Man Disappears From Steamer Sydney
John Hayes, a resident of Sydney, disappeared from the steamer Mataram en route from Darwin to Brisbane. He had expressed his intention to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920
63 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 4
Steamer Bombala. Sydney
The steamer Bombala, which was recently refloated and repaired at Townsviile passed Brisbane for Sydney, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Diseases on Steamer. 22 Deaths on Roggeveen. Sydney
It transpires that 22 deaths occurred on the steamer Roggeveen now quarantined in Sydney during the voyage from Java, from various diseases. Finally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Disaster. Biggest in French History. Steamer Afrique Wrecked. London
Thirty were saved from the wrecked steamer Afrique, on the French coast, out of 488. It is the biggest marine disaster in French history…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Freights. Further Increases
Owing to the increase in the wages of seamen and to the wharf laborers a few months ago, heavy additions were made to the freights and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Influenza. Steamer Quarantined in Sydney. Sydney
The steamer Bremen, from New Zealand ports, arrived in Sydney on Monday with five cases of influenza on board. The steamer, which has about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer's Strongroom Robbed. the Miltiades at Bombay. Sydney
The Miltiades arrived to-day. Captain Williams, relating the account of a robbery at Bombay from the vessel's strongroom, of treasury notes to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. Ketch Missing. Sydney
A small ketch, with five persons on board, including Mr. Beckett, a Melbourne journalist, which left Thursday Island for Burketown, has been missing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maianbar. Ashore at Macleay Heads
The well known steamer Maianbar, belonging to the N.C.S.N. Co., which left Kempsey on Saturday morning last, and was a full ship, with produce…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maianbar Ashore. a Trip to See
Sunday last saw some thousand or more sightseers tripping along the beach between South West Rocks and the New Entrance to see the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maianbar. Ashore at Macleay River Passengers Landed
The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Maianbar, whilst crossing the Macleay River bar on Saturday, become unmanageable, and ran ashore…
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THE North Coast S. N. Company's steamer, whilst crossing the Macleay River bar on Saturday, became unmanageable, and ran ashore on the South Beach. Her position,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Steamer. Sydney
A five occurred aboard the steamer Taiyun, which is undergoing overhaul at Mort's Dock, last night, and was extinguished by fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Steamer. Sydney
A five occurred aboard the steamer Taiyun, which is undergoing overhaul at Mort's Dock, last night, and was extinguished by fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cheating Davy Jones. Fortunes From Shipwrecks
In November 1918 the French cargo steamer Tours went ashore on the rock-bound coast of Hunts Bay, ten miles from Swansea…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Steamer Affray. Returned Soldier Blinded. Sydney
During an affray on the steamer Burwah, at Townsville, fireman Bailey, a returned soldier, was struck on the eye, which had been blinded by gas. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Glenreagh
The big cargo carrier Glenreagh, and one of the North Coast Company's steamers, did a trip to the Macleay at the week-end. The Glenreagh was built…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Stranded Steamer. Hopes of Salvage. Sydney
Salvage work was commenced on the steamer Auginish, which is stranded on the South Coast. The water tanks were found not to be stove in. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Beached
THE steamer Aughinish, when off Montague Island on Sunday last, struck a submerged obstacle, and had to be beached…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Tradegy Recalled Woman Escapes with Murderers. Three Months' Cruise in Ketch. Zara White's Death at Long Bay. Her Last Wish
The death of Earn White at the Long Bay Reformatory for Women, removes the last of the three concerned in the great Barrier murder,…
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