Unsinkable Lifeboat
A lifeboat which he says cannot be sunk by rolling down from the side of a torpedoed vessel or under stress of storm waves has been invented and offered to the American…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919
31 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
The Myee Ashore
The North Coast Co's. s.s. Myee, bound for the Bellinger from Sydney with a full cargo, was compelled to take shelter in Trial Bay from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drenching Rains. Welcome Falls to Macleay. Terrific Weather on Coast. Steamer Myee Beached at Trial Bay
The change of weather which set in towards the end of last week culminated in a torrential downpour at the week-end, which gave a fall of between…
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THE North Coast Co.'s steamer Myee, bound from the Bellinger to Sydney with a full cargo, sheltered in Trail Bay during the recent heavy weather. While there…
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THE coastal steamer Our Jack, which was recently ashore at Forster, has been re-floated, and arrived in Sydney Harbour under her own steam…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. the Wrecked Myola. No Trace of Missing Men. Sydney
There is no trace of the four men missing from the steamer Myola. [The Myola, a collier on her way from Newcastle, foundered off Sydney…
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The Schooner Elsinore has been totally wrecked at Western Port Bay, on the Victoria coast. The crew was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Ablaze. Sydney
The steamer Cardium, laden with benzine, is on fire three hundred miles from Albany…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drugs of Death. Hypnotic "Dopes" That Wreck Souls
Owing largely to war-worry, drug-taking has become unusually prevalent in this country (England). Quite a large number of hypnotic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Picked Up by a Steamer. Sydney
Lloyd's Agency reports that the Danish steamer Mary picked up Harry Hawker and Grieve at a position about half-way across the…
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A remarkable ship-salvaging job was undertaken recently at Ventura, California, when a large crew of men began to dig out the bull of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer in Collison. Paris
It is reported from New York that the huge liner Imperator, taken over from the Germans, collided off the coast with another steamer. The latter was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Wave Wrecked
A TELEGRAM was received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association at the latter end of last week, stating that the auxiliary ketch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mails Looted. Letters Washed Ashore
Another big mail robbery has occurred in Sydney. Evidence of it was discovered at Watson's Bay a few days ago, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Steamer Kyogle Overdue. Sydney
The steamer Kyogle, from Sydney to Hobart, is five days overdue. She was last reported passing Gabo, but has not been sighted since. There has been…
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The ketch Sara Hunter, which trades between Tasmania and Melbourne, has become a total wrack in Waratah Bay, near Wilson's Promontory.'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Ramornie Sold
The steamer Ramornie has been sold to West Australian buyers. She will be well remembered on the Macleay, having traded here for some years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Wauchope. Destroyed by Fire
The-loyalist-manned steamer W[?]chope, an inter-State trader, wan destroyed by firn during the early hours of Saturday morning…
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THE steamer Wauohope was totally destroyed by fire at Portses, Victoria, on Friday evening last 'She had recently been trading between Melbourne and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wreck
A few days back a Clarence river fisherman sa[?]ling south to work the Macleay, no[?]ed a da[?]k patch about half a mile south of…
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