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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
186 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 10
Thrown from a racing aeroplane at a height of 300 feet a well-known young airman, Dave Smith, was killed at Mascot this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales all day yesterday made the Channel impassable except for the strongest and largest steamers. At least a dozen big steamers, including the Templemead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although the weather is still boisterous with further severe storms promised, yesterday's violent gale moderated. somewhat during the day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Coombar cleared South Head at. 5.58. p.m., but retuned to port at 7.40 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caught by the incoming tide in the Brisbane River on Monday while berthing the steamer Nieuw Zeeland had a very narrow escape from grounding. The big…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Striking an obstruction in the Waihou River, a small wooden steamer, Tariwha, sank in a few minutes. The crew reached safety, while a valuable racehorse swam…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John Mann, able seaman, whilst engaged in discharging bunker coal from the steamer Nambucca, at Urunga, last night, was struck with a hatch beam,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The sinking of an unknown schooner, following a collision with the Norwegian steamer. Haugarland, off the coast of Newfoundland, with the loss of five men, is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →James Patrick and Co., Ltd., announced to-day the extension of a cargo service to Brisbane at a freight rate five shillings a ton below that charged by the associated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gus Mystrom, a Russian, and Hedley Larsen, a Norwegian, of Brisbane, were drowned when the fishing launch, Oscar S, capsized off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Carl Evik and Einer Lysaqer survivors of the ill-fated fishing launch, Oscar S., which was wrecked on the bar at Ballina yesterday, are still in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tho skeleton of a man and wreckage of a boat found near Yanchep Rocks on Saturday are believed to account for fishing boat Adelma. which left Freinantle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is understood that up to the present early stage of the investigations nothing has been found to show that the airship had any structural…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The decomposed body of Hedley Larsen, one of the victims of the wreck, of the fishing launch, Oscar S., at Ballina, was found on the beach three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The wrecked fishing launch, Oscar S., which capsized at Ballina bar on September 30, when two Norwegian members of the crew were drowned, was raised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pilot Nesbit and two passengers, who left Perth in a Puss Moth at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, for a country tour of two hours, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Forgotten story of the sea was revived as the result of the mysterious wreckage on the Welsh coast, near Rhyl, being traced to the old Australian cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The well-known warning about looking for a gas leak with a lighted candle was borne out at Gilberton to-day when G. L. Barnard, 78, had a narrow escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During a gale near Whangarei, New Zealand, nearly 100 small whales wore driven ashore. When they found themselves in shallow water and being dashed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →With an unconquerable smile still on his lips and licking a cut finger Captain Mathews, the famous British aviator, walked out of his wrecked…
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