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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

153 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 8

150 Miles in 12 Feet Dinghies Wrecked Lugger's Crew Reach Queensland Coast Townsville

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 5

After the lugger, Koza, was wrecked on a reef about 150 miles northeast to Townsville early on Thursday, the crew got away in two dinghies…

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Had Cargo of Bombs Italian Steamer Blown Up. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 November 1937 · page 5

The Italian steamer Boccaccio sank after an explosion off Ushant. The crew were rescued by a Dutch steamer. "Le Soir" says the Boccaccio was on…

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British Steamer Torn From Moorings By Flood Damage Estimated at £10,000. LISBON

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 November 1937 · page 5

Five tugs, were needed to check the runaway British steamer, Dalhanna, which was torn from its moorings by a flood at the mouth of the Tagus River,…

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Steamer Wrecked 17 Of Crew Lost Struck Submerged Object. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 November 1937 · page 5

It is feared that 17 of the crew were lost when the steamer Nollington Castle struck a submerged object near Haiti…

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African Steamer Released By Spaniards No Cargo Infringements. Malta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 December 1937 · page 5

The steamer, African Mariner, which was seized on November 20, has been released. It was found that there was nothing in her cargo infringing the…

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Japanese Goods Left In Steamer's Held Stevedores Refuse to Unload Them. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 December 1937 · page 5

Stevedores at Southampton, finding 200 tons of Japanese Christmas novelties, among the cargo of the Canadian Pacific liner, Duchess of Richmond, held…

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Cygnus Crash Experts Open Inquiry Seaplane Practically Wrecked. Brindisi

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 5

Three British experts opened an inquiry into the crash of the Imperial Airways, flying boat, Cygnus, which crashed on Sunday with the loss of…

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Liner Wrecked Ashore on Rocky Coast. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 5

The Blue Star liner, Stuart Star (11,928 tons) is ashore on the rocky coast of Hood point lighthouse. It has been abandoned as a total loss…

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Auxiliary Ketch Visits Coff's Harbor En Route to New Guinea. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 4

The auxiliary ketch Milga, owned by the Papuan Oil Development Company, and bound from Sydney to New Guinea, called at Coff's Harbor this afternoon to…

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200 CAMPERS Homeless At Burleigh Thirty Tents Wrecked in Gale. Burleigh Heads

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 5

Thirty tents, and nine huts at Burleigh Heads were blown down in a storm at 9 o'clock to-night. After the storm, which lasted nearly…

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A Fine Ketch Visit to Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 2

The auxiliary ketch Milga, owned by the Papuan Oil Development Co., put in to Coffs Harbour on Sunday afternoon for supplies of oil and fresh…

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Landed in Sea Steamer Goes to Aid of Jap Plane Tokio

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1937 · page 5

Answering an appeal for help from a Japanese plane, the steamer Nanking found a disabled machine in the water near Nagoya, but was only able to…

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Coaster Saros Piled Up on Rocks Story Of The Wreck Told by Rescued Crew Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1937 · page 5

Members of the crew of the coaster Saros, .which was piled up on the rocks almost under the lighthouse at Cape Everard, said to-day on…

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Beach Explosion Kills Youth and Girl Wrecks Two Residences Caused by Stray Bullet Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 4

When a rifle bullet accidentally struck an explosives magazine on the beach at Kilcunda, near Wonthaggi to-day, a youth and young woman…

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