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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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A Modern Wrecker Attempt to Destroy Steamer. Ship's Greaser Fined £50. Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 3

Last night the 9000-ton steamer, Tekoa, which was lying alongside the wharf at Auckland, was found with her stern mooring lines adrift. They were quickly…

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American Steamer Arrested. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 3

The British destroyer, Venomous, off the Irish coast, is reported to have arrested an American steamer which it is alleged was carrying arms and…

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Aeroplane Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 6

An aeroplane containing a pilot and one passenger crashed and was completely. wrecked at the rear of the Cronulla, Hotel, Cronulla, yestarday. The pilot Barkell,…

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Whisky Runners. Schooner Under Suspicion. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 3

The arrest and conviction of two seamen on a charge of stealing seventy bottles of whisky from a schooner on New Year's Day in Rathesay Bay, leads to the belief…

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Steamer Excursion. Grafton Hospital Benefit. May Go Over the Bar. Anniversary Day Treat

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 2

The Grafton Hospital Committee last night accepted an offer from the North Coast Steam Navigation Company placing the Pulganbar at their disposal for…

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Fell Off Steamer. Man Swims Two Miles to Shore Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 3

A man named Jack Greenwood, who fell overboard from the steamer Hunter off Newcastle last night, displayed remarkable powers of endurance. A heavy…

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Steamer Goes on Rocks. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 2

The steamer Bodalla, while loading timber at Bawley Point, swung on to the rocks. She was beached at Ulladulla…

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Story of Wreck. Captain and Owner Interviewed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

Interviewed, Captain Cole said:--"We left Sydney on Tuesday at 10 p.m., and had an uneventful passage up to ten miles north of Cape. Hawke. There was…

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Steamer Wrecked. at Cape Hawke. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

The latest news from Cape Hawke states that the steamer Otus is now full of water…

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Steamer's War Cargo. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 5

A search of the Liverpool steamer, Duchess, which was captured by Free Staters, revealed thousands of rounds of ammunition in barrels labelled petroleum…

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Fight on a Schooner. Captain and Mate Attacked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 January 1923 · page 2

During the last voyage of the schooner S. K. Hall from Sydney to Vancouver the crew suggested, open mutiny, but nothing was done until the vessel reached…

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Telegrams Steamer Damaged. Encountered Rough' Seas. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 5

The steamer Gracchus, which left for Newcastle, on Wednesday, returned to Sydney yesterday considerably damaged as the result of encountering boisterous…

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Italian Immigrants. Refusal to Leave Steamer. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1923 · page 5

Trouble has arisen in connection with the 122 Italian immigrants; on board the steamer Re d 'ltalia. As there were no jobs waiting for the in Sydney,…

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Ketch Destroyed by Fire. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 4

The ketch Opah was destroyed by fire[?] at Passage Island. Captain [?] accidentally knocked over an oil [?] and [?] and an explosion occurred and despl[?]…

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A Schooner Burnt. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 4

A wireless message states that the four masted schooner Defiance was burned to the water's edge in the Solomon Islands…

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Telegrams. Fire at Sea. Schooner Destroyed. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 2

A wireless message states that the four-masted schooner Defiance was burned to the waters edge in the Solomon group…

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Hospital Excursion. Steamer Trip to Iluka. Highly Successful Outing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 4

The hospital benefit excursion to IIuka on the Pulganbar yesterday was, thanks to the perfect weather and the excellent arrangements of the committee, a complete…

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Telegrams. Whaling Steamer Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 5

During a cyclonic storm at Point Coates Harbor, West Australia, two whaling steamers were blown ashore. One was totally wrecked, but the other may be…

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Fire on a Steamer. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 5

There was another outbreak of fire on the Canadian Pioneer at Auckland last night, but it was extinguished after six hours. The vessel is now being…

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Picnic Passengers. Alleged Overcrowding. on Steamer Pearl

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

Alexander MePhee, Grafton, was proceeded against yesterday, before the Police Magistrate, Mr. F. F. Potts, for having carried an excess of passengers…

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