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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

202 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 11

Father Jercer Deported. Sent by the Steamer Khyber. Proceeds Direct to Lurope. Meetings of Parliamentary Parties. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 5

Mr. Hughes, in the course of an interview, said that Father Jerger had appeal[?] to the highest Court in the Commonwealth, and he must go…

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Schooner in Distress. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 7

The motor-schooner Malahat, form Portland, Oregon, to Adelaide, put into Sydney in distress. The vessei's tail shaft broke and the propeller was lost…

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Floating Wreckage Sighted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 July 1920 · page 7

The steamer Matro passed, floating wreekage, resembling a sailing yacht overturned, off the South Australian coast. There were no signs of life…

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Fatality at Coff's Jetty. First Mate of Steamer Killed. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 3

An accident, with fatal results, occurred at Coff's Jetty yesterday afternoon, to Mr. C. J. Walker, the first mate of the steamer Belbowrie, while superintending…

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In Disturbed Ireland. Wrecking of Towns. Police Take Reprisals. London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 3

A Belfast message states that a chauffeur, disregarding the troops challenge, was shot dead. Supports supposing there was an…

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A Wreck Sighted. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 3

The steamer Khyber passed the wreckage of what apparently was a ketch of about 150 tons east of Albany…

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A Chauffeur Shot. Scene of Wreckage at Belfast. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 5

A Belfast message states that a chauffeur, disregarding the troops' challenge, was shot dead. The supports, thinking there was an attack, machine-gunned the…

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Wreckage Sighted. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 July 1920 · page 5

The steamer Khyber passed the wreckage of what was apparently a ketch of about 150 tons east of Albany. There were no signs of life…

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Sickness Among Coolies Diagnosed As Typhus. Outbreak on a Steamer. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 August 1920 · page 5

Very little information is yet available as to the conditions on the quarantined vessel, Roberto Figueras. The Federal quarantine officer, Dr…

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Schooner Lost. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1920 · page 3

The schooner T. Teko has been wrecked at Slipper Island (New Zealand). The loss is complete. One man was drowned…

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Mix in Marvellous Auto Wreck Stunt

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 4

The biggest, most daring auto race ever filmed for a motion picture--a real race over the course at Santa Monica, California--is shown in Tom Mix's new…

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A Steamer Ashore. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 2

The steamer Matra is ashore near Port Augusta. Unless the vessel speedily rights herself it is feared she may break her back, as she is on the top of the…

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Influenza on a Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 5

The steamer Northumberland was quarantined on arrival at Melbourne from America and New Zealand with eight cases of influenza aboard…

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Fire on a Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 5

A fire was discovered among about 1000 tons of coal in the bunkers of the Melbourne Company's steamer Dimboola at the Company's wharf…

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Plane Cashes at Inverell. the Machine Wrecked. Inverell

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 3

Captain Wrigley and Corporal Lovegrove, in a Peace Loan aeroplane, crashed on the Inverell racecourse to-day. Neither of the aviators were injured, but the…

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Industrial. Steamer Held Up. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 5

The steamer Bakara has been held up in Sydney since June 16, owing to the crew refusing to sign on unless three extra trimmers are engaged. The loss…

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Wreck on New Zealand Coast. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 August 1920 · page 5

A steamer which has not yet been identified is ashore near Tologoa Bay, New Zealand. The seas are breaking over the vessel, and there are no signs of life…

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Kia Ora Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 3

An Auckland message states it is now definitely established that the steamer sighted of the cast coast Sunday and supposed to have been sunk was the…

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Parer and HcINTOSH. A Crash at Culcairo. Machine Hopelessly Wrecked. the Aviators Uninjured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 5

Disappointment was experienced by a large crowd which assembled at Albury yesterday by the non- arrival of Lieuts Parer and McIntosh. The two airmen…

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Steamer Wrecked. Vancouver

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 2

A San Francisco message states that the steamer Aracan, inbound from Java, was wrecked outside the San Francisco harbor…

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