Request for Fast Steamer. Public Meeting at Grafton. Grafton
At a well-attended public meeting to-night convened by requisition to the Mayor the following resolutions were carried unanimously;…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
305 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 16
Steamer Ashore
The British India liner Waipara 5505 tons which left Brisbane for London on Wednesday evening, via Sydney, struck on a rock near Cape Moreton at midnight and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Missing Steamer Waratah. LONDON
It is officially announced that the Capetown Government and Admiralty have abandoned the search for the Waratah…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Steamer Launched. London, Thursday Afternoon
The New Zealand Shipping Companu's new steamer Ruahine has been launched at Dumbarton…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wreck of the Enrol. SYDNEY, Saturday, 21
The evidence of the survivors of the barque Errol which was taken by the Norwegian Consul was made available to-day, and a dreadful tale of suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wrecked Waipara. Water Increasing in Holds. Salvage Chances Diminishing. Brisbane
The British India Company's marine superintendent reports that the water is in all the holds of the steamer waipara. The water is increasing in the first,third…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →French Barque Wrecked, Boat Picked Up. the Fremantle Sensation. Fears for Safety of Captain's Boat. Perth (W.a.)
The castaways observed off the West Austalian coast when picked up proved to be from the French barque Gaol,bound from London to Hobart laden with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Harbour Collision. Ferry Steamer and Launch. Sydney
In the harbour this morning a collision occurred between the ferry steamer Kummula and the steam launch Vivid. It appears the latter's steering gear went…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of S.S. Ohio. London, Sunday Afternoon
The American steamer Ohio has been wrecked at Steep Point. Alaska. Eccless, wireles operator, who was drowned with four others, stuck to his post until his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cablegrams. Mail Steamer Stranded. London
The mail steamer Nord, which left Dover at ll o'clock on Saturday night, was stranded in a fog opposite the Casino at Calais, and the landing of her 398…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Missing Waratah. Another Steamer's Futile Lookout. Fremantle (W.a.)
The steamer Tasmania, which arrived at Fremantle saw nothing of the Waratah while crossing the Indian Occan although a strict lookout was kept day and night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecks of Trawlers. London
A powerful salvage stenmer, with gear, has left Hull with the object of recovering the salvage portion of £150,000 worth of property, consisting of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Rakaia. London
The steamer Rakaia, which left London on August 7 for New Zealand, was spoken on August 26, in latitude 18deg, 34min. S., Iongitude Odeg. 12min. E. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Steamer Delayed. London, Wednesday Afternoon
The Orient line steamer Osterley has been delayed at Colombo with a bent piston, rod…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Launch of New Steamer for N.C.S.N. Company. London, Friday Afternoon
The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Ourimbah was successfully, launched at Ardrossan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipwrecked Men From S.S. Maori Reach Plymouth. Cape Coast the Worst Hguted in the World. London
Fifteen of the wrecked steamer Maori's survivors have reached Plymouth. The engineer. Mr. Marwood, states that the Cape coast, is the worst lighted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Missing Waratah. Commonwealth's Search for Missing Steamer. Steamer-sabine Chartered. to Sail on Thursday. Capetown
Reuter's agency announces that the Union Castle liner Sabine has been chartered to make a thorough search for the missing Blue Anchor liner Waratah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Guthrie's Arrival. Sydney
The steamer Guthric has arrived at Townsville. The vessel was delayed several days owing to some bearings bccoming heated,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wanted—A Better Steamer Service. Ballina's Request
A LARGELY attended meeting was held at Ballina the other day to urge upon the N. C. S. N. Co. the advisableness of placing another vessel of the Brundah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer in Distress. What a Farmer Saw
A story which, but for a slight discrepancy of dutes, might have thrown a new light on the Waratah mystery, is related by a farmer named Edward J…
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