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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927

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

The Mafalda Wreck

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 4 November 1927 · page 6

The steamship Formosa has reached Rio de Janeiro with Mafalda survivors who declare the vessel's machinery was bad…

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Watson's Bay Ferry Steamer Sunk. Crowded with Passengers 11 Bodies Recovered

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 8

A terrible ferry fatality occurred in Sydney'Harbor on Thursday afternoon at 4.30 The Watson's BayVaucluse ferry steamer Greycline…

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Divers' Discovery Working on Wrecked Greycliffe. Signed Statements by the Captains

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 2

Divers on Sunday recovered three more bodies from the wreck of the ferry boat Greycliffe, which is lying at a depth of 70 to 80 feet in the…

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Greycliffe Wreck Raised— More Bodies Found

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 2

While the main portion of the Greycliffe's hull was being raised yesterday the body of a small boy was noticed floating on the surface. It…

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Steamer in Distress. Takes Refuge at Port Macquarie

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 5

The wooden steamer Kobiloko, of 150 tons gross, bound from Sydney for the Solomon Islands, sprang a leak while steaming along the coast on Tuesday…

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GREYCLIFFE WRECK—Two More Bodies Found—Master's Evidence

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 2

Two more bodies werre found in the wreek of the Greycliffe by Diver Cannon yesterday. The first he discovered in the stokehold at about 10…

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Steamer in Distress

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1927 · page 5

ON Wednesday, after passing north, the Island steamer Kobiloko, a wood en vessel of 170 tons gross, chartered by Carpenter & Co., Ltd., returned off…

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Greycliffe Wreck. Diver's Grim Discovery

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 November 1927 · page 8

Two more bodies were found in the wreck of the Greycliffe by Diver Cannon on Thursday. The first he discovered in the…

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Steamer in Distress. Takes Refuge at Port Macquarie

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 5

The wooden steamer Kobiloko, of 159 tons gross, bound from Sydney for the Solomon Islands, sprang a leak while steaming along the coast…

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