The Rain and Floods. a Change to Fine Weather Wreck at the Macleay Heads
THE weather, after another several days of uncertainty, on Saturday changed for the better. Early in the week rain fell continually. When we…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895
26 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
The Missing Schooner Victoria. a Terrible Trip
The schooner Victoria, which put out to sea from Trial Bay during the recent gale, has turned up safe on the Bellinger. Capt. Ferguson, master…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck at Port Macquarie. Several Lives Lost. a Ketch Turns Turtle
CONSTERNATION was caused in Kempsey on Saturday afternoon when the news was received of a wreck at Port Macquarie, with the loss of several lives…
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The schooner Grace Dent, bound from Grafton to New Zealand, has been wrecked on the Wanganui bar. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Short of Provisions." the Steamer Titus in Trial Bay
THE large steamship "Titus," belonging to the Adelaide Steamship Company, put into Trial Bay on Saturday evening, through stress of weather…
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THE s.s. Rosedale arrived here on Sunday last and went north to the Nambu[?] and Billinger, from whence she went on to Sydney without calling here. She is again [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Obstruction to Navigation. Vessels Ashore in the River
THE navigation of the Dower Macleay at the present time is a task fraught with extraordinary danger. The crossing of the bar in itself is risky enough…
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The steamer Argus, which went ashore in Torres Straits some days ago while en route to the East, has been refloated and is now at Thursday Island…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a China Steamer. the Catterthun Sunk at Seal Rocks. Fifth-four Souls Supposed to Be Lost. the Captain Washed Overboard
ANOTHER appalling disaster has been added to the long list of wrecks that forms so dark a chapter in the coastal trade of New South Wales. On Wednesday evening the…
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The steamer Electra called in at Forster on Saturday and took away to Sydney most of the survivors of the wreck of the Catterthun. Mr…
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Further particulars of the wreck are to hand, and the European survivors have each given accounts of the satastrophe. Dr. Copeman, who was a saloon passenger…
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THOUGH the lady passengers were supplied with life-belts, and assured that the ship was going down, they refused to leave the saloon, and were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Catterthun. Conclusion of the Inquest
THE inquest on the bodies recovered from the wreck of the Catterthun was concluded on Thursday last. The jury returned the following verdict:--…
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The Marine Board commenced an inquiry last week into the wreck of the steamer Catterthun. The inquiry is not yet concluded…
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The N.C.S.N. Co's. steamer Macleay (late Woodburn) has grounded on the Richmond River bar. The tug went to her assistance but failed…
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The inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the Catterthuu has been adjourned. The Marine Board has ordered the Government steamer…
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A CABLEGRAM from London states that a fire broke out on the steel screw steamer Iona, 1243 tons, owned by the Edinburgh Shipping Company, when…
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News has been received of the loss of the Spanish unarmored cruiser Sanchez Barcaistegui, when entering the harbor of Havana, the capital of…
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The Marine Board has finished their inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the Catterthun. They will give their decision on Wednesday…
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The Marine Board has suspended the certificate of Mr. Lanfear, second mate of the ill-fated Catterthun, for six months, the suspension to date…
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