A Collier Ashore. Sydney
The steamer Wallarah is ashore at Catherine Hill Bay (near Newcastle), on a reef. A rough sea is running. A life-boat is standing by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
174 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 9
Steamer Ashore. Sydney
The steamer Wallarah is ashore at Catherine H[?] Bay on a reef. The sea is rough and a lifeboat is standing by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wallarah Wreck. Sydney, Friday Night
The steamer Wallarah, which ran on a reef at Catherine Hill Bay last night, was this morning full of water. The crew of seventeen were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central Station Wreck. Sydney
Another smash occurred at the Central Station yesterday. A string of carriages was being shunted but, owing to a misunderstanding, there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Steamer Founders. Three Passengers Drowned. Hobart
The steamer Huon, 730 tons, with a cargo of fruit from channel ports to Hobart, foundered in centre of Casteaux Channel yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ferocious Chinese Pirates. British Steamer Looted. Nearly 200 Missing. Hong Kong, Tuesday Night
Chinese, pirates siezed the British steamer Taion, 776 tons, and after looting her set fire to her. Incoming, steamers rescued the captain,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck Report Untrue. Steamer Safe in Port. London, Saturday Night
The reported wreck of the steamer Siberia on the Formosan coast is untrue. The steamer arrived at Manila (Philippines) yesterday, after an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer on Fire at Sea. Identity Unknown Vancouver, Tuesday Night
It is reported that a steamer is on fire on the Nova Scotia coast. Owing to the thick smoke, the steamer Seydlitz was unable to identify the burning vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Destroyed by Fire
LONDON, Tuesday.—A British steamer from Antwerp to New York caught fire at Sable Island, North Atlantic. The ship being threatened with complete…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Missing. Wellington
Heavy floods are reported from Poverty Bay. A man named Heenan was drowned near Patualie Boistrous gales are blowing and anxiety…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Capsizes. Thirteen Lives Lost. London
Another disaster occurred off the English coast. The steamer Turrett Hall was bound from Newcastle-on-Tyne to London, laden with coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Wreck-express
SYDNEY, Friday.—An attempt was made to wreck the Melbourne-Sale express near Sale. A piece of hardwood, six feet long and six inches wide, was placed, across the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Rank Injustice. Grafton Ferry Steamer to Be Withdrawn
The Town Clerk (Mr. J. G. Phillips) received the following letter this morning from the Director-General of Public Works :--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disabled Steamer Drifting. Part of Crew Safe. Syeney, Sunday Night
The steamer Cairnhill, 4000 tons, left Nauru, near Ocean Island, for Stettin (Germany) with a load of phosphates on March 27. When…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disabled Steamer
SYDNEY, Monday.—Eight of thr crew of the missing steamer Cairnhill have arrived in Sydney. Walker, the third mate, stated that on March 31 the vessel lost her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Ferry Steamer Service
The following Departmental letter has been received by the Grafton Municipal Council, showing that it is not intended to run the ferry steamer, Helen in conjunction with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbor Collision. Ferry Steamer Badly Damaged. All Passengers Safe. Sydney, Tuesday Night
The ferry steamer Kisndra from, Mosman to Sydney, due at the Quay at 9.53 this morning, when rounding the Cremorne Point,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lightship Wrecke. Heavy Loss of Life. Vancouver
A [?]ship was wrecked at Noval Scotis. Six bodies were recovered but 25 men are still missing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Lightship
LONDON, Sunday.—The wreckage discovered near Liscomb at first indicated the loss of the new lightship No. 19 with her crew. Subsequently the battered hull of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Ashore. May Get Off To-night. Brisbane
The Brisbane Marine Board has received the following wire from the Harbor Master at Thursday Island:--The Waipara is still on Hannibal Reef…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →