Seventy-five years Ago. Wreck of the Barque "Rosetta Joseph."
The following story, written about 30 years ago, was narrated by an eye witness when a little girl at Port Macquarie over 70 years ago. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1927
29 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Wreck of the Pegasus
About half-an-hour after midnight on Thursday morning, 20th July, 18[?]3 the steamship Pegasus, having started from Leith, on the east coast of Scotland, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short Story. When Tillinghast Went Ashore
When the troop transport r[?]d M[?] Private Tillinghast w[?] on a stretcher. Destiny had [?] that he should go to the hospital [?] of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Founders Off Terrigal. Several Drowned
THE collier Galava foundered oft Terrigal at midnight on Tuesday. Several members of the crew were missing or drowned. The captain (James…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Struck by Lightning
On Wednesday, 19th January, 1848, occurred one of the rare instances of a ship at sea being struck by that electric force in the earth's atmosphere which is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lonely Outpost Steamer Stopped for Medicine
An incident in the life of a white man living alone amongst natives in one of the remotest outposts of civilisation was related by officers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Wattabump
The following humorous parody on "The Wreck of the Hesperus" appeared in a Sydney newspaper a year or two ago on the occasion of a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Steamer Sold
The steamer Poonbar has been purchased on behalf of Tasmanian interests, and is to trade between Hobart, Sydney and Brisbane. It is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scrap the Leader or Wreck the Party
The Secretary of the Town and Country Union writing from Melbourne, says:—In an address to members of the A.W.N. this was the text of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Sinks Launch
As the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer "Arakoon" was proceeding down the Macleay River on Saturday morning at about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ketch Ashore
Hobart: The ketch "Alice" of 49 tons, went ashore, at George's Bay yesterday morning. Heavy seas broke over her forcing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad 'White' Negroes Discovery in Africa Dutch Scientist Theory. Grosvenor Wreck Recalled. Poignant Tragedy of the Sea
One of the most poignant tragedies in the history of the sea is still being perpetatued among the native villages of Pondeland, in South-east…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When Steamer Founded. Passengers Eaten by Sharks
Survivors of the island steamer Negros, which foundered in a typhoon on May 28, 150 miles south of Manilla, arrived in New York aboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Basic Wage and Endowment. Rise in Coastal Steamer Freights and Grocery Pr[?] Likely
A rise in [?] steamship freights and fares and higher prices for gro[?]eries are [?]ely to be the direct result of them [?]ed basic wage and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck of the "Wotonga." an Old Time Tale
Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll—Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain."—Byron…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the "Wotonga" an Old Time Tale
"Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll—Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Wrecks Work of the Red Cross
Now that the war is only a memory there are many people who wonder what the Red Cross Stands for to-day and what it si doing Little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of Italian Liner
The sensation of the week has been the wreck of the Italian liner Princepessa Malfaida, bound from Genoa to the Argentine. The ship struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Chinese Pirates. Seize French Steamer
News of a dramatic fight between pirates and military guards, on board the French steamer Kiangking, trading up the Yangtse Gorges, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecks of the Beauty Parlor. Women Made Hideous by Unskilled Operators
Of all the new fangled notions of the past few years none have grown with such rapidity as the cult of the beauty specialist,…
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