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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

194 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 10

Shipwrecked Crew. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 2

A message received yesterday states that the crew of the sailing vessel Upton has been picked up by the steamer Rio Azul…

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Queensland. a Prospector's Death Ship Wrecked Crew Landed. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 5

A message from Cooktown states that James Watters, promoter of a syndicate to test the Palmer gold mines, died in the hospital to-day. He took ill at…

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Life-savers at Work. Firing Rockets to a Wreck

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1922 · page 6

A wind roaring so that those on shore can scarcely keep their fee[?] even though they cling to bits of rock, great waves lashing the cliff's edge…

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Norwegian Steamer Founders. Halifax

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Crontoft, foundered, and a crew of 20 have been lost…

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Gale in the Channel Many Wrecks Reported. Communication with France Cutoff. London, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 3

A serious hurricane has raged in the South of England. There have been a number of wrecks. All the cross-Channel services have…

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Kudos for Coffs. the Co-operative Steamer £[?]00 Profit. in Two Montho

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1922 · page 3

Coffs Harbor came in for its share of kudos at the annual meeting of the Maolesy River Spping Co., held at Kampsey last week. We…

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Commonwealth Steamer Laid Up. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 March 1922 · page 2

On the completion of the discharge of her cargo at Melbourne from India to-day the Commonwealth steamer Austral…

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Telegrams. Fire on a Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 5

A fire broke out in the hold of the Japanese steamer Hatipara at Wellington. Six hundreds bales of flax and a quantity of wool were destroyed…

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Fire on Steamer One Hold Flooded. Cargo Suffers Severely. Wellington, N.Z., Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1922 · page 3

A fire broke out in No. 1 hold of the Japanese steamer Hatipara. The hold was flooded and after 15 feet of water was put inside the flames were…

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Trade with Germany First Steamer in Six Months. Office Established in Sydney. Sydney, Tuesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 2

Within six months the first German steamer, openly flaunting the new mercantile flag of the Fatherland, will be in Sydney Harbor with a cargo of…

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Story of Eye-witnesses. Touching Scene at Wreck. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 April 1922 · page 3

According to eye-witnesses the machine behaved splendidly when Sir Ross Smith took it up at noon. After a few circuits he banked as if to spiral a…

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Bars and Wrecks. Record of North Coast. How a Channel Was Dug

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 3

Stretching from Point Hanger to Nobby's is a long series of river harbors, each with its wickedly shifting bar, ever which entrance is gained along…

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Don Sturzo. Priest's Intrigues to Wreck Italian Cabinet

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 3

Although the Cabinet of Signor Facta was formed only last Saturday after a months political crisis (wrote the Rome correspondent of London, ''Dally Mail"…

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Attempt to Burn Steamer. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 3

Armed men boarded, the Ulster steamer Rathinhead, sprinkled the deck with petrol and set fire to the ship. They shot and wounded the watchman and…

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Riot on a Steamer. Chinese Attack Engineer, Attempt to Throw Him in the Furnace. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 4

News of a serious riot on a vessel in Woolloomooloo Bay has just been made available. The crew of a steamer included fifty Chinese and as Borne, were…

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No Peace Yet. Irish Conference Wrecked Government Taking Firm Stand Terrible Reprisals Feared. Awful Murder Campaign Continues. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 3

The Irish Peace Conference was wrecked at Dublin to-day on De Valera's demand for a further postponement of the elections. The conference was broken…

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Wreckage Found. At Elizabeth Point Beach. Is It From the Manurewa? Vessel Now 35 Days Out. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 5

A message from Forster advises that a settler, named Hackbath, reports having found on beach at Elizabeth Point on Sunday last nine hatch boards…

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Ocean Leviathan. Majestic's Maiden Voyage. a Steamer the Germans Lost. the Largest in the World. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 5

The first majestic Great Eastern, a combined paddle steamer, built in 1858, which was then hailed all over the world as "the ocean leviathan," pales into the…

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Wreckage Seen. in Tasman Sea. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 2

The steamer Fiona, which arrived in Sydney last night from New Zealand, sighted a quantity of wreckage in the Tasman Sea, about 350 miles…

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Wreckage Sighted

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 May 1922 · page 5

The steamer Fiona, which arrived last night from New Zealand, sighted a quantity of wreckage in the Tasman Sea, about 350 miles from Sydney. The captain did…

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