Houses Wrecked by Salt
In the salt-mining towns of Cheshire many buildings are leaning at a dangerous angle as a direct result of the demand for salt. In…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1926
33 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 2
Moree Mail Wrecked. Appalling Scenes
A HEAD ON collision in the pitch blackness of the night between portion of a goods trains, which broke away from Murulla Crossing, about…
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The schooner " Maroro" reaches Sydney late last night after a voyage of 95 days from Gisborne, New Zealand. The crew numbering ten,…
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Captain Ellery, local manager of the N.C.S.N. Co., informs us that the new steamer, the "Arakoon," left the Glasgow shipbuilding yards on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the Port Kembla Foundered Dusky Islanders Rejoiced
Waiting's Island, in the Bahamas, which claims the distinction of having been the first land sighted in the New World by Columbus, witnessed,…
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The great value of the national ferry at Smithtown was amply illustrated by the great inconvenience caused by a stoppage of nearly two days last…
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The steamer Gunbar, a well-known vessel in the fleet of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, and which paid frequent visits to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M. R. Diary Co's New Steamer
The new steamer for M. R. Diary Co., is to be surveyed at Taree on Saturday next. The boat is to be brought to Taree for the convenience of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is the Steamer Doomed ? Most of the Ships Now Built Are Motor-driven
The largest motor-driven vessel in the world, the 22,500 ton Asturias, of the South American service of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company…
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The Arakoon, the latest addition to the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's fleet, is expected to reach Durban this week. She left Teneriffe on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fish Stops Steamer
DURING the voyage of the Mannganui from Sydney to Auckland the vessel slowed to two knota with the engines running well. It was discovered that the steamer bad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saved from Shipwreck to Die Prom Burns
To survive grim shipwreck off the North Coast, N.S.W., to drift in shark-infested waters for 14 hours, and to gain military honors for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer "Arakoon."
The "Arakoon," constructed at Glasgow for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company to replace the "Maianbar" on the Macleay River Service, and which recently arrived in Sydney after a voyage the vicissitudes of which proved her a most reliable and seaworthy boat, will leave Sydney on…
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