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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

268 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 14

Refused to Take Oath. Steamer Passenger Creates Scene. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 May 1924 · page 4

A passenger by the Maunganni, which arrived from Sydney yesterday, created a scene by refusing to give the police any information about himself or take…

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World's Flight the Akyab Disaster. Plane Completely Wrecked. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 May 1924 · page 5

Reuter's Akyab correspondent reports Maclaren as saying that the mishap was due to the machine refusing to stay in the air. It dropped and was…

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Steamer Off Reef. Thursday Island

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 5

The steamer Uga Maru got off the reef on Monday night and anchored until Tuesday, when, the voyage it was continued to Goode Island anchorage, where…

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Fire in Bunkers. Steamer Returns to Port. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 4

The steamer Bassano, laden with a heavy, consignment of cargo, which left, Fremantle on Sunday for South Africa, returned to port, a fire having been…

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Telegrams. Coastal Steamer Disabled. Towed Into Jervis Bay. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 4

The coastal steamer Duranbah was towed into Jervis Bay yesterday by the steamer Kainga in a disabled condition, the high powered cylinder having blown…

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Storm Wrecks Piers. £50,000 Damage at Napier. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 5

The damage to piers in Napier (N.Z.) harbor in a recent storm is estimated at £50,000…

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Jonahs? Superstitious Sailormen. a Hoodoo on Board a Steamer. Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 5

On Tuesday the steamer, Bassano, carrying a cargo loaded at Brisbane, left port, and on the following day caught fire and had to put back. The flames…

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"Hard and Fast." Steamer on Reef. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 5

The Dutch steamer Tasman when passing the Celebes discovered the steamer Van Hesmakirk ashore on a reef. The vessel was in a serious plight, a pinnacle…

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Revolvers and Ammunition. Found Under Coal on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 5

Customs searchers at Fremautle discovered 12 revolvers and 20,000 rounds of ammunition, including soft-nosed bullets, underneath coal on the Dutch…

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The Steamer Kyogle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 4

The lighthouse steamer Kyogle after a couple of months' delay in Sydney, owing to a difficulty about securing a crew, is now ready for sea, the seamen having…

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Steamer Hold Up. Practically Over. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 2

The steamer hold-up is practically over. The Kyogle, after several weeks of idleness, yesterday secured a full…

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Moscow Express. Wrecked by Bombs. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1924 · page 5

The Riga correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says an express train between Moscow and Riga, carrying prominent Soviet officials, was wrecked by…

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Commonwealth Steamer. Launching the Ferndale. Christened by Mrs. Earle Page Ceremony at Cockatoo Island. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 5

The 12,000-ton Commonwealth Government steamer Ferndale, the second of the two large cargo carriers built in Australia, was launched at Cockatoo…

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Angry Sailors. Wreck I.W.W. Hall. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 June 1924 · page 5

A message from San Pedro says a crowd of sailors and civilians, angered by disparaging remarks allegedly made by Radicals about the 48 sailors who…

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Floating Palage. Big Steamer for Pacific. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 5

The largest steamer in the New Zealand service, the Aorangi, 17,580 tons, 600 feet long, with a speed of 17 12 knots, 'which has been built to the order of the…

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Steamer's Master Found Dead on His Vessel Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 2

A Hobart message says that just before the arrival of the steamer Port Hacking last night from England the Master of the vessel (Captain…

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Captain Found Dead. on Deck of Steamer Hobart

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 June 1924 · page 1

Just before the arrival of the steamer Port Hacking last night from England, the master (Captain Strickland) was found dead on board…

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Twenty Drowned. Steamer-sunk in Collision. Christiania

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1924 · page 5

Twenty deaths, mostly women and children,, occurred as the result of a collision between the mail steamers Hankonjurl and Kongharald in Vest Fiord…

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S.O.S. Steamer's Distress Signal. Rangoon

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1924 · page 3

The steamer Leicestershire reports receiving a S.O.S. from the Clan Mamillan, stating she is sinking thirty miles east of Table Island, 170 miles…

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New North Coast Steamer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 June 1924 · page 4

The new steamer Urana, specially designed for the North Coast S.N. Co's Northern Rivers trade is expected to arrive in this State about the middle of…

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