Steamer Bellinger Wrecked
THE well-known steamer Bellinger, belonging to Messrs. Allen Taylor and Co., of Sydney, and which has made several trips to the Macleay…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
55 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 3
Steamer Blown Up
The American steamer Texas struck a submarine mine in the Gulf of Smyria and sunk almost immediately! She was carrying mails…
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A sensational story is being circulated with regard to the blowing up of the American steamer Texas and which was sunk in the Gulf of…
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A telegram from Melbourne states that the steamer Peregrine, whilst proceeding down the River Yarra on the voyage to Sydney began to leak…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wreck at Nambucca Heads. Eight Hours of Intense Suspense. The Crew Saved. Bravery of Rescue Parties
Excitement ran high at Nambucca Heads on Friday night when it became known that a vessel was in trouble near the bar. Very soon a…
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THE steamer Bellinger, while being towed out on Friday evening last, grounded on the Nambucca bar. A heavy sea caused the tug to be pulled back sharply, the two-line thus fouling the propellor…
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A cable from Auckland states that a yacht has been wrecked at Wanganui. E. G. Phillips (owner) and three Maoris were drowned…
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Our Nambucca Heads Correspondent reports that Capt. Hacking, Superintendent of Navigation, held a Departmental inquiry in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Rail Wreck. Eleven Killed ; 39 Injured. Collision Near Paris. Pleasure-seekers' End
A disastrous railway collision, in which 11 passengers were killed and 39 injured, occurred last night on the Maccadet Bridge, near Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Plague on China Steamer
The death is announced of a Chinese fireman lauded from the Chinese steamer Taiyun at Port Darwin suffering from plague…
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At a meeting at Nambucca Heads, presided over by Mr. H. O. Ellis, on Tuesday night, in the School of Arts, it was decided to open a subscription…
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Senator Smith has presented the report of the subcommittee that investigated the "Titanic" tragedy for the United States Senate. It…
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At each meeting the question of blowing up the wreck was fully discussed, and the inaction of the Government was strongly resented. It…
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The steamer Timaru has arrived safely in the Brisbane River…
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The steamer Timaru, in tow of the tug Beaver, is on her way to Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Nambucca Heads Bar. Still Blocked. New Channel Forming. Wreck Obstruction
It is unfortunate that the report concerning the bar at Nambucca Heads is "still blocked," but another channel on the South beach…
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THE British Weekly has the following note about the brave bands men on the sinking Titanic:--"It is recorded that as the boats were hurrying away from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Titanic Wreck, Bow Belfast Felt
THE Belfast Weekly Telegraph following on its graphic details of this appalling catastrophe wrote:— "A deep, sincere, and personal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Capsizes
The Clarence River steamer Pearl capsized last week and a man named Edward Hatton was drowned. Amongst the passengers on the steamer was Mr…
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