Shipwrecks
The Mayor then introduced the next question—that of the Fitzroy and Our Jack—to assist those who had suffered. The Shire Council…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921
56 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 3
Wreck of the Dunbar. Old Memories Recalled
In writing of the floods in the early days on the Clarence Mr. D. McFarlane Tefers to the wreck of the Dunbar, which recalls to memory the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Smallpox on Steamer. Sydney
A Melbourne message states that in formation has been received that a case of smallpox has occurred on the steamer Montoro, en route from Singapore to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Adrift. Sydney
The tug Heroine has towed to port the steamer Westborough, bound from Newcastle to Whyalla, South Australia, which lost her propeller off the New…
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Plans and specifications have been sent to England for a new steamer to replace the Wollongbar in the Byron Bay trade. The new vessel is to be an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Replace the Fitzroy an Historic Steamer
To replace the ill-fated steamer Fitzroy on the North Coast service. Langley Brothers have purchased the French steamer Saint Francois,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Sunk. Double Collision in Fog. Large Number Missing. Disaster off Scottish Coast
The steamer Rowan has been sunk as the result of a collision in a fog off the west coast of Scotland Sixty-seven persons are…
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THE North Coast Steam Navigation Co. has ordered from England a new steamer to replace the Wollongbar in the Byron Bay trade. The new boat will have ample…
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Mr. J. J. Rowe, general manager of the Macleay River Co-operative Steamship Company, is at present on a business trip to Brisbane, with a view to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After Many Days. Ocean Steamer Reaches Kempsey
After taking soundings of the channel during the week Captain Ellery, local manager of the N.C.S.N. Co., decided to bring the "Maianbar" up to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Plague. Three Deaths at Brisbane. Master of Steamer Fined. Brisbane
Three deaths occurred in the isolation hospital on Thursday. Six infected rats were found at Townsville, four at Innisfail and two in a sugar mill at…
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It did not take very long to demolish the shop on the corner of Tozer and Elbow streets, formerly occupied by Mr. Daley, storekeeper. The structure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Sydney Letter. the Wreckers
There are tales of ships lured to destruction by false lights, which promised a clear passage, but which, when followed, dashed them on the pitiless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Social Wreckage
There is a wreckage of individuals and communities as well as of ships. There are those who, by confirmed obliquity of reasoning, have persuaded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Mail Wreck
Disaster overtook Australia's first aerial mail on the first trip. Three machines set out from Ger[?]ron to Carnarvon, and one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer. to Replace Wollongbar. Sydney
The N.C.S.N. Co. is bringing out from Scotland another steamer to replace the Wollongbar, which was recently lost at Byron Bay. The new boat will be…
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