Cyclonic Storm at Mayfield. Nearly Twenty Houses Wrecked
Between 15 and 20 houses were wrecked on Tuesday by a cyclonic storm at Mayfield, which swept along a narrow strip…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
47 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 3
Bridge Wrecked
A Uralla correspondent, reporting Monday last, said :—Following very heavy rain on Saturday night, waterways in the district are flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Old Time Wreck. Loss of the J. T. BERRY
The "Raleigh Sun" reprints the following from the issue of the "North Coast Times" of February 3, 1883. (Perhaps some old residents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Wrecks Provision for Wives
Returned soldiers, patients in mental hospitals, whose homes are in the country, think that the Government should make monetary provision so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coff's Interstate Port Another Big Steamer
Coff's Harbour is becoming well established as a port from which to ship timber direct to interstate ports. The visits of bigger ships to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Happiness Was Wrecked
There's a certain very disconsolate young man over at the Treasury Department who bonds perspiringly over his desk all tho day, and thinks long and gloomy thoughts…
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The Steamer, Iron Chief, 2720 tons, went ashore on Sunday night on Mermaid Reef, near the entrance to the Manning River. Propeller gone, and…
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Last Sunday night at 9.30 p.m., Capt. Cockle, pilot at Coffs Harbour, and Capt McKenzie, marine superintendent of Interstate Steamships, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck Near Crowdy Cargo Steamer Ashorl [?]
[?] bound from Pott Stephens [?] to take in a load of [?] on the [?]…
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THE recently wrecked steamer Merimbula was sold to a Melbourne man for £300. After striking Mermaid Reef and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wreck Episode. Mr. Majerszky's Daring Swim to Get Newspaper Copy
Those who sit at home and read newspaper reports of Sensational events in comfort have no idea of the risks and effort sometimes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Incident of the Wreck. City Pressman Wants Narrative from Ship."I'll Get You a Story," Says Andre Majersky. and He Did
When the S.O.S. went out from the Iron Chief on Sunday night there was an agitated telephone system, and reporters were "called up" by quite…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Total Wreck. Iron Chief Splits in Half. Crew Rescued Under Difficulty
The steamer Iron Chief, which ran on Mermaid Reef on the night of Sunday, April 1st, and was beached next morning a mile and a half south…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Iron Chief a Total Wreck. Gallant Rescue by Alex. Heynatz
The steamer Iron Chief, which ran on the Mermaid Reef on the night of Sunday, April 1, and was beached next morning a mile and a half south…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Total Wreck. [?] Iron Chief. a Night of Peril. [?] Rescue of Crew
[?] iron Chief, which ran [?] on the night of [?] and was beached [?] and a half south…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Wreck Episode. Mr. Majersky's Daring. Swim
Those who sit at home and read newspaper reports of sensational events in comfort, have no idea of the risks and effort sometimes required…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Iron Chief Wreck Sold
The wreck of the steamer Iron Chief and her cargo of 11,227 sleepers were sold by auction in 'Sydney on Tuesday I for £550. Mr. E. S. Budrodeen, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck and 11,227 Sleepers. Sold for £550
The wreck of the Iron Chief, and her cargo of 11,227 sleepers were sold on Tuesday for £550, at the auction rooms of Messrs. F. R. Strange Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Iron Chief Wreck Court Inquiry the Skipper's Story
A [?] to the str[?] of the hon chief on M[?]…
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