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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

225 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 12

Schooner Ashore. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 3

A schooner thought to be the Bronze wing, has gone ashore near Wilson's Promontory. The crew landed safely, and the vessel so far is quite undamaged…

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Chinese Pirates. a Steamer Looted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 5

According to advices brought by the steamer Changsha the steamer, Wing Sing was recently attacked by Chines? pirates at Whampoa. The vessel was…

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Fire on Steamer. Wool and Tallow Damaged. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 5

The steamer Kaikoura, which wirelessed yesterday to the effect that there was a serious fire in her hold, reached Auckland this morning. The outbreak…

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Douglas Mawson. Vessels Stiil Searching. Met Cyclone in Gulf. May Have Gone Ashore. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 5

Every possible effort with the available facilities is being made to gain some tidings of the missing steame[?] Douglas Mawson…

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A Deserted Schooner. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 5

The mystery of the deserted fishing schooner Bronzewing, which was found on Oberon Bay beach, has been cleared up. While cruising in Bass Strait she was…

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New Coastal Steamer

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 4

Uki is the name of the latest addition to the North Coast S.N. Co.'s fleet. She was launched recently from the yards of Lithgows, Ltd., on the Clyde is now…

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Steamer Ashore. Little Hope of Saving. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 5

A message was received in Sydney today stating that the cargo steamer Iron Prince had gone ashore south of Cape Howe. Part of the crew are being sent…

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Wrecked Steamer Breaking Up Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 April 1923 · page 5

The crew of the wrecked steamer Iron Prince have reached Sydney. When they left the vessel's back was broken and the stern had settled down and big seas…

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Britain's Most Powerful Lifeboat

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 2

Nearly twenty years ago the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain began to instal oil-driven motors on its lifeboats. The designs first…

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Government Steamer Searching. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 5

The Government steamer Relief, which is now searching for the Douglas Mawson, is at present on a route which will take her over 1300 miles. The question…

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Wreck Sold Foe £60. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 5

The wreck of the steamer Iron[?] was sold by auction for £60…

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A Sea Disaster. Steamer Strikes Rocks. Ship's Boat Overturns. Thirty-one Persons Missing. Cape Town

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 April 1923 · page 3

Details are now coming to hand concerning the fate of the steamer Mossamedes, which struck on the Rocks off Cape Frio. The Portuguese…

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Eleven Missing. Schooner Wrecked. Foundered in a Gale. Captain and Wife Drowned. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

Bound for Manila with a cargo of coal the wooden schooner Amy Turner foundered near the Island of Guam in a frightful gale. Eleven of those on board are…

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Ketch Wrecked Owner Missing. Sydney

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

The fishing ketch Evelyn has been wrecked near Gabo Island. Peter Neilsen, the owner of the vessel is missing…

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Fishing Boat Wrecked. Owner of Craft Missing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 5

The fishing ketch Evelyn has been wrecked near Gabo Island. Peter Neilsen, the owner of the ketch, is missing…

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Car's Plunge Into River Dog Tows Boy Ashore. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 May 1923 · page 5

George Cooper, driving a motor car with his son and another man, went to cross a swing bridge, and failing to notice that it was open for a steamer to pass…

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Steamer Refloated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 May 1923 · page 5

Purrs Philp and Co's steamer Melusia, which went ashore on an uncharted patch in Buka Passage, in the Solomon Islands, was refloated after a portion of the cargo…

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Queensland. Fracas Aboard Steamer. Colored Man Seriously Injured Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1923 · page 5

A fracas among several members of the colored crew occurred aboard the steamer Ooma, lying at the Mercantile wharf, Bulimba to-day. In the disturbance…

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Nose-dived. Wrecked Amy Turner. Captain and Wife Drowned. Ship Battered by Typhoon Survivors' Thrilling Story. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Manila correspondent says the three survivors of the Amy Turner arrived to-day, Charles West, the mate, working his passage as a seaman,…

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Queensland. the Steamer Fracas. Three Asiatics Charged. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 May 1923 · page 2

Three Asiatics, Hassan Abdul, Abdi Galey and Hamid Derwish, were charged on Saturday that on the previous day on the steamer Ooma they did grievous…

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