Narrow Escape of a Steamer
SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—The steam coaster Friendship, trading to the Tweed River, returned tn port last night, and reports having narrowly escaped being driven…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898
28 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2
Foundering of the Minora. Miraculous Escape of the Captain. Strange Procedure by a Steamer
Intelligence of the foundering of the brig Minora on Saturday night, and the supposed loss of six hands, created quite a sensation in shipping circles. Captain Gallant, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Gales. Shipwrecks and Loss of Life
SYDNEY, MONDAY NIGHT.—During the violent southerly gales which have been raging since Sunday morning, the brig Amy, a well-known collier on the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck. (From the Pall Mall Magazine.)
The wind rose high; the storm was pitiless; causing even the gas lamps of a London square to seem shaken to their depths, as the lights gleamed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fine Steamer
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse is the largest steamship that has been launched since the colossal Great Eastern left the ways. She is 648ft…
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A lady passenger by the ill-fated China, writing on board the R.M.S. Carthage, in the Red Sea, on March 29, to a friend in Sydney, says:—"I hope and believe that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Maitland. Wrecked Near Barrenjoey
SYDNEY, SATURDAY.—Intense excitement prevailed here on the receipt of the of the disaster to the Newcastle steamer Maitland (Captain Skinner), which left Sydney for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale. a Fearful Night. a Number of Wrecks and Many Lives Lost
The Government Astronomer describes Thursday night's rainfall in Sydney as one of the heaviest recorded, and velocity of the wind reached 57 miles per hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Maitland. A Thrilling Tale of the Sea
THE Maitland left Sydney about 11 o'clock on Thursday night last, and proceeded down the harbor with a heavy cargo of freight and passengers. When the open sea was reached it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Maitland. the Captain's Narrative. Terrible Experiences and Deeds of Heroism
Captain R. J. Skinner told the following narrative of his latest voyage:— " We left Sydney all sound and well on Thursday night, and cleared the Heads at midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Merksworth. a Survivor's Narrative
One of the crow of the steamer Merksworth states: We left Newcastle on Thursday, coal laden, bound for Sydney. On clearing Nobbys we found a strong southerly wind blowing, and when abreast of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Peculiar Lifeboat
It is seasonable to talk of wrecks; it is seasonable to talk of lifeboats, one of the latest of which is a jet propelled patent as shown in the accompanying sketch. This vessel, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesday, 24Th May, 1898. the Steamer Service to Newcastle
Efforts have been made to misrepresent both the statements we made the other day in announcing the proposed steamer service with Newcastle, and the spirit in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Interest. the Steamer's Mail
MR. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, M.P., has been informed that the tender of Mr. Thomas Barrett, of Bellingen, has been accepted for the conveyance of mails to and from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Steamer Service to the Clarence. [From the Newcastle Herald.]
A meeting of city merchants was held at Chamber of Commerce on Monday, with the object of considering the desirability of supporting the new steamer service about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer for the Clarence
THE directors of the North Coast Steam Navigation Co., Limited, have had under their consideration for a considerable time past the important question of building a new steamer specially adapted for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Steamer for Clarence River Trade
The Directors of the North Coast Steam Navigation Co., Limited, have had under their consideration for considerable time past the important question of building a new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer in Trouble
THE North Canst Company's steamer Macleay left the Richmond River on Thursday, June 30, for sydney. When abreast of Camden Haven Head, she struck the Telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Sea Fight. the Spanish Vessels Forced Ashore. Blazing From Stem to Stern. Admiral Cerveras Taken Prisoner
LONDON, TUESDAY.—Admiral Cerveras, whose fleet had been for six weeks in Santiago barbour, decided on Sunday to go to sea, and the fleet steamed slowly out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of a Barque. Eleven Lives Lost
SYDNEY, MONDAY.—The barquentine C. C. Funk, bound from Puget Sound to Melbourne with timber, was wrecked about nine days ago in Bass Straits. Of…
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