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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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A Missing Schooner. Steamers Searching Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

Grave fears are being entertained for the safety of the schooner Ca[?] and at number of steamers [?] searching for her. The Ducken[?]…

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A Launch Wrecked. Torn From Moorings. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

The motor launch Ida broke away from her moorings at Manly yesterday and was smashed to pieces at Reef Beach. The launch was valued…

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Gale Along the Coast. the Kyogle's Experience. Wreckage Discovered. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 2

Indications that some vessel has been overtaken by disaster on the North Coast were forthcoming on the voyage of the steamer Kyogle from…

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Ashore on the North Coast

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 8

Another shipping disaster was reported from the North Coast on Wednesday. The unfortunate vessel was the Douglas Mawson, a new vessel, barely six months in commission, and…

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Late Wires. in the Gale. Timber Schooner Buffeted. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The American schooner Columbia, from Plight Sound, encountered the gale on New Year's Day off the coast. A huge wave immersed the…

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The Ferry Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 4

The Mayor forwarded a telegram to the Member, informing him that the Helen had not yet left the district, and that this might be urged on the Minister, with the view to her being…

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P. & O. Liner Wrecked

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The P. and O. steamer Nile was wrecked while on a voyage to Kobe, in the Inland Sea. The vessel struck a rock, and sank almost immediately…

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Karlsruhe Reported Sunk. Wreckage Washed Up. Montreal, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

Private advices, which are not yet confirmed, state that the German cruiser Karlsruhe was sunk in a fight with the British off Grenada, an is…

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Raft Washed Ashore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A raft was washed ashore at Bluff Hill, near Invercargill on Saturday. It appeared to have been in the water a month. The raft may have come…

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Plans of the Schooner Ayesha

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

A letter which has been received here from a resident in Sumatra gives an interesting account of the wanderings of the schooner Ayesha, in which some of the members of…

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The Missing Trawler. Raft Washed Ashore. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 3

A raft was Washed ashore, at Bluff Hill, New Zealand, on Saturday It appeared to have been in the water about a month, and it is suggested…

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The Ophir Ashore. in Suez Canal. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 5

The Orient S.N. Co's, mail steamer Ophir has been ashore in the Suez Canal since yesterday. (The Ophir, converted into a…

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Germany's Murderous Mines. Swedish Steamer Sunk. . LONDON, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 3

The Swedish steamer Drott struck a mine in the Gulf of Bothnia (Baltic Sea) and five of the crew perished…

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German Naval Activity. Force From Heligoland. British Steamer Torpedoed London. Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 3

A Copenhagen daeaptch says German destroyers and submarines left Heligoland on Wednesday. News received from many sources…

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The Steamer Dacia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON", Sunday. — The "New York World" states that if the British pronounce the steamer Dacia, which is sailing with a cargo for Bremen, after having been…

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New River Steamer. Successful Launch of the Favourite

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon the new steamer built for the Clarence passenger trade by Captain Pullen, was successfully [?]launched. The weather conditions were all that could be…

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The Marama's Escape. Almost Totally Wrecked. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 2

The Australian liner Marama, bound 2 from Sydney to 'Frisco, struck the rocks at Half Moon Bay and tore a hole in her bottom astern. The after…

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Removal of Ferry Steamer Questions in Parliament. the Minister's Replies

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. McFarlane asked the Secretary for Works: (1) For what reason Was the ferry steamer Helen taken: off the service at Grafton? (2) Is it a fact…

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Steamer Disabled. Towed Into Port. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 3

The steamer Kareena, outward bound to London, when 60 miles from Cape Moreton broke her tail shaft. She, was picked up by the…

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Wreck at Sydney Heads. End of the Tramp. Crew on the Rocks. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 3

The schooner Tramp, outward bound to the Manning River, while passing through the Heads last night, got out of control and was driver…

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