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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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New River Steamer Grafton to Yamba 2½ Hours Captain Pullen's Enterprise

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 September 1925 · page 2

Captain Charles Pullen, who arrived at Cowper on Monday last on one of his periodical visits to the river, reports that he has decided to add to his present fleet…

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Steamer Ashore. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 4

A message from Thursday Island states that the steamer Balsella, en route from Bootless Inlet to Singapore, is reported to be ashore near Bet Island, one of the…

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Ship Wrecked in Storm Six Drowned, 28 Missing Tokio

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 September 1925 · page 3

The Tomashin Maru, with a crew of 34, foundered in a storm off Pescado es. Six were drowned and the remainder are missing…

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Friarsdale Injured While Landing From Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 4

While the racehorse Friarsdale was being taken off the steamer Katoomba at Darling Harbor this morning he took fright and smashed several panels of his…

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Wreck of Karamu Conduct of Seamen Praised. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 5

The Marine Court held an inquiry today concerning the loss of the steamer Karamu on the coast of Tasmania. It was stated the part of the coast on…

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Wreck of Karamu Marine Court's Decision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 4

At the conclusion of the inquiry into the loss of the seamer Karamu the court found that the vessel left Strahan in a seaworthy condition and that the damage…

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Ropes Across Road Plot to Wreck Motorists. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 5

An extraordinary plot to wreck motorists was revealed at Tiptree, Essex, when a motor collided with a thick rope stretched across the road. Later a…

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Warrant and Writs. Issued Against Schooner. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 4

A warrant and five writs have been issued against the auxiliary schooner Karu, which is now in Sydney Harbor. The vessel has been in harbor 18 months and…

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The Tyalgum New Steamer for Tweed Trade. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 5

The Tyalgum, the new steamer built for the North Coast S.N. Co., and intended for the Tweed River trade, arrived at Sydney to-day from Glasgow…

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Ketch Ashore Crew Rescued. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 5

The ketch Mariner, of 61 tons, was blown ashore at Ninepin Point. The crew were rescued, but the vessel is believed to be a total wreck…

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Coastal Steamer on Bellingen Sandspit. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 October 1925 · page 5

A telegram received by the Navigation Department this afternoon stated that the steamer Currumbene was ashore on North Spit, Bellingen Heads. She was not in…

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Yawl Wrecked Man and Daughter Rescued. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 October 1925 · page 5

The "Sunday Express" Lisbon correspondent says the nine ton yawl Merganser was wrecked at Port Caminha, North Portugal. Mr. W. Unitt and his 16 year…

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Leeds City Wrecked In Java Sea Struck Uncharted Rock Officers and Crew Picked Up. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 October 1925 · page 4

Capt. Classen, master of the Dutch liner Tasman, which reached here to-day from Singapore en route to Melbourne, said the steel screw steamer Leeds City, 6236 tons,…

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Destroyer Wrecked Foundered in Storm--crew Lost Helsingfors

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 October 1925 · page 5

The Finnish torpedoer S2 ran aground and capsized in a violent storm during naval manoeuvres in the Gulf of Bothnia. It is understood the whole of the crew of…

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Yawl Merganser How Little Craft Was Wrecked Lisbon

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 October 1925 · page 5

It appears that W. Unit, in the nine ton Merganser, tried to enter the small port of Caminha to replenish his water supplies without a pilot, with the result…

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Greek Cargo Vessel Believed to Have Foundered Off South African Coast. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1925 · page 5

The Greek cargo vessel, Margarita, loaded with maize for Dakar (French West Africa) is believed to have foundered with all hands off Great Fish Point,…

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Electors' Choice. Wreckers Op Law and Order. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1925 · page 2

Senator Massy Greene, addressing a large meeting at Epping, said that the electors had to choose between law, end order and constitutional…

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Wrecking Temperance. (Published by arrangement)

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1925 · page 2

In a speech at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Mr. A. Scott Bullitt is reported by the press agencies as saying:--"The Prohibition Law is making us a…

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Greek Steamer. Lost in a Gale. Capetown

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 October 1925 · page 3

The search for the Margarita has been abandoned. It is generally believed that she capsized Owing to the cargo shifting during Thursday's most violent storm. It…

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Sand in Oil Boxes Attempt to Damage Steamer. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 5

Engineers on the South African Government chartered steamer Apolda, which is delayed at Bunbury owing to a strike of the crew for Australian rates of pay,…

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