Schooner Harriet on a Training Wail
The Schooner Harriet, which has been sheltering in Sea Reach, Burnett Head, went ashore on No. 8 training wall. The schooner was bound for Lismore,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
309 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 16
Wireless Telegraphy Means of Saving Life. Women and Children Transferred From Burning Steamer. London
Thanks to wireless telegraphy, 600 passengers including many women and children. were safely transferred from a burning steamer to another steamer off City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Expected. Grafton
It is reported that a steamer is coming aden with provisions. She is not one of the ordinary traders…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Steamer Founders. London
The steamer La Eisz. Sydney to Hamburg struck a rock and foundered in the Red Sea. The officers and crew landed at Aden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hurricane at Suva. Steamer Driven Ashore. Sydney
A message from Suva states that a hurricane had passed over Suva, and the British India liner Sangola was ashore. Several small craft were wrecked and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Free Steamer From Woodburn
Another reminder is given down river readers that to-morrow (Thursday) the steamer Frederick Davis will run from Woodburn to Lismore conveying buyers to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese Steamer in Collision. NEARLY 250 Perish. London
The Japanese coasting steamer M[?] Maru collided with the Hideyoshi Maru, near Hakodate. The captain and crew of 43, and upwards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch of N.C.S.N. Co.'s New Steamer. London
The North Coast Steam Navigation Co.'s new steamer Tintenbar has been launched at Ardrossan, Scotland. She sails in April…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Curious Career of a Steamer
The P. and 0. Company many years ago owned the R.M.S. Rosetta, and she was not unknown in Australian waters, She changed hands, and made her reappearance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Map[?]time Strike. Endeavours to Get Crews. Captains and End[?]neers Unobtainable. Merchants Service Guild Firm. No Steamer for the Clarence. Capital Supporting Employers. Sydney
The coastal shipping companies are makins vigorous chorts to procure sufficient crows to man their steamers. "Free labour" is offering freely but the securing of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Arrives. Murwillumbah
The steamer Duroby arrived to-day with a very large cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer for Richmond River
The North Coast Company's steamer Brundah left yesterday afternoon for this river, and cleared Sydney Heads at 5.50 p'm. Steamers will leave Sydney for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship From Australia Wrecked. London
The St. Mary's Bay, from Australia, has been totally lost at Taltal, Chile. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Cooloon. Grafton
The steamer Cooloon discharged 75 tons of general cargo here to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Insurgent Arabs. Fire on British Steamer. Kill Two Passengers Wound Others. Britain Demands Redress. London
Insurgent Arabs on the banks of the river Tigris, subjected the British steamer Biosselynch to a heavy r[?]e fire. A Turkish patrol steamer accompanying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disaster to S.S. BEGA. Statement of the Captain. Steamer Took List After Getting at Sea. All Efforts Unavailing. Difficulty in Launching Boats Boat Wathhlogged. Women Act Heroically. Sydney
The captain of the steamer Bega, in his account of the disaster, states the Beg[?] cleared. Tathra at about 7 on Sunday night. Shortly after the voyage started…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Disabled. London
The steamer Waipara, has been delayed at Port Natal, owing to her rudderpost being broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coastal Steamer Bega Foundered. Interview With the Captain
A SENSATION was created in Sydney on Monday morning, when the report was circulated the steamer Bega, belonging to the Illawarra Steamship Company…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Wrecked. Sydney
A cable has been received stating that the Tyser liner Star of Japan has been wrecked at Cape De Verde. She was on a voyage from London to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Wreck of the S. S. Bega
FURTHER information regarding the wreck of the 8.6. Bega shows that, two hours after she left Tathrn, the vessel took a decided list to starboard. Efforts were made to trim the cargo,…
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