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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 5 of 10

Steamer Refloated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 4

The stranded steamer Bambra has been successfully refloated and is apparently undamaged…

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Wrecked Wiltshire Raided. Robbers Miss Bullion. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 4

A party of the Wiltshire's officers who visited the wreck to recover their personal effects discovered that their quarters had been raided by a particularly…

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The World's Largest Lifeboat

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 3

Arrangements have been made in Great Britain for building a new type of motor lifeboat, which will be the largest of any yet known. Its…

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Steamer Held Up. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 5

The steamer Coorana, which was to have left Melbourne yesterday for Newcastle, has been laid up by the owners owing to the refusal of members of the…

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Steamer Held Up. Refusal of Crew to Sail. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1922 · page 2

The steamer Coolana, which was to have left Melbourne yesterday for Newcastle, has been laid up by the owners owing to a refusal by…

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Steamer's Crew Paid Off. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 June 1922 · page 5

The trouble with the manning of the steamer Coolana reached a head at Melbourne yesterday when the whole of the crew were paid off. The owners state…

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Prohibition Wreckage. Finland's Experiences. [Published by Arrangement]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1922 · page 2

Like other countries that have given the other anti-liquor Boish[?]viks an opportunity to prove the efficacy of Prohibition as a social…

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Sickness on a Steamer. Townsville

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 1

The steamer Taiyuan from the East has been detained in quarantine owing to a case of sickness On board, which is suspected to be plague. The patient is a…

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German Steamer Taken to Port. Queenstown

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 5

The German steamer Stella, Maris, voyaging to Cork from Hamburg, was fined on by a British cruiser at midnight on Monday and forced to anchor under a…

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Prohibition Wreckage. (Published by Arrangement.) Finland's Experience

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 4

Like other countries that have given the anti-liquor Bolsheviks an opportunity to prove the efficacy of prohibition as a social and economic…

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Many Drowned. Steamer Capsized. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1922 · page 3

A Berlin message states the Brazilian steamer Azare while about to berth at Hamburg docks completely capaized drowining the crew of a hundred and a…

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Wiltshire Wreck. Some Mails Recovered. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1922 · page 2

Ninety-eight bags of mails have been recovered from the Wiltshire wreek. It is not expected that any more will be saved. The condition of the steamer is…

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Wreck of the Wiltshire. Opening of the Inquiry. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 2

An inquiry was opened to-day into the cause of the disaster to the Wiltshire. Mr. Mays, representing the Marine Department, stated that working out the…

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Wreckage Washed Ashore. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 5

Wreckage from the wrecked drifter Buesky, has been washed ashore near Margate. The inquest on the body which has…

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Wreckage Sighted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 2

A wireless message received from the steamer Suva says she sighted the wreckage of a large wooden vessel on the south-east corner of Middleton Reef,…

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A Dredge Ashore. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 June 1922 · page 1

The Sydney Harbor Trust steam hopper dredge Seagull, Which left yesterday for North Head, went ashore one mile inside North Point. There is every…

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Steamer Ashore. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 5

The Colonial Sugar Company's steamer Rona went ashore near Kawan New Zealand. The crew were all saved…

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Steamer Goes Ashore. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 2

The Colonial Sugar Coy's steamer Roua went ashore near Kawau. New Zealand. The crew were all saved…

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The Abemama. Schooner Still in Clarence. New Crew Coming From Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 5

A new crew for the three-masted schooner Abemama will leave Sydney for the Clarence River to-night in order to join the vessel…

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Not Manurewa 'S Wreckage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 5

Thomas Burns, a former member [?] the crew of t the Manurewa, who was sent to Port Macquar[?]e to ident[?] age found there. declared it was not from…

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