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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

24 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 2

Wreck of the Steamer Coraki

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1900 · page 4

Last Thursday morning the N.C.S.N. Co.'s steamer Coraki sank at the new entrance to the Macleay. In entering the river the Coraki got on to the south spit when close to the…

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The Steamer Coraki. a Total Wreck

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 December 1900 · page 3

THE Coraki has become a total wreck at the Macleay River, and the Captain and [?]rew are coming to Sydney. Is is most likely now that the steamer will be blown…

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The Future Steamer

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1900 · page 6

"YOURS TRULY" is the name of the new steamship which is going to cross the Atlantic in two days. The name of its inventor is John Richard Hudson, of…

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Court of Marino Inquiry. Loss of the Steamer Coraki. (Before Judge Backhouse and Captains John Vine Hall, and Witherspoon, assessors.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 December 1900 · page 8

This was an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the stranding and subsequent wreck of the steamer Coraki, belonging to the North Coast Steamship Company in the Macleay…

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