disaster is reported from New York. The two hundred tons fuel oil steel tank steamer Mohawk exploded with a terrific…

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Explosion on a Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Two hundred tons of oil in the steel tank, of the steamer Mohawk, owned by the Standard Oil Company, exploded with a terrific roar…

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