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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
90 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 5
THE French mail steamer Russie, running between Oran (Algeria) and Marseilles, has been wrecked on the Faraman Rocks, near Marseilles. A high sea baffled all efforts to rescue the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABOUT half-part 11 o'clock last night an outbreak of fire occurred on board the steamer Electra, which had just discharged the cargo from the Manning River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SHORTLY after 11 o'clock on Monday night an outbreak of fire was discovered on board the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Electra, lying at their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, from Hongkong and Yokohama (Japan), struck on a ledge of rocks at the entrance to the Golden Gate, San Francisco, during a dense fog…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The German mail steamer Mumchen which left Sydney last month was wrecked on the Caroline Island, all hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The A merican Consul at Hongkong with his wife and family and Captain Ward went' down with the steamer City of Rio de Janiero. The vessel struck a ledge at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Pacific Mail S.S. Company's steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, 3548 tons, from Hongkong and Yokohama, struck the ledge at the entrance to the Golden Gate, San…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE steamer Tambo, during a dense fog yesterday morning, ran on the Hen and Chickens Rocks, off Schouten Island, and sustained severe damage. Some of the bow plates were broken, and the fore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Business with Sir Augustus Harris took…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Business with Sir Augustus Harris took…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →AN inquiry was held at the Court of Marine Inquiry before Judge Backhouse into the loss of the tug Alert off Nambucca Heads on February 20. Mr. Cargill…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rev. P. [?]. O'Brien, of St. John's Newfoundland, has produced an invention that he believes will revolutionise marine architecture…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wreckage lias been found off Gabo Island, apparently from the collier Federal which passed the transport Surrey, on Thursday [?]t making h[?] Weather It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A cable from New Zealand reports the wreck of the yacht "Triadne," bound from Sydney to New Zealand. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Now let the day be wet or dry. Let trade be slack or humming, We're flocking to the wharf, and why? The Sydney boat is coming!…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →INFORMATION was received in Sydney on Wednesday last from the look-out station at Gabo Island that that morning a quantity of wreckage, and the body of a man, were picked up off Gabo. The timber…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The much talked of launch of the new steamer on Saturday, the 30th inst, resulted in failure. The affair was to have eventuated at 3 p.m., and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All hope of the safety of the steamer Federal has been abandoned, more clothing baa been washed ashore at Gabo which was identified as belonging to the Chief Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The latest news in regard to the wreck of the steamer Karrakatta states that when the steamer struck the Malay sailors rushed the boats and when the passengers attempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Karrs[?]tta has been wracked off Swan Point West Australia, all hands were saved…
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