Captain Suspended Iron Chief Wreck
The stranding of the steamer Iron Chief on Mermaid Reef on April 1, while on a voyage between Port Stephens and Coff's Harbor, had its…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928
47 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 3
Captain Barron Suspended. Iron Chief Wreck
The stranding, of the steamer iron Chief on Mermaid Reef on April 1, while on a voyage between Port Stephens and Colf's Harbour, had its…
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Vancouver: The steamer Callesto broke up and sank with all the crew after running aground in a thick fog on Saturday. Wreckage was later…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Coastal Steamer. North Coast Co.'s Melinga
The Melinga, an oil-engined craft which is to be added to the North oast Co.'s fleet, is due to arrive in Sydney on May 26. She is 161…
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After a ship has struck rocks and sunk, divers often find the job of salving the wreck a very difficult one. A method of salving, submerged…
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The Molinga, an oil-engined craft which is to be added to the North Coast Co's fleet, is due to arrive in Sydney on Saturday next, May 26…
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WHEN the steamer Pappinbarra arrived off the bar on Sunday there was a very rough sea running, and this, with a shoaled bar crossing, prevented her coming in. She…
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The steamer Calulu arrived at Sydney on Friday with 2300 tons of zinc slabs and silver lead, salved from the sunken steamer Yarra off Gizo. The…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday. A report from Bob's Farm, 10 miles north of Stockton, stated that the N.C.S.N. Co's., vessel Uralla had gone…
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The cyclone la reported to have developed right along the New South Wales coast and Lord Howe Island; and gales and rough to high seas were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Coastal Storm. Worst for 34 Years. Two Steamers Ashore. Manning in Flood. Taree Isolated--Telegraph and telephone Lines Down. Electric Lighting System Disturbed
For a number of years it appears to be the regular thing for a gale of hurricane violence and accompanied by rain to strike the Manning district…
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The N.C.S.N. Co.'s timber boat Uralla, well-known on the Macleay, and which only recently lifted a cargo of poles from the Government wharf,…
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An attempt to goat the wrecked Oralia May be made about July 3 or 4, according to Mr. A. H. Hough (Newcastle agent for the North Coast…
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"Is the best [?]old Dan Maxwell. A red sunder was just breaking through the fringe of angry clouds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dredge Bellingen Ashore
On Tuesday afternoon of last week, whilst the dredge Bellingen was being towed out of the Bellinger River over the bar, some mishap occurred to the…
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The new hand thought life was being very hard on him. On his first day on board he had been examined by the dentist, later vaccinated, and…
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At 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning the Holyman steamer Hall Caine, badly battered was towed to the south wharf, Melbourne, by the…
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On Friday night the wrecked steamer Uralla, under the influence of a heavy sea, shifted down the Stockton Beach 15ft. by the bow, 10ft. by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dunbar Wreck. 71st ANNIVERSARY
The Primate (Dr. Wright) on Sunday afternoon conducted a service at the Dunbar tomb in the Camperdown cemetery, to commemorate the 71st…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mystery of the Sea. Disappearance of Steamer. Valuable Cargo of Gold. Suggested Pirates' Work
Are pirates responsible for the disappearance of the Asiatic Prince, the large liner manned by a crew of 30 Chinese and eight British officers,…
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