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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

322 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 17

Boat Washed Ashore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 December 1921 · page 5

A sailing boat was washed on to the racks near Manly this morning. Two men who were thought to have been in the boat were seen near it by the chief…

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Vessel Ashore. on the Rocks in a Fog. Long Tramp for Help

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 December 1921 · page 3

News reached Melbourne on Sunday that the Union company's steamer, Karitana, 1376 tons, went ashore at Deal Island, Bass Strait, on Saturday…

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Wreck of the Karitane. Lost in a Dense Fog. Vessel a Total Wreck. Second Engineer's Account of Disaster. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 December 1921 · page 5

The disaster to the Karitane is a tributed to a dense fog. When the vessel struck her forefoot was a stove in and the forehold quickly flooded. It appears the…

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