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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
225 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 12
There was a sensational accident at the conclusion of the Great Public Schools' regatia yesterday evening. The ferry steamer Kuramia, with 1500…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reuter's Manila correspondent cables the following extract from the Amy Turner's log:— "On March 26 at 10 o'clock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Waitangi ran ashore while attempting to enter Pa tea, a port in New Zealand, and will probably become a total wreck. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the voyage of the steamer Indian City from America to Melbourne the vessel encountered dreadful storms. Two tremendous seas smashed down upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Hongkong message slates that the steamer Taishun, bound for Shanghai from Canton and Hongkong with a large number of passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The police are satisfied that the mysterious wrecking of the home of Mrs. Lister, the tennis champion, was not due to spite. They are following a new fine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A message has been received by the Commonwealth Navigation Department from the harbormaster at Burne (Tas.) stating that the ketch Dart broke adrift…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A message from Thursday Island says the investigation will be made to-morrow into the statements that wreckage has been found at port Lihou on the south…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Details at the collision between the Burringbar and the ferry steamer Benelong were difficult to obtain last night, but now it transpires that the bow of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Huge seas and gales continue along the southern coast from Gabo to Leewise Seafarers say the seas are the heaviest and most dangerous they nave ever…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What few election returns were received on Saturday made no alteration in the position of the candidates or the state of parties. In Stanley, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another mystery of the sea has been recorded by the disappearance of the five masted American schooner, Elinor H. The vessel left Newcastle in February for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An excursion steamer with 350 members of a football club aboard, went aground on a sandbank at Lough Swilly. A British destroyer rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The sinking of the rum ship John Dwight off the Massachussetts coast in April is now believed to have been deliberate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marine Court to-day conducted an inquiry into the sinking of the vehicular ferry Benelon on May 17. Mr. Rodgers, of the Navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The obelisk at Drogheda, commemorating the victory of William III at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, was completely wrecked by an explosion in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fishing smack Lanama was wrecked at Hunter's Island, Tasmania. The owner, with his mate, succeeded in reaching the shore after a rough experience…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wild weather continue in Tasmania. Two Victorian Ketches, Myrtle May and Myrtle Burgess are ashore on Barren Island, in Bass Strait…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The barque Wild Wave, bound from Adelaide to Melbourne, put, into Stanley on Saturday morning for shelter. During Sunday night a gale sprang up, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Details of the week of the brigantine Wooloomal in Apollo Bay, on the Victorian east, show that the Yesterday was in danger or be no batted to places…
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