Damaged Ketch Repaired
BRISBANE, Sun.—Battered by 50 feet waves and a 50 m.p.h. wind which snapped the main boom like a carrot, the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1947
48 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 3
Wanganella May Beocme Total Wreck
AUCKLAND, Wed.— It is feared that the Huddart, Parker liner, Wanganella, may become a total wreck…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.—Several women joined a large crowd of waterside workers to watch Bernborough swung aboard the steamer…
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LONDON, Fri.—Sixteen members of the crew and two passengers are reported to have been drowned, following a fire on the 7219 ton steamer Samwater in the Atlantic. The vessel was bound from Fremantle to Antwerp and Liverpool…
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Thirteen black whales were washed up on the beach at North Beach yesterday morning. Among the interested spectators were Messrs…
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BRISBANE, Mon.—Shortly after the steamer Yunnan reached Brisbane from Sydney to-day, a strong force of…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—A warrant was issued in the High Court today for the arrest of the 7000 ton American freighter, Moina…
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BELLINGEN, Tuesday.— This morning sixteen whales were washed on to North Beach, Bellinger Heads. The average size of the…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.—The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer, Comara, arrived in Coff's Harbour on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rising Building Costs Might Wreck Housing Plan
CANBERRA, Wed.—Grave concern at rising building costs, which might wreck the Commonwealth and State housing arrangement, was expressed by the…
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LONDON, Friday.—The collier, Ary, foundered on Saturday on its way from Glanmorgan to Eire, and 16 of the crew of 17…
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BUENOS AIRES, Tuesday.—A bomb explosion wrecked studios of the pro-Government Radio last night, a few minutes after…
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LONDON, Wed.—Two Chinese were killed and four others injured when a lifeboat was smashed as it was being lowered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greek Steamer Struck Mine
AMSTERDAM, Thurs.—The Greek steamer. Alexandra 4355 tons, struck a mine off Terschelling Island and is…
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NEW YORK, Thurs.—Ten persons are dead, two are missing, and five others have been injured as a result of an explosion which…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.—A Swirling tornado raced across Texas, Panhandle and North-west Oklahoma, killing at least 92, injuring hundreds and leaving two towns, Higgins and Woodward in flames…
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Wing Commander B. R. O. B. Hoare, pilot of the R.N.Z.A.F. Mosquito bomber which crashed on desolate Sydney Island in the…
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A fishing launch has been wrecked on Durandbah Beach, Tweed Heads, the second wrecking within about a fortnight…
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DARWIN, Thurs.--Three Australians and three Dutch Air Force men returned to Darwin today after a trip in a truck to the…
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OTTAWA, Thurs.-- Canadian Steamship Lines have announced that the Great Lakes steamship, Emperor, of 7031 tons…
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