Bear Loose on a Steamer
An extraordinary incident occurred on the steamer Paree shortly before her Arrival at the Cemaphore, Adelaide, the other day. The vessel carried a number of bullocks and…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902
73 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 4
Steamer Overdue. Sydney
The steamer Waikau for New Zealand is five days out from Sydney, and was not reported up to a late hour last…
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Two ship's boats containing 28 men have been picked up off Wilson's Promontory, by the steamer Abergeldie, enroute for Sydney. The abandoned ship, name…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Excursion
The steamer excursion, in aid of St Matthews' building fund (Wingham), eventuated as advertised. The weather broke fine and clear, in fact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Poetry. Likes on the Wreck of the Dunbar. Aug. 27Th, 1857
Night on the waters --thro foam and thro' rain, On speeds the barque o'cr the tempest-vex'd main: Fond hearts within her throb warm with delight, Home and its lov'd once are all but in sight--…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef
Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was obliged to knock…
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Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was obliged to knock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef
Nobody can tell the following story better than the writer tells himself. "In 1891," he says, "I first experienced the miseries of acute indigestion. I was obliged to knock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Schooner
The schooner "Prosperity," laden with machinery from the Richmond River, has become a total wreck on the Queensland coast. The crow consisted of the captain,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Coastal Steamer
Mr. G. W. Nicholl's new steamer Dorrigo went for her trial trip on Monday last. The Dorrigo was built at Jervis Bay under the supervision of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Collision at Sea. Steamer Waesland Sunk. London, March 7
THE American liner Wacsland came into collision with the Houston liner Harmonides off Holyhead, North Wales. The Waesland immediately commenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death on the Steamer Euroka. a Plague Scare
KEMPSEY was treated to a mild plague scare on Sunday last. The rumour went round town that a death had occurred on the steamer Euroka from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Dismasted Ketch. One Man Reported to Be Drowned. Off Camden Haven, and No Tug to Help Her
THE ketch Wave, which left Camden Haven on Saturday last, was reported oil Cadmen Haven Heads on Sunday, in a dismasted condition, and to have lost one man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disabled Ketch in Trial Bay
A report was circulated in Kempsey on Tuesday that a disabled vessel had sought shelter in Trial Bay, and speculation was rife as to her identification and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Wave Dismasted
The ketch Wave, bound from Camden Haven to Sydney, loaded with timber, made Trial Bay on Monday in a disabled condition, having lost her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Dismasted Ketch
Considerable interest was manifested in the vicinity of the Pilot Station on Sunday last, when the news was circulated that a ship in distress—having oost one of its masts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dismasted Ketch Wave. Statement by the Captain. Ar[?]koon
THE ketch Wave is at anchor In Trial Bay. Oaplain Louis [?], the master, when interviewed, stated:-- We were loaded with timber, bound from Camden Haven to Sydney. We put to sea at 11…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dismasted Ketch Wave
CAPTAIN Louis Monmesson, of the Ketch Wave, which was at anchor in Trial Bay last week, has made the following statement:—"We put to sea at 11 a.m. The weather was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Kingsley Aground. Total Wreck Feared
The steamer Kingsley went ashore near Morna Point at 4.30 a.m. on Wednesday last, in a dense fog. The information to hand states that all hands were saved, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the s. s. Kingsley
OUR Tuncurry correspondent wired on Thursday:— "The Hawkesbury Company's steamer Kingsley was wrecked at…
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