London's Wreckage
Five hundred men of many nationalities, of many occupations—but all of them homeless, penniless, in the world's richest…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903
52 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 3
A Ketch in Peril
Some excitement was caused at Yamba on Saturday evening, when it was noticed that the ketch Alfred Fenning was aground on the reef just…
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News from Hokianga (N.Z.) states that the small steamer Energy has been engaged for two or three weeks past in endeavoring to locate the exact…
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A USEFUL type of steamer, possessing good carrying capacity on a light draught, designed specially for bar harbour work on the North Coast, was…
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A CORRESPONDENT who has been reading telegraphed accounts of the terrible sufferings of the crew of the wrecked steamer Elingamite, tells a London paper that the following statement was…
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THE postponed decision was given on Monday by the Elingamite wreck inquiry court. Mr. Haselden; S M., in delivering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saturday's Wires. Sydney, Saturday. Boat Ashore
The barque Gladys is ashore at Gisborne, New Zealand and is in a dangerous position. She is laden with a carge of wool…
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The Norwegian steamer Avona has been lost off the coast of Denmark. The crew numbering 24 were drowned…
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MESSRS. A TAYLOR AND Co., of Sydney, write:— "In your issue of the 30th January, under 'Echoes,' a paragraph appears to the effect that a correspondent states the…
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THE Evening News thus refers to the trial trip of the Pyrment:— There seems to be undoubted proof of increasing trade between Sydney and the Northern rivers. In addition…
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THE coasting schooner Violet Doepel (owned by Sir. F. Doepel, of Bellingen), had a narrow escape from going ashore at Sydney Heads on Saturday morning week. The vessel, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Traffic on Rivers
The following regulations relating to steamer traffic on rivers crossed by ferry-pants, are published in the Gazette:—1. where any steamer na[?]gating a river approaches a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Edith Wrecked. Sydney
The German barque Edith struck a reef off the coast of New Caledonia, on March 19th last, and quickly broke in two halves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Oakland. Thrilling Experiences. Further Particulars
Further particulars of the loss of the Oakland show that soon after passing Port Stephens the vessel took a sudden list to port, and the Captain decided to make for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How the Oakland Foundered. Statement by the Second Mate. Cabin-Boy Goes Mad
JOHN HOWES, the second mate, said the captain had asked him to go below and get some sleep. He turned in, and was wakened by a bag…
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CAPTAIN TENGLEN, of the Bellingen, in his report states that when they approached the boat she was close to the breakers. She capsized when the steamer was within a short distance, and the survivors were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Loss of the Schooner Elliston Thrilling Experiences of the Crew
Poorly clad and looking worn and weary after their battle for life in the recent gale, the crew of the schooner Elliston landed in Sydney on Sunday from the…
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THE Marine Court's, inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the Oakland, to-day, found that when the vessel left Newcastle she was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Inventor of the Lifeboat
Everyone knows of the lifeboat, and what an almost [?]ed thing it is in a place which commands the entrance to a port. How many, however, known of the inventor, for the lifeboat, even as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Oakland. Prospects of Floating the Vessel
CAPTAIN J. WESTON, it will be remembered, purchased the wreck of the Oakland for the sum of £40, with a view of raising the vessel. The wreck was easily located near Cabbage…
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