New Steamer Ordered. Passenger and Cargo Combined. Sydney
A cable has been despatched by the North Coast Company ordering a third new steamer for the North Coast trade. The new vessel is speclally designed by…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909
305 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 16
Barque Wrecked. Crew Landed Safely. Sydney
The barque Natal Queen has been wrecked at Adventure Bay, Tasmania. The vessel had finished loading timber, When the weather became rough. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Van Spilbergen Stranded. How the Steamer Went Ashore. Brisbane
It appears from particulars joined on the arrival of the vessel to-day that the Van Spilbergen went ashore at midnight on June 17th. and that the pilot and third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sensational Story. Lady Attacked by Malays. on the Steamer Van Spilbergen. the Captain's Scheme. Two Culprits Secured. Brisbane
The steamer Van Spilbergen arrived to-day from Batavia, and reported a ladypassenger had a narrow escape from losing her life shortly after the steamer left Java…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Ashore. Bellingen Heads Incident. Sydney
The steamer Myee is aground on the north spit at the Bellinger River heads. The vessel is in a very difficult position, but provided the seas remain smooth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Now Steamer Ordered
A CABLE has been despatched by the directors of the North Coast S.N. Company, ordering a third new steamer for the North Coast trade. The order has been placed with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outrage on a Steamer
THE steamer Von Spilbergen arrived at Brisbane on Saturday from Batavia, and reported that a lady passenger had a narrow escape of losing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Aeon Wreck. Purchasers Recover Little. Forestalled by Americans
The scow Zingara, which set out from Auckland four months ago to salve the cargo in the wrecked steamer Aeon at Christmas Island, returned on Tuhursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barque Foundered
THE Norwegian barque Orieans from the Seychelles Island, bound for Dunedin, with a cargo of guano, foundered 16 days ago, 200 miles off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pioneer Passenger Steamer
THE Clarence River passenger trade (says Aligns M'Farlane, of the Twood, in a letter to the Maclean ADVOCATE) was started by the late W. B. Campbell, then of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heroes of the Seas Thrilling Adventures of Shipwrecked English Crew
Shipwrecked on the Island of San [?] tido, on the Brazilian Coast, in a gale, and all their boats having been washed away the only chance of escape for the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Myee Damaged
The small steamer Myce, belonging to the N.C.S.N. Co., Ltd., which recently grounded on the bar at the Bellinger River Heads, had been surveyed in Drake's Dock,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thanksgiving for Wreck. Experience of British Crew in the Tropios
Six members of the crew of the Cardiff steamer Dybryn Manor have arrived at Barry, their vessel having been abandon ed after stranding on a coral reel on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipwrecked Sailors. Scisnes of Horrpr. Cannibalism Suggested. Sydney
The Steamer Tofua, which arrived in Sydney this morning from the islands, picked up five sailors from the Norwegian barque Errol, which was wrecked on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Steamer. for Aus-intercol Trade. London, Thursday Afternoon
Messrs. Mcllwraith and McEachern's new steamer Karrola, built for the AustralianIntercolonial trade, on her trail trip made 17 knots…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer and Submarine Collide, Latter Sinks. Twelve Lives Lsot. London, Thursday Afternoon
A passing steamer collided with Submarine Eleven off Yarmouth, and the submarine sank. Licutenants Brodie and Watkins were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sensational Shipwreck. Seventeen Lives Lost
THE Norwegian barque Errol was wrecked on Middleton Reef. Seventeen out of the ship's company of 22 perished. Five survivors were picked up by the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Barque Errol. Seventeen Lost. Including Cap-. Tain. Wife and Four Children. Harrowing Story
The Norwegian burquu Errol (Captain Andreasen), bound from Chumbote, west coast, of South America, to Newcastle, was wrecked on the Middleton Reef, 99 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Errol. Sydney
Inquiry in to the loss of the Errol will be held on Monday by the Norwegian Consul, when it is expected something like a straight out story will be obtained from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on a Steamer. London
The North Germon Lloyd steamer Bakum hound from Bremen and Natal to Australia, has arrived at Mauritius. After leaving Natal a fire broke out among the…
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