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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

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Coastal Steamer. to Be Launched on

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 May 1936 · page 4

On the stocks at Tuncurry, Cape Hawke, in the shipbuilding yards of Mr. E. Wright, a new 360-ton steamer, built of hardwoods grown in the…

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Turf. Doomben Cup Winner Verdun Might Be a Possibility for Southern Spring Races Bio Cash Investment of Price Wrecker Was a Sore Point with Fireman's Trainer Young Jockey Overdoes Front-running Tactics

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 May 1936 · page 3

One of the most interesting developments of winter form is Verdun who on Saturday won the Doomben Cup at a mile and a quarter. He beat a smart…

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Coastal Steamer. to Be Launched This Week

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

On the stocks at Tuncurry, Cape Hawke, in the shipbuilding yards of Mr. E. Wright, is a new 360 ton steamer, built of hardwoods grown…

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New Coastal Steamer. Wooden Ship. To be Launched at Tuncurry To-morrow (Saturday)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 4

To-morrow (Saturday) will be a red letter day in Tuncurry, the occasion being the launching of the new steamer, built at Tuncurry by Mr. Ernest Wright…

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New Steamer. Launching at Tuncurry

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 8

To-day the new steamer, built by Mr. Ernest Wright to the order of Sir Alien Taylor, will be launched at Tuncurry. The building of the hull…

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Russian Fisherman Wrecked on Desolate Island. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 July 1936 · page 2

London: A message from Japan states that 900 Russians, mostly fishermen en route to the fishing grounds off Kamchatka aboard the Soviet steamer…

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Whale Washed Ashore at Hungry Head

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 4

The unusual spectacle of a whale high and dry on the beach at Hungry Head, just south of the Bellinger River entrance, attracted hundreds of…

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Whale Washed Ashore

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 July 1936 · page 3

The unusual spectacle of a whale high and dry on the beach at Hungry Bead, just south of the Bellinger River entrance, attracted…

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Butcher's Shop at Ballarat. Wrecked by Gelignite Explosion. Melbourne

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 8

A butcher's shop in Ballarat, conducted by Harold Lugg, was almost completely wrecked by a gelignite explosion early this morning…

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Steamer Idant Aground

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 August 1936 · page 6

The coastal steamer Idant, while leaving Port Macquarie on Wednesday night, went ashore at the spot on which she was aground coming in…

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Lifeboat Disaster

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1936 · page 3

An epic of the sea was recalled at Southport recently when the annual meeting of the Southport Lifeboat Disaster Fund was held. The fund…

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Wrecked Fishing Launch. at Coffs Harbor

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 September 1936 · page 10

An 18ft. fishing launch, the property of Messrs. E. Pearce and R. Fern, of Coff's Harbor Jetty, broke from its moorings and was dashed to pieces…

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Soviet Russia. Uses "The Wreckage" in Building Anew

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 September 1936 · page 4

The Bolsheviks began by burning what their fathers worshipped. Every day they are retracing their steps. They have, in part, re-established…

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S.s. Nambucca Fine Wooden Steamer

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 October 1936 · page 4

The Nambucca, a hardwood steamer of 500 tons, the latest addition to the fleet of the North Coast Steam Navigation Co., was officially…

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S.s. Nambucca. Fine New Wooden Steamer

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 October 1936 · page 2

The Na[?] steamer of 500 tons, the latest addition to the fleet of the North Coast Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., was officially…

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Minute Gun Relic of 1853 Wreck. Presented to Taree Council

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 October 1936 · page 4

As a result of correspondence read at Tuesday night's meeting of tho Taree Municipal Council the town will, in the near future, have a relic of a boat…

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Wreck of the Fire King. an Incident of 63 Years Ago

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 14 October 1936 · page 2

On Thursday "MR. Times" had a visit from Mr. Chas. Robb, of Coopernook. in the early date he lived at Glenthorne and remembers Mr. T…

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.S. Nambucca. Fine New Wooden Steamer

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1936 · page 4

The Nambucca, a hardwood steamer of 500 tons, the latest addition to the fleet of the North Coast Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., was…

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Old Wreck on Manning Bar. Steamer Gipsy in 1856

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 October 1936 · page 3

Recently we reported the gift to Taree Municipal Council of a minute gun which came off the steamer Gipsy, which was wrecked on the…

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Wreck of "The Gipsy" Incident Or 1856 Details of the Tragedy

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 October 1936 · page 2

Readers will remember that at the last meeting of the Taree Municipal Council Mrs. Sydenham, of Sydney offered to present the council with the…

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