The Steamer Australian
THE steamer Australian crossed out of the Clarence on her way to Sydney, with a full cargo of sawn timber and railway sleepers on 21st December. She had about 40 passengers…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902
40 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
Narrow Escape from Foundering. Accident to the N.C.S.N. Co's Steamer Australian
AT 3.30 p m on Saturday, the 21st ultimo, the steamer Australian crossed out of the Clarence River on her way to Sydney, with a full cargo of sawn timber and railway sleepers. The wind…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steam Punt and Steamer
THE Victorian Murine Board last week grappled with the weighty problem, "Is a steam punt a steamship?" It all arose over the question whether the man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Prosperity on the Queensland Coast. Two Men Drowned
THE brigantine Prosperity, bound from the Richmond River to Brisbane, with a cargo of machinery, was wrecked at Point Lookout at 1 o'clock on Friday morning. It…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Prosperity. Full Details
As stated last issue the schooner Properity, from the Richmond River, was wrecked on Friday evening at Point Lookout, N.E. of Stradbroke Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Arrival of the S.S. Kyogle. New Steamer for the Richmond
THE N.C.S.N. Co.'s new steamer "Kyogle," built expressly for tho Richmond River trade, arrived in in Sydney, under command of Captain J.J. Simpson on Monday last. Mr. T. R. Allt, managing, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New North Coast Steamer. Arrival of the Kyogle
LOOKING somewhat stormbeaten after her long battle with the elements during her 13,000 miles of ocean steaming, the North Coast Steam. Navigation Co.'s new steamer Kyogle arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Steamer Kyogle. Arrival at Coraki
THE steamer " Kyogle," the latest addition to the largely-increasing fleet of vessels owned by the North Coast S.N. Co., Arrived in the Richmond River on her maiden voyage on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer "Kyogle." Celebrating the Vessel's Arrival
To celebrates the arrival of the North Coast S.N. Company's steamer, the Kyogle, an official luncheon was held on board on 16th April. Mr. Allt (chairman of the company)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arrival of the North Coast S. N. Go's. New Steamer Kyogle
THE steamer Kyogle, recently imported by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, made her maiden voyage in Australia this week, leaving Sydney on Monday and arriving at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Arawatta in the Gale. Condenser Carried Away
NEARLY thirty-six hous overdue the A.U.S.N. Company's well-known liner Arawatta arrived at Sydney on Monday night from Queensland ports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hurricane Wrecks Churches and Homes in Pennsylvania. Sad Easter
SELDOM before has Pittsburg been visited with so fierce a storm as that which fell upon it on March 30 shortly before noon. Damage was done to property which will…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Accident to the S S. Boyeric. the Chief Officer Reaches Premantle in the Lifeboat
DEFINITE news of the steamer Boveric, which was reported considerably overdue from Melbourne to Durban, was received at Fremantle on Thursday morning, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Most Costly Merchant Steamer in the World
THE sum of £1,235,000, for which the directors of the North German Lloyd are arranging policies of insurance on their new steamer the Kaiser Wilhelm ll. when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Torn Limb From Limb. Horrible Death in a Steamer's Crank Pit
LIVING in the bottom of one of the crank pits of the steamship La Touraina of the French line, while every revolution of the enormous steel beam tore his body limb…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Schooner Advance on the Rocks at Botany Heads
ANOTHER addition to the long list of shipping disa[?]ters which have occurred off Botany Heads was made at an early bonr on Thursday morning, when the Advance, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Maclean Sensation. Attempt to Wreck an Hotel
ON Tuesday night an attempt was made to wreck Lynch's Cosmopolitan hotel, Maclean, by means of dynamite. The hotel had been closed at the usual hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →McKeever in Sydney. New Steamer for Coraki Butter Factory—reduction in Selling Charges for Butter
SIR,—I know you are watching the success of your local Butter Factory with some pride, and so are all the farmers ; but the small output and high rents and exorbitant selling charges still…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tragedy of the Sea. Shipwreck, Murder and Cannibalism
The following remarkable story of a sea tragedy. is here published for the first time in Australia. More lucidly than any narrative of recent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Arrival of the New Steamer Ramornie
THOUGH nearly 200 tons smaller than her predecessor, the Kyogle, the North Coast S.N. Company's new steamer Ramornie, which arrived on Wednesday afternoon from Glasgow,…
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