New Mail Steamer. London, Sunday Afternoon
The Orient Company's new mail steamer Otranto has been launched at Belfust…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
305 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 16
Wreck of the Burrawong. Details of the Disaster. How the Vessel Struck. Tarre
Another regretatble, shipping disaster took place here on Saturday afternoon, at about one o'clock. The N.C.S.N. Co,'s steamer Burrawong…
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Another regrettable shipping disaster took place al the Manning River bar on Saturday afternoon, at about 1 o'clock. The N.C.S.N. Co's. steamer Burrawong, while endeavoring…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wreck of the Wallsend. Marine Court Finding. Officers Censured. Sydney
The Marine Court has fond the stranding of the steamer Wallsend was caused by the vessel not having been navigated with due care when she was in charge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burrawong Wreck Abandoned. Sydney
The steamer Burrawong has been abandoned as a total wreek, and will be sold by auction…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fever Stricken Steamer. Captain Alive and Well. Found His Funeral Arranged For. Sydney
When the steamer Echunga reached Sydney from Capetown, the captain reported the donkey man, Christopher Hurley, had died from acute malarial, fever, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burrawong Wreck to Be Sold
Captain Cuthbert, chief surveyor to the Sydney Underwriters' Association, proceeded to the Manning River to inspect the wreck of the Burrawong. As the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Wreck of Burrawong. Sydney
The wrecked steamer Burrawong has been sold. by auction at the Manning and purchased by John Williams for £45…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer. North Coast Company's Proposals. Sydney
The North Coast S.N. Co. has received cable stating their order has been placed for a new stearner with a carrying capacity of 550 tons, and a Icngth of 205 fect…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegraphic News. Saiaulpox, Case on a Steamer. Sydney
The steamer Empire has arrived at Thursday Island from Japan with a case of smallpox on board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riotous Strikers. Wreck Two Factories. Conflicts with Troops. London
During a strike of 12,000 butter makers at Meru, in France, demanding a uniform wage, a party of 600 strikers attacked and wrecked two of the factories…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Wrecked. Engineers' Bravery, London
The steamer Mahratta, of 5000 tons, grounded on the Goodwin Sands. The passengers were taken off by lifeboats, but while the boatmen were salving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Storm. Considerable Damage to Buildings. Several Vessels Ashore. Perty
Information has only just been received of another severe storm at Carnarvon on April 6. Considerable damage was done to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Castro. Cauried on Steamer on Stretcher. London, Monday Afternoon
Later Information states that ex-President Castro, when leaving Martinique on the order of the French Government, refused to dress himself, and the authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Found. Supposed Loss of Oil Lauch. Sydney
A quantity of wreckage apparently belonging to a motor launch has been found on Putty beach near the entrance to Broken Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Launch Wrecked. SYDNEY
A motor launch came to grief at Broken Bay during the Easter holidays, but the excursionists all escaped. The boat was completely wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeon Wreck Disappeared
A message, received from Honolulu, at Auckland, on Monday, dated March 7, states that the Aeon wreck has disappeared, and is believed to have been looted by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coasting Steamer Sunk
A collision that, occurred. in the English Channel on Friday between the R.M.S. Ortona and a small steamer, the Tryst. resulted in the smaller vessel being sunk. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Orara
The heavy weather experienced along the North Coast of the State has had the effect of delaying several of the N. C. S. N. Co.'s steamers. The Orara, which should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Electric. Sydney
The Marine Court Inquired, into the grounding of the steamer Electric, on Stockton Beach, and found the vessel grounded through the wrongful act of the…
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