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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1974

2 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Shades of the Past Schooner Alpha Will be Remembered

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 4 July 1974 · page 3

The Schooner “Alpha” has gone, and all the men that manned her, but the memory lingers on and her name will be perpetuated by Alpha Court in a new subdivision on Newry Island, thanks to Urunga Urban Committee. The Alpha was a two…

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Light plane wrecked Nose-dive Into Scrub-pilot Slightly Injured

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 24 October 1974 · page 1

A pilot escaped with minor injuries when a light plane crashed in dense scrub while taking off from Coffs Harbour airport yesterday. The pilot was John Leslie Langan, aged 60, of Sans Souci, Sydney The pilot suffered a…

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