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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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A Legal Point. Solicitor and Magistrate. Extraordinary Procedure Ferry Steamer Prosecution

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 4

The case in which the police proceeded against Alexander McPhee for carrying an excess of passengers on the steamer Pearl was before Mr. F. F. Potts, Police…

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German Barque. Wrecked Off Cornwall. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 3

The German five-master barque, Adolf Vinnen, was wrecked in a gale off Lizard Point (Cornwall) on her maiden voyage from Bremen to Barry. A…

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Wreckage Sighted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1923 · page 5

On arrival from the New Hebrides, Captain Brown of the steamer Makambo. reported haying sighted some, floating wreckage two miles to the south-east of…

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Wrecked by Mine. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 3

The offices of the women's organisation, Rutland Square, Dublin, supporting the Free State Government were wrecked by a mine explosion. National troops in…

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Steamer's Bough Voyage. Two Days in Cyclone. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 5

The Sugar Colonial Company's steamer Rona had a terrific battle with a cyclone on route from Fiji. The vessel was have to for two days…

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New Cargo Steamer. for the North Coast. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 5

The sailing is reported by cable of the new cargo steamier Ulmarra from Glasgow for Sydney. The new vessel will go into the North Coast trade. It…

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Express Wrecked. 12 KILLED, 30 Injured. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1923 · page 5

The Strasburg express, when travelling at fifty mile's an hour, crashed into a shunting goods train at Pontabinson station, Twelve are reported to have…

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New Cargo Steamer

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 4

The sailing is reported by cable of the new cargo steamer Ulmarra from Glosgow for Sydney on Friday. The new vessel will make the voyage out to Australia via…

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Steamer Refloated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 4
Also in The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate

The North Coast steamer Nambuc[?]a, which was beached in the Macleay River, has been refloated…

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On Again, Off Again. N.c. Steamer Refloated

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 3

The North Coast steamer Coramba, which was beached at the Mncleay entrance, has been refloated…

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Nearly Wrecked. on Sea of Galilee. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 2

George Hudson, managing director of the big timber firm of that name, returned to Sydney to-day after a world tour accompanied by his family. While in a…

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Submerged Object. Mishap to Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 2

Mystery surrounds the mishap to the West Australian steamer Eucla. which occurred when the vessel was off Gape Leen-win where she struck a submerged…

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The Courts. "A Nervous Wreck." Bank Manager Sentenced. Three Years' Imprisonment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 5

George Kitching, the Horusby bank manager, who pleaded guilty to a charge of the larceny of £5400, was sentenced by Judge Scholes to three years…

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Unlucky Schooner. the W. H. Smith Again. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 5

The schooner W. H. Smith, which left Sydney on Saturday for Tarawa, was sighted this morning by the South Head signal station. Her foretopmast was…

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Cotton in '65. Gin Lost on Wrecked Dunbar. Earliest Crops on Clarence

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

Some little time ago Mr. C. Napper of Ulmarra, remarked that cotton was grown on the Clarence nearly 60 years ago…

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Copmanhurst. Steamer Mail Service. Copmanhurst

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Barnier's gang is with the approval of the new shire engineer, experimenting with had sandstone lasted from the side of Mount King William (on…

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Hove To. Steamer in a Cyclone. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 5

The steamer Rana had a narrow escap[?] from destruction on the voyage from Suva to Sydney. For two days the vess[?] was hove to, as huge seas broke [?]…

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"A War Wreck." Ex-soldier's Pathetic Letter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the death of Arthur George Henderson, who died from the effects of poison, evidence was given that the deceased's nerves Were shattered…

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Schooner Burnt. Remarkable Statements. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 5

Some remarkable reports are in circulation in shipping circles concerning the loss of the American wooden four-masted schooner Defiance, of 604 tons, which was…

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