Shipping Disaster at Ballina. Two Vessels Ashore. Ballina
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused in Ballina late yesterday afternoon when it was known that two vessels were stranded on the bar. The steamer Sophia Ann had…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908
309 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 16
Disaster at Ballina. Steamer Sophia Ann and Tug Rescue Aground. Both Total Wrecks
Ballina reported yesterday morning south east, light winds, cloudy, sea moderate. Steamers Sophia Ann and Rescue still aground. Former regarded in safe position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Bega
EXTRAORDINARY precautions are being observed by the Illawarra S.N. Co. in preventing any member of the crew of the sunken steamer Bega being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Karori, Breaks Down. Sydney
The steamer Karori bound from Tasmani to Sydney broke her shaft. She was sighted by the steamer Perth [?] Friday night, when the latter stood by [?]hen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Rescue and Sophia Ann
SHORTLY after being towed out by the tug Rescue on Thursday evening, the Sophia Ann lost her rudder and was rendered powerless. Signals of distress were given…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecks at Ballina
The steamer Sophia Ann and tug boat Rescue, which went aground at Ballina on Thursday, afternoon, are now regarded as total wrecks. The steamers are lying in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck Near Cooktown
A TELEGRAM from Cooktown states that wreckage has been found five miles south of the Stewart River, and identified as part of the ketch Port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bega Wreck. Another Theory Advanced
The preliminary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the foundering of the steamship Boga was continued on Friday by Captain H. Newton, the Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Steamer "Ballina."
We understand that Messrs Fenwick Bros now river passenger steamer "Ballina" wail make her first trip to Lismore on Saturday next. The vessel is scarcely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bega Wreck. Another Theory Advanced
The preliminary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the foundering of the steamship Bega was continued on Friday by Captain H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ancient Wreck Discoveries
Mr. Mark Langdon, who recently opened tracks and crected a depot for stores for shipwrecked mariners in the vicinity of Port Davey, has informed the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegraphic News. the Disabled Steamer Karori. Sydney
The steamer Karori, which broke down off the Tasmanian coast on Friday week, has been towed into Sydney. For two days the vessel was unmanageable, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Picnic to Gundurimba
The Lismoro Methodist Church held its annual Sabbath School picnic on Easter Monday with a steamer excursion to Gumdurimba, for which purpose the new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Large Steamer Salved. £100,000 Saved. London
The Canadian Pacific liner Mount Temple, wreeked in December last on the coast of Ironbound Island, has been refloated, and taken into port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Call for the Lifeboat
Quite a little storm of Excitement prevailed in town on Wednesday night, when a call came over the telephone from Brunswick Heads, stating that a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ship Wrecked by a Meteor
A tale of shipwreck more vivid by far than the strangest imaginations of the writers of romance and adventure has reached Queenstown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caldwell a Physical Wreck. London
The medical officers of the Maltewan asylum have pronounced Robert Caldwell the witness in the Druce perjury case a mental and physical wreck. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Taviuni. WELLINGTON
The Union Company's steamer, Taviun[?] went, ashore south of the western breakwater at Westport. There was a heavy swell rooling in at the spot. The Tavi[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pearling Fleet Wrecked. Three Malays Drowned. Fremantle
News was received this morning intimating that a pearling fleet at Lagrange Bay consisting of numerous luggers was wrecked yesterday, during a severe storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barque's Lifeboat Found. Crave Fears of Her Safety. Newcastle
The steamer Barrabool, arrived from Brisbane, reports having picked up off Port Stephens a lifeboat belonging to the barque Criffel of 1139 tons, which left this…
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