Launch of a Steamer. the Awaroa. for New Zealand
A fine type of a passenger and cargo steamer, designed and built for the Northern Union Steamboat Company, Limited, of Helensville, New Zealand, was successfully…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904
47 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 3
Terrible Disaster in America. Children's Excursion Steamer Takes Fire. Over 1100 Lost. London
One thousand children and 9OO adults, chiefly women connected with St. Mark's German Lutheran Church, New York, wera proceeding in the three-decked steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest News. Wreck of the R.M.S. Australia. the Vessel a Total Wreck.—no Lives Lost. Melbourne
REPORT received from Queenseliff at 4.30 a.m. this morning stated the look-out advised that the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Australia, 6901…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TELEGRAMS. Wreck of the P. and, 0. Steamer Australia. Sydney
The P. and O. steamer Australia, inward from London, struck on Nopean reef early this morning. It is supposed the disaster occurred during a dense fog. The water is…
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LAST Thursday a frightful disaster occurred in New York Harbor, when a fire broke-out on board the excursion steamer General Sloeum, resulting in the death of about 500 persons. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appalling Disaster. Picnic Steamer Afire. London, June 16
Further particulars of the appalling disaster at New York yesterday show that I000 children and 900 adults, chiefly woman, connected with St…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Latest News. Wreek of an Emigrant Steamer. OVER 700 Lives Lost. London
THE Danish emigrant steamer Norge, 3318 tons, has been wrecked, and it is feared that upwards of 750 Scandinavians arid Finns, who wore aboard of her…
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In connection with the wreck of the Danish emigrant steamer Norge, bound from Copenhagen to New York it is feared that upwards of 780…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods and Shipwreck. Supposed Foundering of S.S. NEMESIS
THE flood waters covered a lot of country in the Hunter Valley, and did much damage. They are now subsiding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Storm. Wrecks on the Coast. Rivers in Flood
The ' S. M. Herald ' says: To the already long list of furious tempests which, have swept along our seaboard, playing havoc with frail craft and placing huge steamships…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Peculiar Steamer
AN original steamer has just been built in Denmark. It can travel on land as well as on water, crossing a neck of land on a railway track and then…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"The Times" Steamer Haimun
THE steamer Haimum was lying in Hongkong harbour when the E. and A. steamer Australian left for Sydney. Her mission to the north as a press boat for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Aigburth. an Experience with Cannibals
SEVEN of the survivors from the wrecked ship Aigburth, which ran on a reef off Rooke Island on her way from Newcastle to Java, arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Australia
The question whether any steps will ultimately be taken to remove the wreck of the Australia from Point Neapean has not yet been oven remotely considered by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Steamer for Byron Bay
MR. G. W. NICOLL'S new steamer for the Byron Bay-Sydney trade was recently launched in Scotland, and will be called after one of the North Coast…
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As is already known to cope with the extending passenger trade of these d stricts, Mr. G. W. Nicoll is placin. another up-to-date steamer for the Byron Bay—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mail Steamer Shadowed by Russians
THE Orient liner Oroya, which arrived in Sydney last week from London, reports being "shadowed" by a Russian cruiser during the early part of the passage. The cruiser carried at least…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked
WRECKE'n within sight of port, When all around is fair, When tender hearts at home Are waiting there!…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wreck at Newcastle
WHILE entering the port at 10.30 on Friday morning, in tow of Messrs. Fenwick and Co.'s tug Victoria, and in charge of a pilot, the large four-masted French…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Architect's Death. Crushed by a Pontoon While Rushing for a Steamer
The Assistant Sydney City Coroner hold an inquiry on Friday morning into the circuuistances attending the death of Edward Henry William Rumsey, who died in Sydney…
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