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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

25 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Submarine Menace. American Steamer Sunk. London, Nov. 29

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 5

It if reported from Washington that the American steamer Chemung, 2615 tons, owned by the Atlantic and Pacific Coast Transportation Company,…

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Steamer Kinchela Again in Commission

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 December 1916 · page 8

The above steamer left Sydney on Wednesday evening last for the Macleay, via Newcastle, and it is expected that she will take her departure from…

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Coastal Boat Wrecked. Crew Rescued. Kempsey

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 December 1916 · page 2

The North Coast boat Belmore was wrecked at the Macleay River bar to-day while attempting to cross in. The crew of eleven got ashore, but…

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North Coaster Wrecked

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 13 December 1916 · page 2

A Kempsey message states that the North Coast steamer Belmore was wrecked on Saturday while attempting fo cross in. The crew of 11 were…

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Wreck on the Macleay Bar

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 8

On Saturday afternoon last we received a massage from South West Rocks to the effect that the effect that the North Coast Steamship Co.'s steamer Belmore had…

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