Terrible Shipwreck
The steamer Ealing has been wrecked on the Nova Scotian coast. The crew took to the boats and were drifting about for fourteen days before…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896
21 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Wreck of a Steamer. Sydney
The steamer Glanworth ran ashore at Settlement Point, North Queensland, and was wrecked. The passengers and crew escaped with their lives…
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The mail steamer Miowera, of the Canadian-Pacific line, has returned to port, owing to her machinery breaking down when 100 miles off the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to the Steamer Tomki
THE North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Tomki met with a rather serious accident off the coast early on Sunday morning. She left the Richmond River for Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Glanworth
The steamer Glanworth, which was wrecked on the Northern Queensland coast, has been sold for £75…
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The schooner Condong and the barquentine Karoola have been wrecked at Morna point. The mate and a seamen of the Karoola were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New River Steamer
Mr. T. Logan informs us that Capt. Grant (acting for the Marine Board) made a thorough overhaul of the s.s. Shamrock this week, and passed her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Remarkable Wreck Incident
IN a recent notice of the death of Mr. Boyd, an old Richmond River settler, a thrilling incident connected with a wreck near the Brunswick River was mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Steamer Sunk
The steamer Florence struck a snag on the Richmond River yesterday and sank immediately. No lives were lost…
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The tender of Messrs. Foster and Minter, of Balmain, has been accepted by the North Coast Co., for building a new steamer to replace the chartered…
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Mr. G. W. Nicoll's steamer Chindera went ashore at the Tweed Heads and has become a total wreck. The Chindera traded between Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Ketch Spray at Newcastle
THE ketch Spray arrived at Newcastle on Tuesday morning from Boston, via ports, on a voyage round the world. Captain Joshua Slocum, the sole occupant of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The S.s. Australian Ashore
While the steamer Australian was in the act of turning at the Port Macquarie wharf on Wednesday morning, the bow-line, by which she was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Steamer Idea Wrecked. Sydney
The North Coast Co's. chartered steamer Idea stranded on the South Beach, Bellinger River, yesterday. It is expected that the vessel will…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck of a Mission Vessel. Sydney
News has been received that the Presbyterian mission vessel, Dayspring, has been wrecked on the coast of the New Hebrides. The ship's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Vessel Ashore
The " Triumph," flounder built specimen of naval architecture, got ashore at Nambucca Heads on Thursday at about midnight; she was…
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The schooner Harriet, when bound from Townsville (Queensland) to Sydney, with tallow, at 4.30 p.m. on Sunday last carried away her tiller, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →First Colonial Steamer
MR. P. COHEN says the first steamer built in this colony was the William IV., and she traded to Port Macquarie. It is now a little more than 60 years…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Sydney Steamer
The Rosedale will take the place of the Burrawong next trip. The former steamer will leave Sydney this (Saturday) morning, and mails and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Another Mission Vesssel Wrecked. Sydney
News has been received in Sydney of the wreck of the London Missionary Society's vessel Hanamoa off the coast of New Guinea…
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