Steamer Jap
The wooden coastal steamer Jap, 242 tons gross, which grounded on a spit about 200 yards north of the breakwater at Forster, near Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934
52 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 3
Coastal Steamer Jap Wrecked at Forster Entrance Crew Safely Landed
When being lowed out by the tug "Forster" last Monday night about ten o'clock, the Coastal Steamship Company's steamer, "Jap" struck a sand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Jap. Stranded on Tuncurry Beach Likely to Become Total Wreck
The wooden coastal steamer Jap (242 tons gross), while attempting to cross out at Forster-Tuncurry entrance on Monday night, about 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Hope of Re-floating. Steamer Now in Three Pieces
Our Forster correspondent supplements the foregoing information:--After the steamer had been caught end on on the bar, it was recognised…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck Sold
Our Forster correspondent telephoned us as follows on Friday morning: The sale of the wreck of the "Jap" to Mr. Bratz, of Tuneurry, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Jap Ashore at Cape Hawke. Abandoned by Crew
The wooden coastal steamer Jap (242 tons gross), while attempting to cross out at Forster-Tuncurry entrance on Monday week, about 11,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Hope of Re-floating. Steamer Now in Three Pieces
Our Forster correspondent supplements the foregoing information:— After the steamer had been caught end on on the bar, it was recognised…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck Sold
Our Forster correspondent telephoned us as follows on Friday morning:— The sale of the wreck of the "Jap"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Jap a Total Wreck
The steamer Jap, which grounded outside Cape Hawke bar recently, became a total wreck, and was disposed of for £15…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Boambee" Sinks Crew Swim Ashore
When the captain and crow of the "Boambee" "turned in" on Friday night, they had no thoughts of a cold dip before daylight. The boat was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miracle of Chance Life-giving Serum Washed Ashore
An astonishing story of a serum which was washed ashore in a phial at the moment when a man was dying for the want of it was related…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coastal Steamer Sinks. Deck Boy's Heroism
Four members of the crew of the well-known coastal steamer, Boambee, had an almost miraculous escape from drowning when the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nambucca's Crew Come Ashore. Sydney
A message was received in Sydney to-day stating that the crew of the coastal steamer Nambucca, which went ashore yesterday, left the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in a Fog Greek Steamer Lost
When the Greek steamer Meandros sank recently after collision with the British steamer Dartford in a fog off St. Catherine's.' Point,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Nambucca" a Total Wreck. Drifted on to Sandspit Near Entrance Td River
The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer "Nambucca," after an adventurous life of twelve years, during the latter portion of which at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nambucca a Total Wreck. Broken in Halves on Sand Bank
Pounded by heavy seas for two nights and a day, the 415-ton wooden coastal steamer Nambucca, which became stranded on a sandspit near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Total Loss
A notice posted in the Royal Exchange, Sydney, on Wednesday, advised that the Nambucca had broken her back, and was a total loss. Heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nambucca Wrecked
The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Nambucca grounded on the south spit at the entrance to Nambucca River, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.S. Nambucca. Wrecked at Nambucca Heads
The 4[?]5-ton wooden coastal steamer Nambucca went ashore on Monday in a dangerous position on the south spit at the entrance to the Nambucca…
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