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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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Steamer Ashore. on Tweed River Bar. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 December 1923 · page 5

The small coastal trader, Boambee, 300 tons, went ashore at the entrance to the Tweed River this afternoon. A northerly gale was blowing at the time, and…

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Telegrams. Mild Smallpox. Steamer in Quarantine. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 December 1923 · page 5

On arrival at Sydney this morning the steamer Eastern, from Japan, was ordered in to quarantine owing to a ease of smallpox, the victim being a woman…

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Schooner Waterlogged. on Her Way to Brisbane. San Francisco

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 3

The schooner Eric, sailing from Vancouver to Brisbane, is waterlogged and in great distress, near Honolulu. Her exact whereabouts are unknown…

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Launch Wrecked Two Occupants Drowned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 3

An Island launch, containing one Chinese, an Indian and a Fijian pilo[?] was recently lost near Lautoka. The Indian was subsequently washed…

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Chinese Pirates. British Steamer Looted. Passengers Robbed. Hydrangea Grounded. Hong Kong

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 December 1923 · page 3

The British steamer Hydrangea while proceeding to Swatow from Hong Kong was captured by pirates last night. The. Hydrangea left Hong Kong…

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