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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea
305 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 16
Two fishermen had an exciting experience off Long Bay this morning when a shark fully 16ft. in length savagely attacked their boat, making half a dozen desperate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Burrawong of the N.C.S.N. Company, which left Sydney on Saturday, grounded, on the south beach yesterday, while attempting to cross in at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ship Forest Fall, bound from Newcastle to Antofagasta, was wrecked near North Cape. New Zealand, on Friday night. All the hands were saved. The vessel is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest particulars from the wreck of the barque Forest Hall show that the vessel mas listed heavily. Yesterday the seas swept clean over her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Union Co., of New Zealnd's steamor Kurow has been launched at Sunderland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Marine Court has suspended the certificate of the wrecked steamer Lady Milfired for six months, holding he showed reckless and careless navigation in not…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. F. Coffee, a member of the syndicate that purchased the steamship Aeen and her cargo, has received a cable message stating that a schooner had left Honolulu for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Inverkip, which left Geelong on January 10 for the United Kingdom or Continent, has put into the port of Viga, on the northern const of Spain. with her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Karoola, built, for Meilwraith, McEacharn and Co., was launched at Belfast on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A thrilling story of the sea—of three weeks speat on a wreeked steamer, and of constant danger from a trile of savages— has been told by one of the crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Advices from Saigon, dated February 11 (says a Perth correspondent), tell of a sensation on the F.M.S. Salazie, as this vessel was approaching Saigon on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The steam collier Wallsend went ashore on the Bellambi reef whilo on a voyage from Sydney to Wollongong. The crew left the vessel fearing she would…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The steamer Paroo, on arrival from Singapore about a fortnight ago was placed in quarantine owing to smallpox having broken out among her crew, five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Marine Court inquiry into the loss of the barque Forest Hill, on the West Coast of New Zealand, Captain Collins attributed the disaster to an error of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the inquiry into the wreek of the Forest Hill, on the New Zealand coast, evidence was given that on the morning of the wreck the cheif officer was under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. H. C. Sleigh, a Melbourne shipbroker has notified the Agent-General for Victoria. that he can acquire the steamer Obidense, of 1511 tons, and the Maderiense, 1662…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Drat parcel of the 2000 tons of steel rails for the Casino-Kyogle line arrived in Lismore yesterday morning by Mr. B. M. Corrigan's boat Kiltobranks. This is the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →W. PADDON (Brisbane) writes to Life :—Since I wrote to you concerning the Spanish wrack at Gladstone, I have heard of two more. The particulars,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the telegraphic news published in Thursday's issue were given particulars of Mr. Justice Street's award in the viceAdmiralty Court in the case in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Burrawbng when crossing in at the Manning River entrance struck the spit and then the breakwater and was thrown broadside on…
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