The Steamer Oaklands. On the Richmond Bar
BALLINA, MONDAY.—The S.S. Oaklands attempted to croas inwards about 6 o'clock this morning, and got on the bar, an ebb tide running at the time. When in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901
56 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 3
The Dunbar Wreck
IT was 44 years ago last Tuesday night since the terrible wreck of the s.s. Dunbar at the Gap near South Head. It was on the night of August 20-21 that Captain Green, who was in charge of the Dunbar,…
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A TELEGRAM from Ballina yesterday morning stated that the steamer Oakland, on attempting to cross in at the Richmond in the morning, went ashore on the breakwater…
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On Monday morning the N.C.S.N. Co.'s steamer Oakland, while attempting to cross in the Richmond bar, took the ground alongside the channel. A fairly heavy sea was…
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THE torpedo boat destroyer "Cobra," while on a steam trial from the constructor's yard, Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Portsmouth, struck a rock on the Dowsing Shoals. She broke in halves and…
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SYDNEY, FRIDAY NIGHT.—An inquiry was held to-day by the Marine Court into the stranding of the steamer "Oakland," on the Richmond River bar…
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Mr. Editor.—The North Coast Company evidently have started an increased 200 per cent, ad valorem duty on freight to this river. The other day I got £2 3s 6d worth of…
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About half-an-hour after midnight on Thursday morning, 20th July 1843, the steamship Pegasus, having started from Leith, on the east coast of Scotland, on…
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That is going to be a sensational case, the alleged wrecking of the yacht "Ariadne." Indeed, it is, already a sensational case: quite, sensational enough, in fact, to justify…
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Tub steamer Heathdeane, bound for Dunedin, arrived at Albany from New York on Saturday. She had a remarkable escape from destruction by fire. The coal in one bunker ignited and the fire…
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Mr. T. Caradox Kerry, was the owner of the wrecked yacht Ariadne. At present he is under committal with two others on a charge of conspiring to cheat the ineurance agents out ot £10,000. The Ariadne…
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The tug Wyong was totally wrecked at the South Solitary off Woogoolga on Tuesday. The tug, which is subsidised for the Bellinger service, left that river on Tuesday morning with the usual…
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The tug Wyong became a total wreck on South Solitary at noon on Tuesday. The Wyong left Bellinger at 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning on the usual monthly trip with…
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A TERRIFIC tropical storm passed over Melbourne on Thursday night. It only lasted 18 minutes. Hailstones fell, ranging from an inch to 2½ inches in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Clarence steamer Service. Action by the Agricultural Society
AT the regular meeting of the Council of the C.P. and A. Society, held on Tuesday last, Mr. A. Eggins brought forward the matter of the steamer…
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It seems peculiar that, the largest sailing ship in the world should be a schooner, and the biggest sailing ship afloat. The name of this vessel is the Roosevelt. She will be of the…
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