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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1931

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

A Wreck? S.s. Nambucca Aground at Nambucca Heads

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 4

The North Coast s.s. "Nambucca" has struck bad luck, and her position indicates that nothing short of a miracle can prevent her becoming…

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"Nambucca" Ashore Wrecked on Breakwater

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 November 1931 · page 4

The steamer "Nambucca" went ashore at Nambucca Heads late yesterday afternoon after colliding with the breawater. She is expected to become a…

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Steamer and Tug Ashore in Tweed

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1931 · page 7

The North Coast steamer, Tyalguni, while crossing the Tweed River bar at 4 p.m. on Thursday, had the misfortune to go ashore. The tug…

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North Coast Boats Ashore

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 November 1931 · page 7

The North Coast Company's steamer Nambucca is ashore at Nambucca Heads, and latest reports are to the effect that the vessel is likely to…

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Steamers Ashore a Nambucca and Tweed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 November 1931 · page 2

Caught in the treacherous bar crosaings of the Northern Rivers, two coasters and a tug are ashore, and efforts to reflont them have failed…

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Steamer Nambucca Off the Beach

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

The steamer Nambucca, which went aground amid rocks and sand at the entrance to the river of the same name over a week previously, shortly after…

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