When Paul, the Apostle, Was Shipwrecked
On one of his visits to his village home, Admiral Gamsborough attended the parish church. The lesson was from the portion of Scripture that…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907
91 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 5
A Wrecked King's Messenger
The most loyal King's Messenger was wrecked in the spring of the year 1686 off the Cape of Good Hope. He was the Second of the three great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wreck of the Alexandra. Grew Rescued. Tortoise Food for Five Months
The captain and eight survivors of the Alexandra, bound from Australia to Panama, have been landed at Guayaquil, Ecuador…
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THE New Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa arrived at the Bluff on Saturday, after a voyage in connection with the Antartio expedition, and also brought fifteen…
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A terrible accident occurred shortly before noon on Wednesday, on board the steamer Kempsey, lying at the Iron Wharf, Darling Harbor…
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A SERIOUS explosion caused by benzine vapours coming into contact with a naked light, occurred on N. Cain Co's steamer Kempsey…
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The Canadian Pacific liner Mount Temple was wrecked during a snowstorm. Six hundred passengers were safely landed in baskets…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Ketch Zelma
THE wen-known ketch Zelma has been towed into the Macleay River in a sinking condition. The pilot at the Heads on…
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The ketch Zelma, one of the best known trading vessels on the coast, had a narrow escape from foundering on Friday. The first intimation was…
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THE inquest concerning the deaths of Harry James Dunn and Peter Svenson, who succumbed to the effects of burns received in an…
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'A cake of soap is said to have saved the lives of five men and a boy of the coast of New Guinea. The story, as told in the smoking-room…
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