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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Steamer Northern Firth No Hope of Saving Her. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

A message from Ulladulla stated that there is practically, no hope of saving the steamer Northern. First which went ashore at Brush Island yesterday…

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Japanese Steamer Refloated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 3

A message from Fremantle states that the Japanese steamer Hayo Maru, which wont aground near Bunbury, was re[?] after she had dumped the whole of her…

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Still Stranded Steamer Northern Firth Impressions of the Crew. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 5

Members of the crew of the stranded steamer Northern Firth are very reticent as to what happened, but one man remarked that it was quite clear weather…

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Excitement at Manly Ferry Steamer's Gear Fails. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 5

There was considerable excitement at Manly this morning when the reversing gear on the ferry steamer Curl Curl failed to operate and the vessel tore her way…

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Where Do Wrecks Go?

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 4

When a shin sinks in deep water does it reach the bottom? This question has [?]ited mariners, shipping experts, and University professors; and the layman…

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Ketch Aground Near Port Stephens. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 3

The ketch, Edriss, owned by the Lyon Trading Company, went ashore, on a sandspit near Port. Stephen's yesterday, but is expected to be refloated without…

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Steamer Sinks Japanese Vessels Collide. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 4

The steamer Kinryu Maru collided with and sank the steamer Yakumo Mare in the Moji Straits at 4.30 this morning. All were rescued…

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Steamer on Fire Interstate Trader Time. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 2

The steamer Time, en route from Rockhampton to Adelaide, wirelessed to-night that she is on fire. The vessel left Sydney about 6 p.m. on the continuation of…

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Harbor Bridge New Zealand Visitors Heavy Steamer Bookings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 5

A New Zealand message says the opening of the Harbor Bridge is responsible for the heaviest steamer bookings of the season…

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Race to Port Fire Raging In Cargo on Steamer Time Firemen's Desperate Fight. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 3

With portion of her cargo ablaze, the Howard Smith Interstate steamer, Time, made a dramatic race to Sydney last night…

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Steamer Time Sails. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 4

The steamer Time resumed her voyage for Melbourne at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, after the fire, and water damaged cargo had been removed…

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Northern Firth Stranded Steamer About to Break Up. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 5

The position of the steamer Northern Firth, which grounded some weeks age, is new regarded as hopeless. The sides of the vessel have commenced to bulge,…

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Broke in Two Steamer Northern Firth. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 7

Moved by a heavy easterly swell the wrecked steamer Northern Firth, which has off Brush Island on the South Coast, broke in two…

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Wreck Off Tasmania. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 7

The steamer Lentrose, 153 tons, was wrecked off the lighthouse at the Dorwent, Tasmania, yesterday. There put off in a dinghy with one oar, and…

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Engine Wrecks Itself

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1932 · page 3

The residential portion of Forbes will be without street lights until repairs are made to an engine which was wrecked at the power station. The engineer escaped…

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From Farm to City Father's Dash by Car Daughter Taken Off Steamer. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 5

Mr. Alexander Robert Chesser, a farmer of Coomandook, travelled 125 miles to Adelaide to-day, after receiving news that his daughter, aged 17, was…

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DISABLED Steamer In Hurricane Off Tasmanian Coast Believed to Be Safe. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 3

Caught by a hurricane on the way from Stanley to Melbourne to-day, the Steamer Marrawah was disabled and driven along the Humnock Islands,…

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Four Missing Yacht Wrecked In Storm Washed Up on Beach Two of Crew Found Exhausted. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 2

The yacht, Sunny South, well known in all the States, was wrecked in St. Vincent's Gulf, yesterday afternoon, during a terrific storm, and…

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Disabled Steamer No Further Messages Believed to Be Safe. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 5

The navigation authorities have received no word from the disabled steamer Marrawah since 11 o'clock last night when the master wirelessed that…

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Disabled. Steamer Was in Danger of Foundering Captain Jarvie's Story. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 5

The disabled steamer Marrawah reached Stanley last night. Captain Jarvie was ou the bridge continuously for 34 hours. Captain Jarvie said that on Monday…

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