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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 9 of 12

Wreckage Unidentifieb

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 August 1923 · page 4

Mr. W. J. France, the Acting Pilot Master at Camden Haven, has reported to the State Navigation Department that no further wreckage has been…

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Yacht Upset. Collision with Steamer Boonah. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1923 · page 3

The liner, Boonah, outward bound, collided with a small sailing yacht between Port Glasgow and Dumbarton. There were twelve people aboard the…

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Holds Full. German Steamer's Cargo. British Liners Half Empty. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1923 · page 3

When the German steamer Aachen sails from Melbourne on her homeward trip she will do so with her holds full of Australian cargo and…

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Battleship Ashore. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 5

The Spanish battleship Espana went ashore while operating against the rebels at Riff, on the coast of Morocco…

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The Changsha. May Become Total Wreck. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 5

A cable message received yesterday states that the steamer Chamgsha has received serious injury forward. It is feared the vessel, will become a total…

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Submarine Attacks Greek Steamer. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 3

Reuter's Athens correspondent says an Italian submarine in the Gulf of Goumentza fired on the Greek steamer Georgeos, slightly damaging her…

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German Steamer Founders. Captain the Sole Survivor. Amsterdam

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 5

The German steamer Kloepfel, on a voyage from Hall to Bremerhaven, foundered in a gale in the North Sea The captain was the only one out of a…

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Fire on Steamer. Passengers Unaware of Outbreak. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 5

When the steamer Baradine, with nearly 500 immigrants aboard, was off Melbourne four days ago a fire broke out in No. 3 hold. The hold was…

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Steamer From Australia. Where Is Tango Maru? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 5

If the Japanese mail liner Tango Maru, which left Sydney on July 30 for Japan, arrived to schedule she would have been at Yokohama on Saturday…

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News of the World. Australian Grain Ship Ashore- London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 September 1923 · page 5

The grain-loaded steamer City of Shang hai, from Melbourne, ran ashore when proceeding to doek at Cardiff. Four tugs failed to refloat her. Her position…

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Sunken Wrecks

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1923 · page 4

Mr. Rees Thomas, of Grafton, has received a letter from Dr. Earle Pa[?], M.H.R., in regard to the formers' device for location sunken wrecks. Dr. Page…

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Local and General Wreck of the Bellbird

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1923 · page 4

The motor launch Bellbird, which was wrecked north of Brisbane with loss of life, was well-knowti on the Tweed River. She was built by Mr. McDonough, of…

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Ran Ashore. Seven U.S. Destroyers. Liner Cuba Also Wrecked. Disaster in Dense Fog. Known Death Roll Totals 34. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 September 1923 · page 5

Seven United States destroyers are piled up on the rocks off San Miguel Island, also the liner Cuba. The disaster occurred in a dense fog. Twenty-five sailors are missing and are almost certainly dead. One officer and eight men from the Cuba are adrift in a small boat, and it…

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Steamer Sumatra Replaced Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 2

The coastal steamer Tintenbar has been chartered to replace the Sumatra…

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QUEENSLAND Steamer Levuka Aground. Boom in Cotton Culture. 70Co Applications Tor Seed. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 5

A message from Bowen states that the steamer Levuka, en route from Cairns to Melbourne, grounded off the south-eastern corner of Stone Island in Bowen…

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Cuba's Crew Safe. Liner a Total Wreck. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 September 1923 · page 5

The passengers and crew of the lost liner Cuba have all been saved. Bullion worth 2,500,000 dollars will be salvaged. The liner is breaking up and will be a…

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U.S. Battleship. Collides with Steamer. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 September 1923 · page 5

A San Pedro message says the battleship Texas collided with the steamer Steel Seafarer in a heavy fog in the vicinity where the seven U.S. destroyers…

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Steamer Overdue. All Ships on Lookout. Adelaide, Saturday Night

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 September 1923 · page 3

The gravest fears are entertained for the safety of the steamer Baron Blantyre. She left Durban with a cargo of coal for Adelaide on August 10, and…

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No News of Missing Steamer. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 September 1923 · page 2

No news has been received of the missing steamer Baron Blantyre, which is overdue on the way to Adelaide with a cargo of coal…

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Missing Steamer. Crippled in Indian Ocean. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1923 · page 5

Several pro[?]nent Sydney shipping [?] put forward the theory that the steamer Baron Blantyre, which has been [?] at Adelaide had…

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