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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
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Two serious wrecks, with loss of life, are reported from Western Australia, namely, the Carlisle Castle and City of York. The beach for miles is strewn with cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE New Zealand Skipping Company's steamer Waikato, of 4767 tons, from London for Wellington, has not been heard of since she left Tenoriffe, early in May. She was launched in 1892. Her speed is about 12 knots per hour. She has a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday rooming when the Adelaide Co's. s.s. Pilbarra, bound from West Australia for Sydney, was off Wollongong a fire was discovered in the hold among the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Pilbarra was abreast of Wollongong, making for Sydney, en route from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The hull of the new steamer which has been built at Stuarts Point for Mr. J. Baldwin, was towed up to Kempsey last Friday night. She has been named the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ketch Annie capsized whilst on a voyage from Devonport to Wynyard, Tasmania. There is no trace of the crow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The latest addition to the river fleet is a handy little [?]ug named the "President," which Capt Logan, of the Shamrock, recently purchased in Brisbane. She has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Waikato, a steamer bound from London to New Zealand, and which is now 88 days out, is believed to have foundered. The steamer was spoken…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR.—There grams to be always something wrong about the local management of our steamer affairs. It may be at times that the delays in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The mining steamer Waikato was spoken to by the Barque Milanope on the 10th of August—all well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TERRIBLE tragedy at sea is reported from Charlestown, South Car[?]la. The Norwe[?]ian [?]que Drot was wrecked while on a voyage from Pensacols, Florids,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE steamer Thermopylae has been wrecked near Cape Town, while on the voyage from Australia to London. All on board were saved. She was a steel steamer, of 3741 tons, built eight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Wednesday, March 12, 1873, a cat reappeared at the house of a Mrs Mowbray, at West Hartlepool, Durham, after having escaped from drowsing or starvation by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE closing see[?] of this remarkable trial were in keeping with the sensational nature of the whole proceedings M. Demange, the junior counsel for Dreyfus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Aberdeen line steamer Thermopylae, while on a voyage from Sydney to London, via Capetown, ran ashore on Green Point, near Capetown. Two of her holds were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The pioneer steamer of the new White Star line has arrived in Sydney. The steamer is named Medic, and is the largest vessel that has ever…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Wednesday, March 12, 1873, a cat reappeared at the house of a Mrs Mowbray, at West Hartlepool, Durham, after having escaped from drowning or starvation by…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →[?] about 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning last a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Behind the scenes on Friday night anxious parents were busily engaged filling hampers with good things in readiness for Saturday morning, well…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A German steamer, larger than the Medic by 1000 tons is expected shortly to be placed in the Sydney trade…
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