The Ferry Steamer. Protest Against Removal. Some Big Figures
A joint conference of aldermen of Grafton and South Grafton Councils, to formulate a protest against the proposed action of the Minister for…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
174 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 9
Late Cables. Struck an Iceberg. Steamer's Narrow Escape. Vancouver
The Royal Edward, belonging to the Canadian Northern S.S. Company, struck an iceberg east of Cape Race (Newfoundland). The captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Leaky Schooner. Crew's Rough Experience. Sydney
The American schooner, Kona, bound for Adelaide, arrived at Sydney yesterday in distress. She sprang a leak in heavy weather two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner in Difficulties
SYDNEY, Monday.—The American fourmasted schooner Rona, timber laden from Gray's Harbour to Adelaide, sprang a leak 200 miles north of Sydney in, heavy,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Historic Wrecks. Toll of the Sea. Story of Fire, Storm, and Collision
Once more the civilised world is shocked with the news of a great disaster. The loss of the Empress of Ireland off the coast of Canalla adds yet another tragic page to the history…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on a Steamer. Extinguished at Sea. Sydney
When the steamer Montona was about twelve hours out from Singapore a fire was discovered in No. 3 hold. The work in the hold became…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Lightning. Lighthouse Wrecked
WELLINGTON, Wednesday. During a heavy gale in Toveaux Strait, the lightning played havoc with the lighthouse on Dog Island…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked Above the Clouds the Resource of the Airman
The French aviator, Garros, thus describes in "The Aero" his experiences above the clouds while breaking the world's altitude record…
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The whaling steamer Campbell, bound from Sydney to West Australia, was wrecked on Saturday night near the entrance to Pork Phillip Heads…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Almost at the same spot where the R.M.S. Australia was wrecked ten years ago, the whaling gunboat Campbell was lost through striking on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Totally Wrecked. All Hands Saved. Sydney
The steamer Epi, en route from Sydney to the New Hebrides, became a total wreck 40 miles north-west of Pott Island. Her crew and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer Ferry. Question Meanwhile in Abeyance
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Works has decided to let the steamer Helen continue running until after the Grafton races in July. He will then further…
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Mr. McFarlane presented to the Minister for Works on Friday last a return received on that day from the Town Clerk, Grafton, showing the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The schooner Aleda, 79 tons, commanded by Captain H. Fidlett, which left Sydney last week for Nambueea, with a load of lumber, was driven ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Excursion Steamer Sinks
LONDON, Sunday.—A watchman along the river near St. Louis (U.S.A.) reports that an excursion steamer with several hundred aboard struck the new water tower, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ferry Steamer. No Alteration Till July 18. SYDNEY
A letter received by Mr. Briner from the Director-General for Public Works to-day stated that the ferry steamer Helen was not to be disturbed until after 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Schoner Wrecked. Hope for Crew Abandoned. Sydney
All hope has been abandoned for the safety of the crew of the schooner Aleda, the remains of which were found in a narrow rocky bay just…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Novelty Wreck. Sold for £186. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night
The wrecked steamer Novelty, lying on the breakwater at Swansea at the entrance to Lake Macquarie, was sold to-day for £186…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schooner Aleda Wrecked
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—News received at Port Macquarie stated that the wrecked schooner Aleda had been discovered on the rocks in an almost inaccessible position…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Wrecks. Schooner and Ketch. Sydney, Wednesday Night
A telegram from Port Macquarie says it is feared the schooner Alfred Fanning and the ketch Curlew have been wrecked, but no further news…
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