Fire on a Steamer Many Mail Bags Destroyed. Sydney, Saturday Night
During the voyage of the steamer Makuara from Sydney to Auckland a fire broke out in the hold where the mail matter was stored…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913
152 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 8
A Disabled Schooner. Doing Very Well. Sydney, Tuesday Night
Captain Hunter, of the steamer Wollongbar arrived today. He reported passing the schooner Alma Doepel yesterday afternoon near the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Wollongbar arrived in Sydney to-day, and sported passing the schooner Alma Doepel, seven miles from Solitary Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer Mails Destroyed Sydney
A fire occurred in the mail room on the steamer Matunga at Port Moresby (New Guinea) yesterday. Mails were destroyed and much damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Pox. Case on a Steamer. Sydney, Thursday Night
The steamer Barralong arrived at Newcastle on her way to Adelaide and was discovered to have a case of smallpox on board. The victim is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the "Titanic."
For many years April 14th will appear in our calendars as the anniversary day of the wreck of the ill-fated ship " Titanic." Just about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreckage at Byron Bay
A lot of wreckage, including about seventy cases of benzine and kerosene, with other things, have been found on the beach between Byron Bay and the Brunswick,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer for the Clarence
An order has been placed for a new steamer for the Clarence River trade. She will be 96ft. long, 21ft. beam, and 7ft. deep. She will be built by Mr. Dennis Sullivan,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wonderful Results. Consumption Feared Terrible Suffering. Lady Wreck of Former Self. Found Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Effect Marvellous Change
"About twelve months ago," writes, Sara Drysdale, 338 Bourke-street, Sydney, "I suffered from Indigestion very badly. I also thought, like my sister, I was developing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Barque Totally Wrecked
The barque Queen Margaret, which left Sydney in January with a cargo of wheat for Queenstown, has been totally wrecked near The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Friendship
SYDNEY, Wednesday—The Full Court gave judgment, in Corrigan's prohibition application in respect to the steamer Friendship. The Court held that under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Abandoned Schooner. Sufferings of the Crew. Sydney
The schooner Lyman D. Foster, bound from Puget Sound to Suva with a cargo of lumber, was caught in a hurricane on April 15. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Wrecked. on New Zealand Coast. Sydney, Saturday Night
The Tyser steamer Indrabarrah was wrecked during last night on the Mantwatu Coast, New Zealand. No lives were lost. The vessel is now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warship Ashore the Crew Saved. London
LONDON, Tuesday. The Portuguese cruiser Adamaston has gone ashore at Dumbell Island. A British torpedo boat destroyer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner Ashore. Sydney, Wednesday Night
A five-masted schooner, believed to be either the George B. Billings, from Puget Sound, or the Crescent 84 days out from Puget Sound, went…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale. Ferry Steamer Sinks. Sydney, Wednesday Night
The Balmain Ferry Company's passenger steamer Birkenhead, whilst proceeding to Circular Quay to take up her running, ran into a wharf and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indigestion and Kidney Trouble. Became a Wreck, and Ofte[?] Wished for Death.—complete Health Restored by Bile Beans
Mrs. M. Scanlon, of 1 Avon Place, o[?] Haines-street, North Melbourne, says:— "Four years ago I was a great victim o[?] indigestion, whith laid me up for days…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Stranded Schooner. Sydney
The schooner, George E. Billings, which stranded on a bank in Botany Bay some days ago, is still Aground Efforts to move the vessel, were last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales and Floods. Great Flood in the Hunter. Mails and Trains Blocked. Widespread Loss and Ruin. Northern Trains Blocked. Vessel Ashore at Trial Bay Sydney, Friday Night
Owing to the Hunter River being in flood trains bound north are unable to proceed beyond Singleton. Cessnock Creek overflowed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New White Star Liner. Ceramic, Triple Screw, 18,000 Tons. Largest Steamer to Australia
The White Star Line have encircled the globe with British built ships, and their connection with the Australian trade has been a long and…
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