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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897

31 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 2

Diving at the Wreck of the Tasmania

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 6

THOUGH the New Zealand divers have abandoned the wreck of the steamer Tasmania as hopeless for salvage, not so the Sydney submarine men. The…

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A Fifty-mile Steamer

Northern Star · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 5

AT the Morgan Ironworks, New York, there is said to the building a boat which is designed to milken speed in the neighbourhood of fifty mifes an hour. She is apparently not…

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Wreck of the Tasmania

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1897 · page 2

DIVER MAY, who was engaged by the New Zealand Government to recover the mails from the wreck of the Tasmania off the New Zealand coast,…

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Wreck of the Kameruka

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 October 1897 · page 4

THE Illawarra Co's steamer Kameruka struck a rock last Saturday night at Point Pedro. She was bound for Moruya to pick up passengers and freight for Sydney, and struck…

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Wreck of the H.H. Kameruka. Passengers Statements

Northern Star · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 7

STEAMING ahead at full speed in a calm sea with just a light breeze from the north east blowing, the Illawarra Company'a Kameruks, was on her way up to Sydney fmm Eden when at midnight on Saturday…

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"Wreck of the Kameruka. Examination Op Capt. Hersee

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 8

THE Marine Board last Monday opened the inquiry with reference to the wreck of the steamer Kameruka, which went ashore near Moruya tin the 17th ult., and became…

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New Steamer for the Richmond

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1897 · page 4

MR. W. T. YEAGER, the well-known timber merchant of Pyrmont, returned to Sydney yesterday by the Miowera, after a five months' trip through America, Canada, and England. The trip was…

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The Wreck of the s.s. London, 1866. ' Recollections by only two survivers. (Continued from Saturday's issue.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 December 1897 · page 6

AT daybreak on the 11th Captain Martin who had remained an example of cool resolute courage throughout tbe trying time entered the cuddy where all classes of passen…

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Wreck of the s.s. Fitszroy

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 2

THE shipping community was somewhat startled on Saturday morning when it was learned that the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company's steamer Fitzroy,had gone ashore about ten miles…

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Wreck of the Steamer Mystery

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 4

LAST Monday the well-known steamer Mystery foundered while crossing the bar at Southport, Queensland, with a fishing party aboard. She was struck by a heavy sea and went down…

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The Wreck at Roubidean

Northern Star · Saturday 25 December 1897 · page 3

ROUBIDEAU bridge was a long, wooden structure spanning the Gunnison a few hundred yards to the east of Roubidea tunnel. Emorging from the tunnel, east-bound, the…

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