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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893

21 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

The Missing Ketch Agnes Rose

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 5

In connection with the missing ketch, Agnes Rose, which left Sydney for Port Stephens on Friday last and has not since been heard of a man named Sutterer has…

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The Steamer Tweed Ashore

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 4

The steamer Tweed was driven ashore at Byron Bay on Sunday. Two of the crew were seriously injured…

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Wreck of a Drogher

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 4

The steamer Ramornie ran into a wharf at the Clarence River yesterday, and sank in deep water…

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Terrible Privations of a Shipwrecked Crew

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 6

News has been received of a horrible case of cannibalism in connection with a shipwrecked crew. The Norweigan ship…

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The Wreck of the S. S. Tweed. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 5

All hope has been abandoned of saving the steamer Tweed, which recently went ashore at Byron Bay…

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Incidents of the Week. the Ketch Shelbourne

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 2

IN the matter of the foundering of the ketch Shelbourne on the 14th ult. the board found that the loss of the ketch was brought about by her…

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Wreck of the Horsa. London, April 4

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 4

The ship Horsa, which left the Bluff, New Zealand, on December 19 for London, has struck on one of the Scilly Isles, at the mouth of the…

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The Steamer. ROSEDALE

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 21 April 1893 · page 2

S.s. Rosedale, 274 tons, Captain L. Paulson, left Sydney at 3 p.m. on April 17, crossed the Manning Bar at 8.30 a.m. on April 18, and arrived at…

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The Steamer. ROSEDALE

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 3

S.s. Rosedale, 274 tons, Captain L. Paulson, left Sydney at 6.30 p.m. on April 20, crossed the Manning Bar at 10.30 a.m. on April 21, and arrived at…

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The Steamer. ROSEDALE

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 2

S.s. Rosedale, 274 tons, Captain L. Paulson, left Sydney at 8.30 p.m. on April 24, crossed the Manning Bar at 3 p.m. on April 25, and arrived at…

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The Steamer. ROSEDALE

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

S.s. Rosedale, 274 tons, Captain L. Paulson, left Sydney at 12.30 p.m. on April 28, crossed the Manning Bar at 6 a.m. on April 29, and arrived at…

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The Loss of the Largest Cargo Steamer in the World

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 19 May 1893 · page 1

THE Naronic, which so mysteriously disappeared in the North Atlantic on her first voyage, was the largest cargo steamer in the world. It is inexplicable…

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Smallpox on Board a Steamer. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 4

The passengers on board the mail steamer "Britannia," on which a case of smallpox has occurred, have been quarantined at Adelaide. The mails…

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The Wreck of the "Saucy Jack."

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 3

The schooner "Saucy Jack" drove ashore at Coff's Harbour at 8 o'clock on Monday week. All sail was set at the time. The crew took to the boats and tried to land at…

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Poetry. the Warriors of the Sea--a. Life-boat Story

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 7

Up goes the Lytham signal ! St. Anne's has summoned hands! Knee-deep in surf the life-boat's launched abreast of Southport sands…

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Arrival of a Shipwrecked Crew. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 August 1893 · page 5

The shipwrecked crew of the Mary Ogilvie, which was wrecked near Norfolk Island, arrived here last night…

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The Strangest Shipwreck on Record

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 October 1893 · page 7

Captain James Morgan, a weather-beaten English skipper, tells a story of the strangest shipwreck on record. It occurred in January of the year 187--, at…

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A Steamer Wrecked. Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 5

The Bulli Company's steamer Woonona has been totally wrecked in the Fitzroy, not far from Rockhampton. She struck on a sandbank, and…

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The Steamer Mi[?]wera LONDON, October 17

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 5

Twelve guineas premium was paid at Lloyd's to-day to re[?]sure the Australian-Canadian steamer Miowera, now some days overdue at Vancouver from Sydney…

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Burning of a Steamer. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 4

Thirty-four persons have perished by the burning of the steamer City of Alexandria in the Atlantic Ocean…

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