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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

278 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 14

Crowded Steamer Fast on Training Wall Pulled Off by Tugs. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 August 1928 · page 5

With 90 members of the Yarra Football Club and friends on board, a ferry steamer set out on a moonlight bay trip last night…

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Fish Transport Rail Or Steamer? Fishermen's Association Decision Will Continue Forwarding by Steamer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 2

There was a fairly large attendance of fishermen, presided over by Mr. A. Baker, at the Council Chambers, Maclean, on Friday night, to receive the report of…

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Fire on Steamer Ammonia Tanks Explode. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 5

Advice has been received in New Zealand that a fire broke out on board the steamer Port Napier, bound from London to New Zealand. The vessel was diverted…

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Lost Treasure Search for 1799 Wreck. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 5

Lloyds have completed a contract with two Dutch salvage companies to make a fresh attempt to recover the hoard of gold and silver in the frigate Lutine,…

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Fight Aboard Steamer. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 4

Following on a fight aboard the steamer Atholl, at Westport, a steward was severely wounded with a razor. Mahommed Abdullah was arrested on a…

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Amundsen's Plane Report of Wreckage Found. Oslo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 September 1928 · page 5

The newspapers publish a report that the wreckage of the explorer Amundsen's aeroplane has been found at Vesterailen in the Arctic Circle. '…

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Fire on Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 September 1928 · page 1

The small wooden steamer Excelsior was badly damaged by fire at a dock at Drummoyne last night. A large force of firemen fought the…

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AMUNDSEN Plane Wreckage Identified Pathetic Scenes Searchers to Be Recalled. Oslo

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 September 1928 · page 5

There were pathetic scenes at Tromsoe when, in the presence of the French Consul and Norwegian officers as well as officers from the French…

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Punt Traffic Hung Up Steamer Ulmarra Fouls Cables

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 September 1928 · page 4

Yesterday morning, at about 7.45 o'clock, the North Coast S.N. Coy's steamer Ulmarra, fouled the cables of the Grafton and South Grafton vehicular…

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A Bomb Scare Steamer at Port Adelaide. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 3

The Port Adelaide office of the Waterside Workers' Federation received an anonymous telephone message to the effect that bomb had been placed in the hold…

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Dash for Steamer Levine in Limelight Left Plane Behind. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 5

Charles Levine, the American millionaire, always the subject of adventures, sailed on the Leviathan after a fresh excitement…

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Safe in Port Steamer with Fire in Holds. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 September 1928 · page 5

The steamer Castlemoor arrived at Albany, West Australia, with two holds well afire. Owing to the amount of water pumped into the holds the vessel has a…

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Air Links in Steamer Mail Services. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 5

Business men who are endeavoring to secure quicker transmission of Australian mails to England welcome the news of the utilisation of air mails between Perth…

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Five Seamen Killed Explosion on Oil Steamer. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 5

Five seamen were killed and four injured in an explosion at sea on the oiltanker, Shreveport. Twenty -nine survivors were rescued by the Spanish…

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Amundsen's 'Plane Wreckage Oslo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 5

Wreckage, believed to be from the aeroplane in which Amundsen and Gliband searched for the Italia, was found near Tromso. Apparently it had…

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Abominable Melbourne-burnie Steamer. Service. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 5

Mr. E. Trenchard Miller, Chief Scout Commissioner of New South Wales, speaking at a Mayoral reception, characterised the steamer service between Melbourne…

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Bishop's Pocket Picked Tanganyika Missioners' Loss Wallet, Rail and Steamer Tickets. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 5

Bishop G. A. Chambers, who is about to leave Sydney for Central Tanganyika, had his pocket picked in a city street yesterday…

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Too Much Cargo Steamer Captain Fined £50. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 5

For having allowed the steamer Nauru Chief to be loaded so as to submerge the plimsol line, on her journey from Ocean Island to Newcastle, Murray…

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Platform Wrecked Domain Orator Attacked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 5

A riot occurred in Sydney Domain, following certain remarks made by a speaker from the Protestant Defence Association platform. The platform itself…

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Ketch Missing Search Party Out. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 5

Anxiety is felt concerning the rate of Captain Robert Smith, owner of the ketch Surprise, and his two companions, Leslie aud Walter Marks, who left for Flinders…

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