The War. American Activity. British Steamer Sunk. U.S. Sailor Killed. London
The Admiralty states that survivors of the British steamer Eaveston report that the ship was sunk by shellfire from a submarine. The crew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
19 stories in Mid North Coast's papers
Steamer Ashore
The well Known coastal steamer Cooloon ran ashore at the entrance of the Manning River on Wednesday afternoon. It is feared that she will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Broken Jaw. Woman Faints on Steamer
Soon after the s.s. Orara, of the North Coast Company's fleet, cleared Sydney Heads on Saturday night last, Mrs. Ella Glover, whose home is at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Korora. Off Tacking Point. No Lives Lost
Great excitement was caused at Port Macquarie late on the afternoon of Friday last, when it became known that the three-mas[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cost of Running a Steamer
The Bangalow paper has been given a bit of inside information For instance: "The Wollongber each trip eats up 200 tons of coal—that used…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Korora
AN effort is to be made shortly to refloat the wrecked schooner Korora which went ashore on the beach a few miles south of the Tacking Point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Nerong on Bar
[?] on Wednesday morning (says [?]ur, Nambucca Heads correspondent) the steamer Ne[?]org was being towed into the river when [?] tow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coolebar Ashore
THE North Coast Co.'s steamer Coolebar went ashore at the Bellinger River entrance on Sunday, and she is in a serious position. Her stern lies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Cables. American Schooner Destroyed
The American schooner Percy Berdall was destroyed without warning by submarine g[?] The survivors were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Steamer Sunk
Two submarines torpedoed the American stamer Rockingham. Fourteen of those on board [?]missing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Coolebar
THE steamer Coolebar, which went ashore on the beach at the entrance to the Bellinger River recently, and was subsequently floated off, is now lying in Sydney Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch in Distress
Captain Merrett, of the s.s. Macquarie, which arrived in Port Macquarie this (Friday) morning, informs us that when off Port Stephens on Thursday night they sighted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Another Air Raid. Explosion on a Steamer. Sydney
Twenty hostile machines raided London, and dropped many bombs. The casualties reported are 28 men, 6 women and 3 children killed; 74…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Dunbar. REMINISCENCES
Monday last was the 60th Anniversary of the wreck of the snip Dunbar, at the Gap, Sydney Haute, which occurred on the mooning of August 20…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"In for a Ouster." a Steamer's Race with a Waterspout
Waterspouts are not, perhaps, as dangerous as they appear to be, or as sea captains used to think them, but they are by no means harmless,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Macquarie
THE Macquarie continues to make satisfactory running to and from Sydney, notwithstanding the strike. She again arrived in the river on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matunca Wreckage
Wreckasge brought to Sydney from the islands has been identified as being part of the missing bums, Philip steamer Matunga, and confirms the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Visit to a Wrecked Zeppelin. Everything of Practical Value Intact
"Like the glassless roof of Olympia after being dented by a huge hammer" " the view was much the same se that obtained in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Dickens' Land. Builing Formerly Used by Germans with 18in. Walls Wrecked by Bomb
An inquest on a victim of the raid on July 7 was held at St. Pancras, London, the case being that of William Poole Sannders, 66, firewood dealer. He worked in a little shed…
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