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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
23 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2
THE Argus of Wodnesdny publishes the following account of the wreck of the Hereford:—The clipper ship Hereford, from London, which was notified as hoing off Cape Otway on Sunday, and which was expected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CONSIDERABLE excitement prevailed throughout the city this morning when it became known that the well-known steamship Collaroy, the property of the Newcastle Steamship Company, which left Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE approximate value of vessels of all nationalities, with their cargoes, lost during the year 1880 was no less than £68,327,000, including British property, £47,495,000. The grand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OF the proceedings in connection with the work, the New Zealand Herald of February 22 says:—Several weeks ago the barques Clara Hargreave and Martha were taken thither to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE facts stated in evidence during the hearing of the case Robey and others v. the Merchants Marine Insurance Company, which has just been decided in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, may be of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Union Company's steamship Tararua, 828 tons, Captain F. C. Garrard, while on the voyage from Dunedin to Melbourne, went ashore on the Waipana reef, 25 miles north of the Bluff, and close in shore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE steamship India was seized last night by direction of the Commissioner of Customs. The circumstances under which the seizure was made are singular. The vessel arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE most intense excitement was occasioned in Melbourne when the news of the almost total loss of the the passengers and crew of the s.s. Tarama was cabled from New Zealand. The Melbourne Argus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following additional particulars in reference to the week of the Tararua on the Waipapapa reef have been received by the Argus:— The chief engineer, Mr Munro, had his wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DETAILS have been received of terrible havoc wrought on the north-east coast of Scotland on March 4th, 5th, and 6th. It appears that at least twenty vessels have been wrecked on the For[?]r, Kincardine, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GREAT excitement was created in the city early this morning on its becoming known that a large barque had gone ashore off Wollongong, and further news was anxiously waited for. Shortly, after 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →UNDER the heading of "A novel invention for the use of shipwrecked sailors," the Hastings Observer of a recent date calls attention to an invention termed a "despatch box," but which is in reality a little boat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THIS steamer, which left Grafton on Saturday morning, at 7 a.m., bound for Sydney, when approaching Cameron's Wharf, Rocky Mouth, struck a sunken rock at 3.30 p.m. She heeled over, but came off without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LINES by Mr. H. A. Richardson, solicitor, Parramatta, suggested by Frank Denz's touching narrative of the wreck of the Tararua: 'Twas in the Tararua,' on the wild New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following account of the steamboat disaster on the river Thames (Canada), on the 25th May last, is from the San Francisco WEEKLY POST:— London, Ontario (Canada), May25.—This evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The steamship Euro, which was totally wrecked on Wednesday afternoon, near Becchport, about 195 miles S.E. of Adelaide, had about 15 passengers aboard besides the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM files of the Cape News we have particulars of the Union Co's sto[?]iner Tu[?]t[?] and the drowning of 242 persons. The quarter master Mr. Krowm, gives the following particulars:--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FROM tiles of the CAPE NEWS, per Orient Co.'s steamer Potosi, we have parituclars of the loss of the Union CO.'s steamer Teaton and the drowning of 242 persons. The quarter-master, Mr Kromm, gives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It was at first anticipated that the recent heavy gale in Sydney would be, unlike its parallel of the Dandenong storm, so far as disasters at sea were concerned, but unhappily the hope has not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The barque Schoolboy, built in 1864, on the Richmond River, by Mr Yabaley, lost in the late gales, was bound for Sydney from the Richmond River, with timber and grain. She was commanded by her owner…
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