Swim Amongst Sharks Crew of Wrecked Launch Sydney
When the 40-ton launch Elam sprang a leak in a storm near Cape Grafton, Queensland, the aboriginal crew swam ashore more than a mile through shark…
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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
52 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 3
When the 40-ton launch Elam sprang a leak in a storm near Cape Grafton, Queensland, the aboriginal crew swam ashore more than a mile through shark…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tuesday night of last week a violent explosion just before midnight wrecked the store of Messrs. Samuel Bow and Sons, of Uralla…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The rudder of the launch Venture, bound from Sydney to Brisbane. carried away in heavy weather between Morns Point and Nelson's Bay early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the height of a gale four men were, rescued last Tuesday night from the Sydney owned launch, Venture, by the coastal steamer Urana, which left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another trans-Siberian express has been wrecked, making the third within three months. This time it is feared the outrage is accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shanghai: Another trails-Siberian express was wrecked, making the third within three months. This time it is feared the outrage was accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[The following is an historical record of historical value, and will be read with interest. It was written by the grandfather of the late Mr. H. E…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our ship, having undergone a thorough repair at a cost of nearly £600, and having shipped 30 re-convicted English prisoners from the cells…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[The following is an historical record of historical value, and will be read with interest. It was written by the grandfather of the late Mr. H. E…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The vessel shortly afterwards parted in two, and the stern was carried round by the violence of the breakers before the bow. It appeared to us…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our ship, having undergone thorough repair at a cost of nearly £600, and having shipped 30 re-convicted English prisoners from the cells…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →We could see the coast of Van Diemans Land distant about forty miles, but the Mate who knew all the seas and shores about us very well, said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The vessel shortly afterwards parted in two, and the stern was carried round by the violence of the breakers before the bow. It appeared to us…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A collision occurred between the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Cobaki and the relieving pilot steamer John Oxley off Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We embarked in the Cutter the next morning (Sunday), at five o'clock, Captain Moriarty and Mr. Power having given up their immediate business…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We could see the coast of Van Diemans Land distant about forty miles, but the Mate who knew all the seas and shores about us very well, said…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →About a week after my arrival at Hobart Town I met Archdeacon Marriott, at the Bishop's, and he invited me to come immediately to New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brisbane: There is still no news of several overdue luggers which were evidently battered in the recent cyclonic gale, and the worst is feared. So far…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We embarked in the Cutter the next morning (Sunday), at five o'clock, Captain Moriarty and Mr. Power having given up their immediate business…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The wooden coastal steamer Jan (242 tons gross), which grounded on a spit about 200 yards north of the breakwater at Forster, near Cape…
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