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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

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Wrecked Collier No Trace of Bodies of Victims Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1929 · page 5

The police again conducted a search of the coastline for the bodies of the victims of the Annie M. Miller disaster, without success. No further wreckage…

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Steamer Beached Hole Torn in Bottom Disaster Narrowly Averted. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1929 · page 5

A disaster was narrowly averted when the coastal steamer, Casino, struck a submerged object, which ripped a hole in her bottom, off Warrnambool, last night…

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Island Steamer Destroyed by Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 5

The barquentine, Alexa, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday, while in port at Butaritari, in the Ellice Group. The crew is safe. The Alexa was engaged…

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Kanowna Ashore Passengers Being Taken Off Steamer Has Dangerous List. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 5

A message was received in Sydney to-night that the Huddart, Parker steamer, Kanowna, bound from Sydney to Fremantle, ran ashore on Clift Island, seven…

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'He's Dead' Fracas on Steamer Man Slashed with Knife. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 5

As a result of a fracas on the steamer Golden Coast, at Victoria Dock, early this morning, John McInnes, 25, greaser, received four stab wounds in the neck,…

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Driven Ashore Sharks Kill Whale Fight Near Dee Why One Shark Caught. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 5

Several sharks ventured into knee-deep water at Dee Why to-day in pursuit of 'a whale, which they had attacked in the morning, and which…

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Kanowna Sinks Passengers--Crew Saved £100,000 Cargo Lost Went Ashore in Thick Fog. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 5

The steamer Kanowna which went ashore on the rocks near Wilson's Promontory last night, sank in deep water at 7 o'clock this morning…

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Gasometer Explodes Block, of Buildings Wrecked Berlin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 5

A large gasometer, near the northern railway station, exploded and dislodged a huge block of surrounding buildings and scattered the debris a great distance…

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Steamer Cook Missing Supposed Leap Overboard. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 5

The third cook of the steamer City of Canberra is alleged to have jumped overboard, while the steamer was passing through the Heads last night, bound for…

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Telegrams Wreckage From Sunken Collier Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 6

A teak companionway, believed to belong to the ill-fated collier Annie M. Miller, was washed ashore at the mouth of George's River to-day…

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Wreckage Washed Up. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1929 · page 4

A mast, 35 feet long, was washed up at Dec Why to-day, together with one side of the ship's stairway. It is thought they belonged to the Annie M. Miller…

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Japanese Steamer Aground in Caroline Group Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 5

Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association received a cable that the Japanese steamer, Bankoku Mam, of 5954 tons, was aground at Kama Island, in the…

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Missing Aviator 'Plane Wreckage in Sea Towed to Port by Steamer. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 5

A German steamer towed into Hull the wreckage of a Moth aeroplane, picked up in the North Sea near the Dutch Coast. It has been established as belonging to…

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Passengers' Telegrams Rail and Steamer Facilities. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 5

The postal authorities intimate that with the co-operation of the Railway Commissioners and the large shipping companies a scheme is being inaugurated…

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Big Steamer Wrecked Struck Rock Near Shanghai No Lives Lost. Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 5

The Norddeutcher Lloyd steamer Giessen was totally wrecked on Button Rock, 80 miles from Shanghai, late on Tuesday night…

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From Wrecked Collier? Two Bottle Messages Picked Up. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 5

Life savers on South Steyne beach this morning picked up two bottles containing messages purporting to have been written by members of the crew of the…

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Liner and Tug Both Blown Ashore. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 4

The Norwegian motor ship Tricolour and the tug Hero went aground on Greenwich Point this afternoon during a southerly blow…

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Mingled Feelings. Departure of Overseas Steamer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 3

Dr. N. S. Mulhearn, of Bellingen, who sailed recently with Mrs. Mul[?]earn on a trip to England, on the Ortranto, gives a graphic…

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Burning Wreck Abandoned Schooner Off Cape Hawke. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 5

The Director of Navigation, Captain Mathieson, received a radio from the steamer Nirvana this afternoon stating that she sighted a schooner on fire and…

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Yamba Steamer Excursion

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 4

Although the Wednesday steamer excursions to Yomba have been discontinued, the Sunday trips will still be run. The Moolgi will leave Grafton at 7 a.m…

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