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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

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Another Steamer With Brokeir. Shaft. Terrible Time with Houses

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 October 1901 · page 8

AT daylight on Friday morning, a large, strange steamer was seen to be flying signuls of distress off the Samphoro, South. Australia. The spectacle presented by the…

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The Skipper Ashore

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 8

I HAPPEN to know that on a river, far away from the Richmond, the employees of the Co. are not allowed to take any active part over politics. Perhaps that in because their fiscal views scarcely…

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A Steamer in Peril. Coal [?]Gnites and Fire Reaches Kerosene Cargo

Northern Star · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 3

THE steamer Heathdeane, bound for Dunedin, arrived at Albany from New York on Saturday. She had a remarkable escape from destruction by fire. The coal…

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Mr. G. W. Nicoli's New Steamer "Cavanba." Another Fine Steamer

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 November 1901 · page 5

MR. G. W. NICOLA'S fine new steamer, the "Cavanba." (aboriginal name for Byron Bay), which he has had specially built to order for the important growing trade of Byron Bay, arrived…

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A Seven-masted Steel Schooner

Northern Star · Saturday 7 December 1901 · page 9

THE development of the multi-masted merchant schooner, which has advanced with such rapid strides during the past few years, is one of the most remarkable…

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The New Steamer Cavanba. the Trial Trip

Northern Star · Saturday 7 December 1901 · page 4

MR. G. W. NICOLL'S new steamer Cavanba (a description of which appeared in these columns on her arrival [?]rom Greenock), built for the trade between Byron Bay and Sydney, made a…

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