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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1939

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In Old Lifeboat Singapore To Australia Perilous Voyage Starts To-morrow. Singapore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 5

Following a dispute among the crew of the Sydney yacht Fram, owned by Mr. Bradford Potter, his son John and R. M. Corrie, aged 18, of Brisbane,…

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German Steamer Stopped By Japanese Warship Interference with Foreign Shipping. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 5

It is disclosed that a Japanese warship stopped the German steamer Sauerland, bound for Shanghai, on Wednesday, says "The Times"…

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On Unknown Reef . Steamer Reported Wrecked Queensland Mystery. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 5

A wrecked steamer is reported to have been seen on ah unchartered reef. 20 miles south-east of Willis Island, 300 miles east of Cairns. Following two…

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Second Time O'Brien Family's Ketch Returns to Palm Beach. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 4

After striking a gale in the Tasman, the auxiliary ketch, Hispaniola, returned to Palm Beach to-day with a broken chronometer, the main water…

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Steamer on Reef. ''Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 4

The steamer Fatina Carras, 4466 Tons, struck the South Bellona reef, 250 miles west of New Caledonia" to-night. A distress call was cent out at .9…

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Crew Saved From Swedish Wreck Picked Up From Boats on Middle Bellona Reef Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 5

The rescue ship, Australian, which went to the assistance of the stranded Swedish steamer, Fotini Carras, sent a radio message to Brisbane…

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One Drowned Eight Others Rescued Brisbane Trawler Wrecked Set Fie to Wkeelhouse to Attract Attention. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 5

One Brisbane man was drowned and eight others narrowly escaped death, when the former minesweeper, Atlantic, now a trawler, struck…

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Steamer Bangalow Maiden Voyage. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 4

The North, Coast Steam Navigation Company's new steamer, Bangalow, discharged its first cargo in Coff's Harbor to-day. The Bangalow arrived in…

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Aboard the Tanda Crew of Wrecked Greek Ship. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 5

The liner Tanda yesterday took aboard the crew of the wrecked steamer Fotini Carras, according to advices received in Sydney to-day. This…

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Egypt's Gold £750,000 Recovered From Wreck Brest

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 5

The salvage ship Artiglio II. yesterday recovered gold and silver valued at £7300 from the wreck of the liner Egypt off U[?]hant. The treasure…

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Ketch Returns Three Unsuccessful Attempts to Reach Lord Howe Island. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 6

The third attempt of the ketch Hispaniola to reach Lord Howe Island was frustrated by a sick pastrycook. The Hispaniola returned to Palm…

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Homeward Bound Shipwrecked Greek Officers Would Not Travel Third-class. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 July 1939 · page 5

Five officers of the wrecked Greets steamer Fotini Carras engaged in a sit down strike to-day. Half an hour before they were due to be repatriated…

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Ketch Battered Master Washed Overboard New Utopia Planned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 July 1939 · page 5

With her sails ripped by a gale that rose sometimes to more than 50 miles an hour, the auxiliary ketch, Connella, reached Sydney to-night after…

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Wreck of Atlantic Marine Board's Finding. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 July 1939 · page 5

The Marine Board of Queensland found to-day that the wreck of the small vessel, Atlantic, on Flinders Reef on the morning of June 11, while…

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DISCONTINUED River Steamer Service Loss to North Arm People. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 7

Ever since the seventies there has been maintained a steamer service from Grafton in the morning to Chatsworth and returning from Chatsworth at…

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15 Killed Explosion on Steamer. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 July 1939 · page 7

Fifteen were killed, and 18 injured, in a boiler explosion on the steamer Berlin, at sea…

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Liner Ashore On New Zealand Coast Danger of Breaking Up. : Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 5

The Commonwealth and Dominions liner, Post Bowen, went ashore early to-day, about a quarter of a mile off the beach at Wanganui…

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Annual Meeting Maclean Chamber Of Commerce River Steamer Service Question of Secondary Industries

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Maclean Chamber of Commerce was held on Tuesday night. The president (Mr. L. J. Wingfield) was in the chair, and…

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Steamer Collides with Wardell Wharf

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 3

Caught by a strong westerly wind and the full force of the incoming tide, the N.C.S.N. Co.'s vessel, Wyrallab, crashed into the Wardell, wharf on…

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Pinned Beneath Wreckage

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 July 1939 · page 4

Two men, Messrs. Harold Hodges and Roy Tonkin, of Lismore, were pinned beneath the wreckage from their' damaged car after it overturned on the…

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