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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

31 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 2

Steamer Wrecked

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 2

COPENHAGEN, Wed. (A.A.P.)--Fifteen seamen were drowned when a small Danish steamer was wrecked off the Finnish…

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Wreckage Of Aircraft Found On Mountain

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 October 1948 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter).--A searching Dakota this morning found the missing airliner Kaka, 500 feet below the summit of Mount Ruapehu, in the centre of the North Island…

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Danish Steamer Due To-day at Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 November 1948 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.--A 3000-ton Danish steamer, Paul Carl, is expected to tie up at Coff's Harbour at 8 a.m…

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Wreckage Identified Plane Missing For 14 Months

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 November 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.--Wreckage of the aircraft, found yesterday on a mountainside in heavily timbered country 21 miles north-west from Canberra, was identified…

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River Steamer Capsizes

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 1

PATNA, Thurs. (A.A.P.).--Five hundred persons are believed to have been drowned at the junction of Ganges and…

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New Type British Lifeboat

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 1

The first British lifeboat to be fitted with a deck cabin recently completed her trials at Cowes, Isle of Wight, prior to going into service at St Helier, Jersey. The St Helier lifeboat is the first to use aluminium alloy, instead of wood or mild…

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Many Lose Lives When Steamer Sinks

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 December 1948 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sun, (A.A.P.- Reuter).--Between 300 and 700 Chinese lost their lives when the river steamer, Klangya, on…

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Coastal Steamer Creates Records

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR.-- The steamer Patterson which left Coff's Harbour with a full con[?]sgnment of timber for southern…

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Mission Vessel Wrecked

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--One of the best known mission vessels in the Pacific, the auxiliary schooner John Williams V. (200 tons) was…

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Dutch Steamer Tows Helpless U.S. Vessel

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 3

ATHENS, Wed. (A.A.P.).--According to a report received by the Greek Marine Ministry the Dutch steamer, Uruguay, has…

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Express Wrecked In Poland

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Thurs. (A.A.P.).--Sabotage caused the wreck of the, Moscow-Berlin express in Poland on Christmas Eve, and a Russian…

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