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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
17 stories in Mid North Coast's papers
On Monday last the Marine Board held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the wreck of the Ketch Emily Ann. The first witness called was Augustus Morgan, master of the Ketch, who said he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ketch Emily Ann, a vessel of 39 tons, commanded by Captain Morgan, was wrecked on the North Head of Port Jackson at half-past one o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ketch Maggie Taylor foundered when crossing the bar this morning about four hundred yards off the bar. There was a heavy sea on at the time of crossing Four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE steamer Rosedale, when attempting to cross out over the Manning bar on Good Friday, in charge of the tug-boat Christina Gollan, bumped on the south spit, and she was soon carried over to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →YESTERDAY afternoon the Marine Board opened an inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the ketch Maggie Taylor, which took place off Camden Haven bar on tho 16th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REFERRING to the above wreck, and particularly to the heroism of Captain McLeman, the Echo says :—"Let me go, and save the boy!" Only seven monosyllables, and yet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE ketch Maggie Taylor, it will remembered, foundered off Camden Haven bar on the 16th ult., her destruction involving the loss of four lives The action of the master of the vessel Captain Donald…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I noticed in your issue of Saturday last a report taken from the Sydney Daily Telegraph re the above wreck and how the captain and crew were comfortably accommodated at the pilot's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capt. Henry Creer has been commissioned to proceed to England to superintend the building of a new steamer for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWS reached Sydney on Monday evening of the loss of the schooner Nicolai a well-known coasting vessel of 110 tons. The schooner foundered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Planck and the crew of the composite barque Windhover, bound from Newcastle to Batavia, arrived at Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Karanui was totally wrecked on the New Zealand coast on Friday night, striking a rock near French Pass and foundering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Physical endurance is largely mental,' said the doctor. Everybody applauded the paradox, without knowing what the speaker was driving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About four weeks ago the s.s. Earnmoor foundered in mid ocean in the Atlantic. Several members of the crew put away in an open boat, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The French mail steamer "Yarra " arrived yesterday via Adelaide, having small-pox on board. The original patient was landed at Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Bunyip, commanded by Capt. Davis, and owned by Mr. Matthew Johnston, left Newcastle for the Manning River last Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large steamer, named the Thorkoowa, engaged in the coal trade between Melbourne and Newcastle, went ashore this morning in Wreck…
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