Sinking of the Ferry Steamer Swift
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON the ferry steamer Swift, lying moored on the lower side of the South Grafton public wharf, was run into by the Kallatina as the latter was being…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894
9 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
The Wreck of the Kanahooka. The Missing Men Found. Thrilling Narrative of Their Sufferings
THE lugger Marie returned to Thursday Island from the Batavia River and brought the eight survivors of the Kanahooka from the Batavia Mission Station. The survivors…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Racing
Mr. EDITOR— In reply to "Traveller's" letter in Monday's Grip, there is one thing when penning that letter he had evidently forgot ten-the £50 to the man who minds his own…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Cambrian Chief
THE barque Cambrian Chief was wrecked on her way from Newcastle (N.S.W.) to Co quimbo, from which latter port she was to have sailed for San Francisco, News of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Fire in the City. Ten Buildings Wrecked by Falling Walls
ON Saturday evening, at 7 o'clock, a fire broke out in the warehouse of John Lawler and Sons, 606 to 612 George-street, and after burning for two hours, completely gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Rodondo
THE schooner Grace Darling has picked up a boat containing 12 survivors of the s.s. Rodondo, which struck on Pollock Reef at 2 a.m. on Sunday, and was totally wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shipping Disaster. Wreck of the s.s. Wairarapa. Great Loss of Life
THE steamer Wairarapa was wrecked on Sunday night near the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. Captain M'Intosh, over one hundred passengers, and twenty-three of the…
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IT has been abundantly proved that some hours before the wreck the passengers became alarmed, seeing the speed at which the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Gwydir
THE Gwvdir, a steamer belonging to the Hunter River Steam Navigation Company, has gone ashore at a place not very far distant [from Sydney, and an attempt has…
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