A Steamer on Wheels. To Beat all Present Records
LOCOMOTION is making wonderful progress— on paper. In addition to the problems of navigating balloons against the wind, and of journeying from place to place in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896
26 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 2
Steamer Attacked by Whales
A REMARKABLE story of whales attempting to destroy a steamer is vouched for. A screw steamer, Seminole, 2557 tons, recently arrived at Jacksonville, Florida…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wreck of the Dayspring
By the Messageries Maritimes Company's mail steamer Armand Behic, from Noutnea among her passengers were Captain C. W. Bibbing, late commander of the Presbyterian mission…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wreck of the Dayspring. The Saved Boat's Experience
As already reported, the second boat of the wrecked steamer Dayspring with the chief officer and five men arrived at Cape Capricorn after being capsized in the open sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Colonial Steamer
MR. P. COHEN says the first steamer built in this colony was the William IV., und she traded to Port Macquarie. It is now a little more than 60 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sailor's Narrow Escape. Fell Off a Steamer While at Work. Went Down Twice Before Rescued
One of the sailors of the Kullatina had a narrow escape from drowning on Tuesday morning last, Buys a Sydney correspondent., He was busy scraping the sten…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →