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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

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Getting Nervy Terrific Explosion at Wagga Gas Cylinder Wrecks Shop. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 April 1927 · page 5

Residents of Wagga were startled late fast, night by the sound of a terrific explosion With memories of two recent visits…

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Burned in Blizzard. Fishing Schooner's End, Vancouver

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1927 · page 2

The [?]ax fishing schooner Com[?]wealth was burned in a [?] Twelve of the crew are missing. The captain and eight men were picked…

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Shipwrecked Men Hope Abandoned Vancouver

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1927 · page 5

A Halifax message says that the search has been abandoned for the twelve' missing men who disappeared when the schooner Commonwealth…

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Ashore in Storm Passenger Steamer Riverina Off Again? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 4

A message was received in Sydney tonight stating that the s.s. Riverina went ashore on the west of Gabo Island during a storm…

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Crew Rescued From Sinking French Schooner. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 4

The steamer Ionic has wirelessed that while enroute from New Zealand she reduced the crew, numbering 25, of the French schooner Daisy, which was…

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Man Disappears From Steamer Late Resident of Kyogle

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. W. Redmayne, of Wyangerie, has just learned of the mysterious disappearance of a brother who had been staying with him for some months prior to going…

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Struck a Whale Thrills on Steamer Makura. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 4

The Union company's steamer Makura reported on arrival at Sydney to-day that when two days out from Wellington, New Zealand, the vessel's, starboard…

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AGROUND Steamer Riverina 142 Passengers Aboard Vessel Bumping on Sand. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 5

Although the Interstate steamer Riverina, 4793 tons, is reported to be resting on a sandy bottom west of Gabo Island her position is precarious…

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DRENCHED Sydney and Suburbs Hurricane Last Night Windows Blown In--hoardings Wrecked

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 April 1927 · page 5

Torrential rains and gales along the coast in the vicinity of Sydney yesterday and last night caused serious dislocation of all telegraph and telephone…

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Put Ashore Riverina Passengers Can Vessel Be Refloated? Owners Stand to Lose £150,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

A message was received late this afternoon to the effect that all the passengers, three stewardesses and the purser of the stranded Riverina, got safely…

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Native Boy Amok One Killed-Another Injured Dreadful Tragedy Aboard Missionary Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 5

While the London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams was passing Broken Bay yesterday on her way to Sydney from a, cruise among…

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'No Panic' Riverina Passengers Dancing Till Put Ashore an Eight Miles Walk. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 5

Eighteen passengers from the stranded steamer Riverina arrived in Sydney this morning. All were loud in their praise of the captain and crew and of the people of…

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Disabled Steamer Mungana in Sydney Thrills at Sea. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 5

The disabled steamer Mungana arrived at Sydney to-day, in tow of the tugs Heroic and St. Claves. The progress to port from the spot at…

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Steamer Cooma Wreck. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 7

Tenders for the purchase of the wreck of the steamer Cooma, as she now lies on North Reef, closed with Lloyd's agent in Brisbane, Mr. F. Smith, this…

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Riverina Wreck. Hope Not Abandoned Yet. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

Sixty members of the crew of the Riverina whose services will not be required to assist in the ref[?]ng of the vessel, have been transferred to…

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Ran Ashore Japanese Steamer at Newcastle. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 5

The steamer Saka Maru, laden with a cargo of wheat, ran ashore at the entrance to Newcastle Harbor at an early hour today…

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Shot in Head Wounded Man on Manly Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 5

John William Crossland, 46, of Lidcombe, was found on the Manly ferry steamer Balgrowth to- day with a bullet wound in his head. He was rushed to…

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Ran Amok Native on Steamer Evidence at Inquiry to Stand Trial on Murder Charge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 5

An inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of the Island native, Tanua, who was murdered on the Island steamer John Williams, off Barrenjoey last week…

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Steamer Tasman Ashore Off North Queensland Coast. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 5

The steamer Tasman on her way from Java to Australia ran on a submerged extension off Clark Island, about 150 miles from Thursday Island,…

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Open Boat Adrift Sighted by Passing Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 5

The Navigation Department received a wireless message from the master of the steamer Goulburn, bound from Newcastle to Melbourne, to the effect, that yesterday…

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