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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903

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Wreck of the Sir George

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 December 1903 · page 3

THE circumstances attending tho wreck of the ketch Sir George were inquired into by Court, last Friday, Judge Murray being in this case assisted by Captains W. C…

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Local News. Wreck of the Sir George

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 6

The circumstances attending the wreck of the ketch Sir George were inquired into by the Court, last week, Judge Murray being in the case…

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THE S. S. St. George. Strikes Seal Rocks. Beached Near the Croki Wreck. Bungwahi

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 8

THE N. C. S. N. Co.'s steamer St. George struck Seal Rocks at 9 o'clock last night, and sustained serious damage. She was beached four miles south of the Croki…

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Steamer St. George Ashore. Near Seal Rocks

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 6

Some excitement was occasioned on the city front on Tuesday morning, when the news was received from Seal Rocks, as follows: —"Steamer Electra…

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Wreck of the St. George. Ashore at Seal Rocks

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 3

NEWS arrived by the steamer Hastings on Tuesday night that the steamer St. George, one of North Coast Company's fleet, had struck Seal Rocks on the previous night, and…

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New Steamer Olga

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 8

Having been passed by the marine surveyor, Mr. Baldwin's new river steamer Olga started running her regular trips on Wednesday last…

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The Steamer St. George

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 31 December 1903 · page 6

THE latest accounts regarding the mishap to the N C S.N. Co's. steamer St. George show that the vessel ran on to the tittle Seal Rock in a fog on Monday night week. After…

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