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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
153 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 8
The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Urana. ran on the rocks opposite Old Bar, Manning River, at 9 o'clock last night, on a trip from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An unknown submarine torpedoed and sank the Soviet steamer Timiryazev in the Mediterranean, near Tigsirt. Algerian fishermen rescued the crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The destroyer Broke has been sent out front Plymouth to investigate the radioed reports of trouble on the South African steamer Sherard Osborn, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Considerable loss of life is feared as the result of a terrible typhoon which struck Hong Kong at 2 a.m. The harbor was crowded with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The well-known North Coast steamer Unana struck a rock off Old Bar, Manning River, last Tuesday night and was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Aviation Department officially confirms the identification marks of aeroplane wreckage found in May as Kingsford Smith's and is carrying out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While the British Cabinet was actually deciding measures to meet the menace of piracy in the Mediterranean, a Soviet steamer was sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain M. C. Black, Pilot at Harrington, who went to Old Bar with the rocket brigade when, he heard of the wreck of the steamer Urana, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Urana, which was wrecked at Old Bar, has been sold by the owners for £135, to Ernest Wright, shipbuilder, of Tuncurry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British steamer Stanwold, 1019 tons, was captured by a Spanish rebel torpedo boat off the Basque coast. The incident was witnessed by a British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The ve[?]bt [?]eepookana. in which Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Pearson, their 13- months-old son Peter. Mr. H. D. Pearson and a 14-year-old boy were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An explosion and fire destroyed the Theatre Blayney, at Blayney, at 3 a.m to-day. Police believe that inflammable liquid ignited by a time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bombs exploded simultaneously at 10.5 last night at the headquarters of the Employers' Federation and Industries Metallurgique, near the Arc de…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sequel to the wreck of the s.s. Urana, at Old Bar, recently, was the presentation by the owners of the ship, the N.C S.N. Co. of 50 guineas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saturday was the 61st anniversary of the wreck of the Interstate steamer. Dandenong. a regular Newcastle trader, which was lost to the north-east of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The British steamer. Hillfern, was fired on by an insurgent trawler of Gijon and later was machine-gunned by an insurgent plane which tried to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a sensational collision at 8.30 on Saturday night at a level crossing on the road entering Longford, 20 miles from Launceston, a goods train was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When the fierce gale that whipped most of the southern part of the State hist night and early this morning was at its peak, the Port Adelaide fishing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fears are entertained for the safety of Henry Surry, 39, a seaman attached to the Sydney branch of the Seaman's Union, whose hat and papers were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It was early spring and the weather was so delightful when the 'Glory' left the harbor, that little did the passengers guess what trouble was…
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