Fire on the Queensland Mail Steamer Dorunda
A telegram from Thursday Island states Captain Prentice, of the steamer Duke of Argyle, from London, reports that a serious fire was burning on the British India…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894
33 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
Hardships of Wrecked Sailors
FROM the narrative of Archer and Priestly, two of the survivors of the Kanahooka, the following, is an extract:—'On the Friday after the wreck they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Poor Man's Steamer
AMONG nautical people a poor man's ship is frequently spoken of, meaning that she possesses specially economical qualities, as for example shifting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Grecian Bend
ABOUT a month ago the three-masted schooner Grecian Bend departed from the Clarence (says the Mercury) for New Zealand with a cargo of timber from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Grecian Bend. Supposed to Have Foundered at Sea
ABOUT a month ago the three-masted schooner Grecian Bend left the Clarence with a cargo of timber from Mesrs. Murray Bros' saw-mill, North Arm. As the vessel has not yet put in at…
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BY the Union Company's steamer Waihore,, which arrived in Sydney last week from Auckland, the following particulars concerning the missing schooner Grecian…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Electra
ON Wednesday afternoon April 18, the steamer Electra ran a trial trip in Sydney. This vessel, it will be remembered, was ashore at the Manning for some time, and after being docked…
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THE steamer Aspatria, has just had a terrible experience in crossing the Atlantic. The Aspatria is a fine steamer of 4100 tons dead weight, and took on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Steamer Wollumbin
MR. G. W. NICOLL'S new steamer Wollumbin came cut of Drake's Dock last Friday, and is now at Mr. Nicoll's wharf having her passenger cabins finished. After making a trial trip…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Foundering of the Steamer Greyhound
THE members of the crew of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Greyhound arrived in Sydney on Saturday and reported the loss of their vessel off the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trial Trip of a new Coasting Steamer
A DELIGHTFUL couple of hoars were spent last Tuesday afternoon in Sydney on board the new coasting steamer Wollumbin. At the invitation of Mr. George W. Nicoll, the…
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THE crew of the North Count Steam Navigation Company's steamer Greyhound, contusting of four men and Captain D. Callaghan, arrived in Sydney on Saturday after a perilous experience at sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Greyhound—Marine Board Inquiry
AN inquiry was held last Thursday into the circumstances of the foundering of the steamer Greyhound on the 4th instant near Long Reef. There was a full board present. The…
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AN unhappy experience of fishermen is reported by the steamer Kingsley, which arrived last week. Two men had been on an island off the coast for 14 days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daring Piracy on a Passenger Steamer
THE passenger steamer Kwong Sang left Canton recently for Whampoa with 80 Chinese passengers, roost of them in posession of small sums of money. All…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swallows Invade a Steamer
A RATHER curious episode in natural history occurred the other day on board the French steamboat Abd-el-Kader during the passage from Marseilles to Algiers…
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MR. JAMES HUDDART'S ocean greyhound Miowera, on 30th July, ran upon an uncharted rock at Askerwold, in Norway. The vessel was on an excursion…
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AT Brewarrina on Saturday a Chinese cook on the river steamer El fie deliberately shot a deck hand named Bolt through the back with a revolver on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Cambus Wallace
Thb.survivors: of the orew of the barque Cambua Wallace, wrecked near Swan Bay, Strndbroko Inland, Queensland, wore brought to Brisbane on Tuesday night by tlie Government steamor Miner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of s.s. William Langford. Narrow Escape of Captain Fenwick and the Engineer
ON Saturday morning the s.s. William Langford, in charge of her owner, Captain Fenwick, went out to tow in the ketch George. The bar was some. what lumpy at the time, but the steamer crossed…
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