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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea
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IT will, perhaps, iuterest some if your readers who have not yet taken a trip to the Tweed by rail, to read a few of my little jottings by the way. Having arrived at the Lismore, station a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DURING the year 1895 there were 10 vessels wrecked on the coast of New. South Wales, representing 3508 tons, and involving the loss of 63 lives. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. G. W. NICOLL"S steamer Wollumbin, 247 tons, engaged in the trade between the Tweed River, Byron Bay, and Sydney, while on her way north, early on Tuesday morning last,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The recent rough weather is answerable for a most unfortunate mishap to the N.C.S.N. Co.'s steamer Tomki, which has had more than her share of ill-luck lately. The Tomki left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE White Star line steamer Georgic and a sister boat at present share the distinction of being the largest cargo steamers afloat. The Georgic is 10,077…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of the Marine Board was held on Monday, when further evidence was heard relating to the wreck of the Orara, which took place near Woolgoolga on the 30th…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE schooner Condong was wrecked at Morna Point on Saturday night during a southerly gale. The vessel left Sydney on Saturday morning for the Clarence River, and met the full force of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWS from Newcastle on Sunday last stated: At 11 o'clock this morning a small steamer was sighted off Redhead apparently making for Newcastle, and flying signals of distress. The tug…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE barquentine Karoola was on her way from Lyttelton to Sydney with a cargo of produce, and went ashore at 10 a.m. on Sunday hear Morna Point. She was driven northward through stress of weather,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN exciting incident occurred in New York Harbour recently. A tug-boat named Sayre came into collision with a ferry-boat. Her crew became alarmed, and leaped to the dock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A COLLISION between the steam collier Kolloe and the Grafton river boat Iolanthe took place at about 10 o'olook on Saturday night near Moore's Wharf. The Kelloe had just arrived from Catherine Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →What seaworn bark is that which lay Upon the beach at Byron Bay? Bereft of rudder, mast, and sails, Cast on the shore of New South Wales. A.P.G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PARTICULARS of the wreck of the Drummond Castle state the disaster ocourred at midnight. When the vessel struck it was pitch dark and raining. Most of the adult passengers were on deck at the time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE salvage operations at the wreck of the steamer Catterthun, off Seal Rocks, have been attended with further success, and with favorable weather the diver hopes to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Lubra, which left Sydney on Thursday last for Tonga, returned on Saturday through stress of weather, and the appearance of the vessel showed that she had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE steamer Lubra was in the thick of the gale off the coast last Thursday night. Since she was launched 20 years ago at Hayle, in Cornwall, she has come through many a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CAPTAIN John Hall to a representative of the HERALd told how the gold from the Catterthun was recovered. He said it was in May last that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CAPTAIN PEARSON, and the crew of the steamer Chindera, which was recently wrecked at the Tweed River entrance, arrived in Sydney last Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN inquiry touching the loss of the steamer Chindera, which took the ground while crossing the Tweed River Bar on the 9th instant, and became a total wreck, was commenced by the Marine Board…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Marine Board met on Tuesday, 6th instant. The inquiry concerning the wreck of the steamer Chindera at Tweed Heads, adjourned from Monday week, was continued…
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