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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1953

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

Johnston Wrecks Kent Hopes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 1

CANTERBURY, Tuesday. -- Ball Johnston took 638 when the Australians dismissed Kent for 108 in its second innings to-day…

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Shipwrecked Men To Be Picked Up This Morning

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 1

TOWNSVILLE, Tues. -- The steamer Athol Sultan is standing by off lonely Bougainville reef waiting, to…

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Rescued by Pilot Steamer

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.--An elderly man and his 17-years-old grandson were rescued seven miles off…

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Last Ketch At Noumea

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- The Sydney ketch Horizon crossed the fininshing line at Noumea to-day, after…

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Explosion Wrecks Store And Cafe

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.--An explosion last night wrecked a shop and a cafe at Petersham. Police said the explosion occurred in…

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Schooner Berths at Coffs

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1953 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Mon.--The 52-foot schooner-rigged auxiliary yacht Pavana, returning to Noumea…

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Schooner Out of Food Reaches Port One Tin of Beans Left in Locker

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1953 · page 1

With only one tin of beans left in the locker, the fiftytwo foot schooner Pavana reached Coffs Harbour on Friday night from Noumea, She was returning to Sydney after competing in the Sydney-Noumea yacht race, but…

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Schooner Pavana Continues Trip to Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 1

The schooner Pavana, which [?] Coffs Harbour from [?] left port on Wednesday in…

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Island Steamer Arrives At Coffs

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1953 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Fri.--The Island Steamer "Kurimaru'' of about 250 tons arrived at Coffs…

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Experts Search Plane Wreckage

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Sun.--Investigators to-day completed their grim work of sorting through the…

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Wrecked Talks

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 December 1953 · page 4

TOKIO, Thurs.--American Special Ambassador. Mr Arthur Dean, said that the Communists had…

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Block Threats To Wreck Uneasy Peace

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 December 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sun.--Two United States officials left for the Far East yesterday, in hopes of blocking…

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