Shipwreck and Thirst
A correspondent who has been reading telegraphed accounts of the terrible sufferings of the crew of the wrecked steamer Elingamite, tells a London paper that the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1903
43 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 3
North Coast S.N. Co. Launching a New Steamer
THE ceremony of launching" the new steel twin-screw steamship Myee for the North Const Steam Navigation Company, Limited, was succesfully…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Elingamite Wreck. Addresses by Counsel
WHEN the magisterial inquiry iuto the wreck of the Elingamite was resumed at Auckland on Monday morning, after an adjournment extending over the holidays, the addresses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Elingamite Wreck. Decision of the Marine Court
THE court of inquiry into the wreck of the Elingamite at Auckland on January 19, after reviewing the case at length, stated that owing to some defect in the engines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Noted Wreck-Raiser
AFTER upwards of 40 years' service with the Thames Conservancy, Mr. Charlea Wood recently retired. He has been for many years a notable wreek-raiser, and has an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another River Passenger Steamer
THE "Emma Pyers," which Messrs Fenwick Bros, have specially fitted up for the river passenger trade, made her first trip to Lismore on Saturday, and created a very favourable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boarding the Wrong Mail Steamer
A STORY is told how a couple of passengers booked by the P. and O. mail steamer for London narrowly escaped being carried on by the Japanese mail liner. It so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Steamer Osprey
THE N.C.S.N. Co's. drogher Osprey, after a lengthy overhaul and refit, is now pratically a new boat. She has been under repairs at the Coraki Slip since the latter part of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer City of Grafton. a Complete Overhaul. Practically a New Steamer
THE City of Grafton, the well-known paddlo steamer engaged in the North Coast trade, has been land up for some months undergoing an overhaul. This is being done so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of the Steamer Oakland
THE news yesterday of the loss of the N.C.S.N Company's steamer Oakland, with all but six of the crew, created a feeling of profound sorrow here when the news became known, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Oakland
THE news which reached Casino on Friday last that the s.s. Oakland had been wrecked was received with very great sorrow. Different accounts reached…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Oakland
The Oakland was no well-known here that a description if her seems superfluous. She was an iron vessel of 388 tons, built to the order of Mr. W. T. Yeager in 1890,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Oakland. Sap Loss of Life. Captain Slater and Chief Engineer Perish From Exposure. Sydney
THE North Coast S.N. Coy's steamer Oakland foundered off Cabbage Tree Island at four o'clock on Wednesday morning whilst trying to enter Port…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Oakland
How feeble this, pen is to picture the story of those who went down at the first streak of dawn! New names to inscribe on the sea-scroll of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Oakland. Fearful Sufferings of the Crew
FULL particulars of the foundering of the Oakland, off Port Stephens, on Wednesday morning, show that the vessel had a complement of 17 hands,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →First Channel Turbine Steamer
IN April a new turbino cross-channel steamer, The Queen, built by Messrs. Denny Brothers, for the S.E. and C.R., was launched at Dumbarton. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Loss of the Steamer Oakland
The news arrived here on Saturday last of the loss of the N.C.S.N. Company's steamer Oakland with all but six of the crew and created a feeling…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Oakland Wreck. the Survivors Pale and Haggard
THE survivors from the wreck of the steamer Oakland reached Sydney early on Saturday bythe steamer Sydney from Newc[?]stle. There were six of them: Mr. Gaites, who was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer City of Grafton
THIS vessel was an object of much curiosity on her trip here last Saturday. We have already published a detailed report of the extensive improvements carried out during her six months'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Story of an Ancient Wreck
CAPTAIN STRACHAN a veteran island trader recently sent an extraordinary consignment to Sydney, where his schooner, the Envy, is registered. It…
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