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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929

205 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 11

Daytona Crash Plucky Cameraman Pictures Saved From Wreckage. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 5

The valedictory to photographer Traub, who was killed in the Bible crash at Daytona Beach will be the world-wide showing of the news reel pictures he was…

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Lightship Cut in Two by Steamer. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 5

While steaming slowly in a fog off Goodwin Sands the steamer City of York cut in halves the Gull lightship, whose master, Captain Williams, is missing. Six…

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Aged Man Lost Off Steamer Marama. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 5

When the steamer Marama arrived at Sydney to-day from Auckland it was stated that E. J. Haves, 70, a first-class passenger, had been missed in mid-ocean…

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Rum Runner? British Schooner Sunk BY U.S. Coastguards 'Might Be Seriously Considered' New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 5

The British auxiliary schooner, Imalone, a suspected contraband carrier, was sunk off the coast in a battle with coastguard craft. One of…

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'COWARDLY' Sinking Of Schooner Captain's Statement "Outside American Waters. New Orleans

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 5

The crew of the British schooner, Imalone, which was sunk by United States gunfire, 200 miles off the Louisiana shore, landed here to-lay…

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'DELICATE' Sinking Of Schooner Canada Involved Crew May Be Released. Washington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 5

The sinking of the British schooner, Imalone, by gunfire from United States coastguard vessels, 200 miles off the coast of America, continues to be an…

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IMALONE Sinking Of Schooner Britain's Attitude Matter for Canada First. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 5

The Australian Press Association authoritatively understands that the Foreign Office is leaving the preliminary handling of the Imalone…

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Launch Wanderer Wrecked Battered on Breakwater. One of Crew Drowned

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 3

A heavy squall from the north-west, a most unusual oceurrence. was the cause of the Wanderer, the biggest fishing craft engaged in the fishing…

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Smashed on Rocks Wreck At Coff's Harbor Fishing Yacht Lost One Man Missing

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 4

The Sydney-owned fishing yacht, Wanderer, was wrecked at Coff's Harbor during the heavy weather early yesterday morning, and one of…

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Wrecked Yacht Remarkable Escapes Captain Shaw's Story No Trace of Missing Man

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 4

No trace has yet been found of H. Wheir, a member of the crew of the fishing yacht; Wanderer, which was wrecked at Coff's Harbor early on Thursday…

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Crew Saved Fishing Ketch Foundered. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 April 1929 · page 5

The fishing ketch Myrtle May sprang a leak and sank in Bass Strait. The crew was saved. The crew of two, Captain Sward and…

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Wreck of the Wanderer. Grim Fight for Life

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 4

There was a crew of six aboard the ill-fated fishing boat Wanderer which was wrecked on the southern breakwater in Coff's Harbor on…

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Wanderer Wreck. Man Still Missing

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 4

The body of Harry Whare, who was drowned when the fishing smack Wanderer was wrecked on the brea[?] water on Thursday week, has not…

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Kanowna Wreck Charge Against Captain. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 5

Before Mr. Gates, S. M.,. at the Central Summons Court to-day Captain Arthur Newberry, master of the steamer Kanowna, when she was wrecked on February…

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'In a Gully' Southern Cross Wreck Mind Reader's Prediction

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 5

The lost Southern Cross will be found in thickly wooded country, near the Drysdale River, if the predication of Panthea, the international telepathist or mind…

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Steamer in Flooded River Struck Submerged Object. Launceston

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 April 1929 · page 4

The steamer Wareatea struck, a submerged object yesterday in the river Tamar, not far from the city. Water entered the forehold, and wool stowed…

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Wreck of the Wanderer Body of Victim Recovered

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 4

The body of H. Wheir, who was drowned in the wreck of the fishing yacht, Wanderer, at Coff's Harbor, early on Thursday, April 4, was washed ashore…

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Body Found. Missing Man From Wanderer Wreck

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 3

The body of Harry Weir, the man who was lost when the fishing smack Wandererwas wrecked afortnight ago, was found on the rocks on the…

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Wrecked Amsterdam Express Twelve Killed, Twenty Injured. Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 5

The Amsterdam express from Paris overran the signals near Brussels and came into a shocking collision with a goods train…

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Seven Deaths Smallpox on Steamer Forty-five Cases Reported. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 5

Mr. G. T. Locker Lampson, Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, referring to the smallpox outbreak on the Bombay steamer, Tuscania, said the number of…

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