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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

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Migrants Complain Accommodation on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 5

Migrants who arrived by the steamer Mamilius to-day complained bitterly about the accommodation on the vessel. They stated that the men had only a thin…

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Many Foreigners on Board French Steamer. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 4

Twenty-four nationalities are represented by 776 passengers on the French steamer Cophoe, which arrived at Fremantle yesterday from Marseilles, via mediterranean…

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Shop Wrecked Three Shots Fired. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 5

Three shots were fired in a fruit shop at the corner of Devonshire and Crown streets, early this morning, and a young man was wounded in the arm…

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Rough Weather Steamer in Storm Washed by 35Ft. Wave. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 5

The steamer City of Khios, which left Port Lincoln, South Australia, last Friday for Albany, encountered terrific weather two days later…

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School of Sharks Attack Shipwreck Victims Awful Fate Snatched Away Like Flies. Manila

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 5

Survivors of a wreck caused by the typhoon on May 31 arrived aboard the steamer Masbate. They declared the victims of the…

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Smashed on Rocks Motor Boat Wrecked at Tweed Heads

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 4

Shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday a motor boat, fitted with an 810 C.C.M. engine, was totally destroyed after capsizing in endeavoring to…

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Disabled Steamer Being Towed to Brisbane. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 2

A message reached Sydney to-day that the steamer Proteus, bound from Sydney to New Caledonia, was in distress about 300 miles off the New South Wales coast…

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Fireplace Wrecked Steel Cylinder Explodes. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 5

A steel cylinder which was being heated in the fireplace of a dining room to be used as a footwarmer in the house of Albert Greenhath exploded, blowing in…

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Ten Days Adrift Small Norwegian Steamer a Broken Rudder Story of Mutiny Denied. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 5

The small Norwegian steamer, Proteus, which was picked up in the Pacific by the American steamer Crosskeys, after drifting in a disabled…

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Steamer's Fast Trip. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 2

The Commonwealth and Dominion Line advise that the motorship Port Fremantle, which left Sydney for Hobart at 7 a.m. last Thursday, made an…

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Schooner Ashore. Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 1

During the 70 mile ail pour gale which raged along the coast at the week end the three masted schooner, Abemama was driven ashore near the site of the…

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Schooner Missing Three Weeks Overdue. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 5

Anxiety is felt for the safety of the auxiliary schooner Ameiura, which left Columbia River on April 16 last for Melbourne, and is about three weeks overdue…

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Arrival of Disabled Steamer. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 4

The steamer Proteus, which was picked up in a disabled condition in the Pacific by the steamer Crosskeys and towed to Brisbane, will enter South Brisbane dry…

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Overdue Schooner Delayed by Rough Weather. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 5

The schooner Aneiura, for whose safety considerable anxiety was being felt, arrived at Port Phillip yesterday from the Pacific Coast of America…

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Foundered Drogher Coolongallook Half Submerged Hull Drifting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 5

The secretary of the State Navigation Department received a message this morning stating the river drogher Coolongallook, which was being towed by…

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Two Hurricanes Schooner's Rough Passage. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 5

Particulars of the prolonged voyage of the schooner Anoiura, which arrived at Melbourne from the Pacific coast of America, show that the vessel experienced…

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Lighter Beached After Collision with Schooner. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 5

A collision occurred in Sydney harbor this afternoon between the schooner Canay and the lighter Humphrey Davy. The schooner was en route for Newcastle…

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Steamer Uralla Aground at Bellingen. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 5

A message has been, received by the State Navigation Department from the pilot at- Bellinger River that the coastal steamer Uralla is aground on the sandspit…

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Thief on Steamer Passengers' Jewellery Stolen Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 5

Cabins were ransacked and jewellery, clothing and other articles stolen, during the voyage of the steamer Katoomba from Melbourne to Sydney…

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Mast Carried Away Steamer Collides with Sailing Ship. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 June 1927 · page 5

Late on Sunday night, an unknown steamer crashed into the sailing vessel Beatrice off Cape Liptvap, knocking down the mast and carrying away the rigging…

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