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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

186 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 10

News of the World German Steamer Ashore. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 5

The German steamer Schleisien, bound from Yokohama to Kobe, was wrecked at Awapi. It is feared the vessel will be a total loss. The crow were saved…

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Fatal Fall Down Steamer's Hold. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 4

Albert Clark. 29, plumber, fell 60 feet down the hold of the liner Chitral at Jones' Bay wharf to-day and was terribly injured. He died in hospital two…

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Explosion on Steamer Four Dead and One Missing Miami

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 5

It is now revealed that as a result of the explosion in the glass-bottomed motor boat, Eureka II., four are dead and one is missing, while 125 were rescued…

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Auxiliary Yacht Wrecked Visit to Clarence River Recalled

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 3

News is to hand in Sydney that the auxiliary sailing yacht, Sirroco, was smashed on the reef at Taurama Point near Port Morseby, on Thursday last, and…

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Fatal Fall Down Steamer's Hold. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 December 1930 · page 2

A wharf laborer named Wilson, aged about 40, was killed instantly to-day when he fell 30 feet down the hold of the steamer Titan on which he was work…

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STEAMER'S S.O.S. Cabarita in Distress. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 December 1930 · page 2

The Navigation Department received a message that the steamer Cabarita which left Port Kembla for Hobart last Wednesday was in distress in Bass Strait…

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