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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 9 of 14

Uralla Wreck

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 2

The underwriters have decided to sell the Uralla as she lies on Stockton Beach, and the sale is announced to take place to-day. Four motor…

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Uralla Wreck Sold for £1600. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 5

The stranded steamer Uralia, which lies on Stockton Beach, was sold at auction to-day for £1600, the purchaser being E. F. Budrodsen, who also bought the Iron…

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Yacht Ashore Southern Cross Backer. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 5

A message from Ketchikan (Alaska) states that the yacht Oaxaca, owned and sailed by Captain Hanco k, backer of the Southern Cross, went ashore on Friday on…

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Angry Workers Textile Mill Plant Wrecked. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 5

Two thousand textile strikers at Lodz invaded the mill, demolished the plant, burned the ledgers, thrashed two of the mill managers and afterwards stoned the…

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News of the World Schooner Wrecked. Suva

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

The schooner Malaya, owned by a Fiji company and formerly a British yacht, became a total wreck on Horseshoe Reef in the Koto Sea, Fiji, on Saturday night…

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Eight Drowned New Zealand Wreck Capsize of Ketch Overturned by Wave. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

The ketch Isabella de Fraine capsized at the Hokianga bar on Saturday, and the crew of eight are believed to have been drowned…

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Channel Collision German Steamer Aground. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 5

The heat fog in the Channel caused the German steamer, Augburg, 7000 tons, to collide with the Italian steamer, Marigold, seven miles, south-west of Dover. The…

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Sunken Schooner Menace to Shipping. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 5

A cable message from Auckland states that the capsized schooner Isabella de Fraine, is floating off the coast and is a menace to navigation. The body of one…

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Fire on Steamer Supposed Boys' Pranks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 5

A fire broke out this afternoon on the steamer Birriwa which is at anchor off Spectacle Island. The vessel is one of the Commonwealth Line's wooden ships and at…

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Lighthouse Attendant Injured Picked Up by Passing Steamer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 1

The Deputy Director of Navigation, Captain Williams, received a wireless message from Gabo Island to-day stating that one of the attendants at the…

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On the Rocks Fishermen Scramble Ashore Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 4

While making for Sydney Heads shortly before midnight, a 22ft. launch. containing two professional fishermen, Theon Ivanoff and Rudolph Haneman, ran on…

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Crippled Steamer 1150 Miles From Colombo Assistance to Be Sent. Colombo

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 5

The steamer City of Yokohama is in a crippled condition on the high seas about 1150 miles south of Colombo. A message was received from the local…

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Steamer Uralla Hopes of Refloating. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 5

It is hoped that the steamer Uralla will be refloated from Stockton beach shortly. During the week-end the wreek moved twelve feet towards the sea and Mr. Bud…

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Ketch Wrecked. Suva

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 5

The auxiliary ketch, Jan, is reported to be wrecked at the Lau Group, Fiji. The Government yacht Pioneer has been chartered to proceed to salvage…

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Coastal Steamer Towed to Port Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 6

The coastal steamer Hall Caine was towed into Port Melbourne last night, after having been rendered helpless in boisterous seas off the Lakes Entrance,…

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Disabled Steamer Rescue Vessel Leaves Colombo. Colombo

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 5

The steamer Katuna arrived from East Africa to-day and left a few hours later to aid the disabled City of Yokohama, which is adrift in mid-ocean. The Katuna…

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Fish Transport Steamer Or Rail? Maclean Fishermen's Union Train Proposal Favored

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1928 · page 7

Fully 40 fishermen were present at a meeting of the Maclean Fishermen's Union on Friday night last. Mr. A. Baker (president) occupied the chair, and…

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Disabled Steamer No Further News. Colombo

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 5

No news is accepted as good news with regard to the steamer Yokohama, which is disabled in mid-occan and from which no further messages have been received…

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Steamer Recalled Storm Raging in Sydney Only Breeze at Newcastle. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 4

The steamer Kindur, of the Newcastle and Hunter S.S. Company fleet, left for Sydney last night and passed through the heads at 11.12 p.m. Ten minutes…

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Struck Iceberg Steamer with 1500 Aboard. Oslo

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 5

The steamer Monte Cervantes, with 1500 Germans on board, struck an iceberg and sent out repeated S.O.S. signals, which the icebreaker Krassin picked up…

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