The Steamer Atlanta
THE steamer Atlanta, recently purchased by Mr. George Shore in Sydney, arrived on Sunday morning. During her trip along the coast she went in for shelter from the heavy seas. In her…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899
69 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 4
A Reported Wreck
IT was reported at Nambucca Heads on Sunday night that a vessel had been seen passing, with blue lights showing, and the pilot was informed that a vessel was in…
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The ship Karlisle Castle, from Liverpool to Fremantle, was wrecked yesternight at Rockingham, seventeen miles from her destination. There is no trace…
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SYDNEY, FRIDAY NIGHT.—The ship City of York, 1167 tons, from San Francisco to Freemantle, was totally wrecked at Rottnest Island. From statements by survivors, it…
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THE ship City of York, in command of Captain Jones, 1167 tons register, laden with a general cargo, including 744,000rt. of redwood lumber, from San Francisco…
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THE ship City of York, 1167 tons, from San Francisco to Fremantle, was wrecked at Rottnest Island, near her destination, on Wednesday night. 11 persons, including the…
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A thrilling tale of slavery, cannibalism, and terrible privations on the southern seas reached Victoria (B.C.). on May 19. Late arrivals from Suva say that two Polynesians have reached…
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A THRILLING tale of slavery, cannibalism, and terrible privations of the southern seas reached Victoria (B.C) on May 19. Late arrivals from Suva say that two Polynesians have reached…
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A cable received from London this afternoon states that the steamer Waikato, several weeks overdue on the voyage from London to New Zealand, was sighted on…
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ON Saturday last a boat came into Byron Bay and reported that the steamer St. Louis, bound from New Caledonia to Sydney, had broken her shaft 50 miles eastward of the Bay. The boat…
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ON Saturday afternoon last a telegram from Byron Bay was received conveying the brief announcement that a French steamer which had been disabled had been sighted, and was…
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On Saturday last, about 6 p.m., a whale boat was pulled up to the Byron Bay jetty, where the s.s. Excelsior was lying, completing the loading of her cargo preparatory to leaving for Sydney. The…
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We now come to Mr. Thorburn's greatest exploit—one that deserves to live in the annals of South African development. The Dark…
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A MESSAGE received in Melbourne to-day reports the total wreck of the White Star liner Thermopylae, near Capetown. All the passengers were saved…
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ON Wednesday the ferry steamer Una, built for the Grafton ferry service, ran a satisfactory trial trip in Sydney harbor. The Una is a double ended screw steamer, enabling her to work…
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MESSRS. F. BUCKLE AND SONS of Erskine-street, Sydney, owners of the steamer Nambucca, write to as under date, September 22, as follows:—"When the 'Violet Doepel'…
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AMONGST the letters brought by the captain of the Aalborg to New Zealand was one from Captain Weston, master of the disabled steamer Waikato, addressed to…
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The IOLANTHE leaves Yamba at 6 a.m. for Grafton, and Grafton at 3 p.m. for Palmer's Island PACIFIC leaves Gratton 7 a.m. for Chatsworth, via Harwood; and Chatsworth at 12 o'clock, Harwood 1, Maclean…
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BRISANE, Tuesday.-- The Telegraph Department has received an advice from Bowen that the steamer Innamincka is ashore at North Rock Cape Edgecumbe…
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MR. FRED DOEPEL, of Bellingen, writes to us as follows:—"I notice in your issue of September 29 a communication from F. Buckle and Sons, which, it allowed to go…
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