Perilous Adventure. Boat Cut in Halves by a Steamer
Last Thursday night three residents of Wollongong, Messrs. Kembla, Howarth, and Fred. Peterson, fishermen, and Frank Robinson, had a sensational escape from a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906
60 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 3
A Motor Lifeboat
A feature of the French life saving exhibition at the Grand Palace in the Champs Elysees is a motor lifeboat, the first ever built in France. It is provided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Passenger Steamer
Messrs. Turner and Conroy are now pushing on with the completion of the hull of Messrs. Davis Bros. and Burgess' new river passenger steamer, which has been on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Gas Exploston. Street Fountain Wrecked
A r[?] her sensational gas explosion occurred in a street in Nelson (N.Z.) Kenning and Vercoe, two corporation laborers, noticed a smell of gas from a…
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RESIDENTS of this district who hail from the Hunter River will remember the steamer Cooreei, owned by the Williams River Steam Navigation Co.,…
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LATE particulars of the wreck of the steamer Steamer Sirio show that the vessel had on board 800 emigrants, bound from Buenos Ayres. She struck the Hormigas Shoals, and sank in less than…
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A STORY of suffering and privation was told by the survivors of the barque Pitcairn Island, who landed on the West Coast of South America, after a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the Brundah. New Steamer for the Richmond River Trade
THE Brunduh, a fine stamp of coasting steamer, designed expressly for the Richmond River trade, and sailing under the flag of the North Coast S.N. Co.'s Line, anchored in Watson's Bay last…
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Early Monday morning the now steamer Brumdah, just built at a cost of upwards of £30,000 for the Richmond River trade of the North Coast Steam Navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the Brundah. a Magnificent Steamer
The N. C. S. N. Company's new steamer Brundah arrived at Lismore on Monday evening at 7 o'clock. There was a large crowd of prople on the wharf awaiting…
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THIS vessel— a full description of which we published in last issue—arrived at Coraki on her maiden voyage to the river about 1 p.m. on Monday last, after a smart run. She was…
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ON the arrival of the S.S. Brundah at Coraki on her return trip on Tuesday evening a luncheon was given on board by the N.C.S.N. Co., Ltd., to which about 50 gentleman ssat down. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Passing Notes. Social Morality and Wreckagk by the Wayside
SEEING the Persistent raid by song. stresses, play actors, and general cadgers on private in the King City of the North,"one begins to wonder if it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Steamer Peregrine
A MARKED improvement in the Howard Smith liner Peregrine has been made, the popular liner having been lengthened and otherwise improved to meet the…
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MR. G. E. ARDILL, director of the Sydney Rescue Work Society and the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children, conducted the services at the Methodist Churches at Coraki,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Port Stephens
THE Union Company's steamer Rakanoa, which left Dunedin on Tuesday night for Newcastle, will make a search for the Port Stephens, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Co's. New Steamers. 15-Knot Steamer for Byron Bay
IMPORTANT additions will be made to the North Coast S.N. Company's fleet next year. The orders have already been placed by Mr. T. R. Allt, the chairman…
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The N.C.S.N. Coy. have given orders in the Old Country to build a 15-knot boat for the Byron Bay and other North Coast ports trade. Built…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →War Pinnace Cut in Two. Sailor Killed by Steamer
A fatal accident occurred during the visit of the Medway Reserve Fleet to Margate on 12th September.The pleasure steamer Conquerer,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Northern Star Published Saturday, December 1, 1906. Treatment of Shipwrecked Aliens
Each succeding Federal Government seems doomed to plunder in regard to the method of dealing with shipwrecked crews or passengers on the coast of Australia…
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