Northern Gales. Schooner Missing. Sydney
The schooner Dancing Wave is reported to be missing on the Queensland coast. A tugboat and steamer have left Cairns to relieve the Innamincka…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913
291 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 15
Latest Cablegrams Expensive Wreck. London
The Haddon Hall, bound from the Clude, for East London in South Africa, has been werecked at Sathanna Bay, involving the underwriters in a loss of £125,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. Steamer Aground. Sydney
The steamer Commonwealth went aground at Cape Hawke to-night, but no an[?] is felt so far for her safety…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Accidents. the Wyrallah Ashore. Loss of the Dredge Dandenong. Sydney
The wyraliah groundea on the coast on the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, this [?]ing, and the crew was landed safety. The vessel's hold is half full of water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ironclad Wrecked. Constantinople
The ironclad Assaritew[?]k has been wrecked at Karaburrin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hurricane at Tonga. Schooner Burnt on Reef. Sydney
The recent hurricane at Tonga has ruined the cocoanut plantations for two years at least. An American schooner burst into, flames on being blown on to the reef,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ashore at Fire Island. French Barque's Narrow Escape. Sydney
The Freach barque La Fontaine which arrived at Sydney from New York narrowly escaped running ashore at Five Islands near Wollongong, and was only saved by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Co-operative Steamer Co's. Affairs
The annual meeting of the Co-operative Steamer Company at Ballina was made the occasion of considerable criticism of the affairs of the company…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Is It a Wreck? What 'Aborigines Saw. Melbourne
A pilot at Cunninghame, Victoria, has been informed by aboriginals from Lake Pyers that they saw cases of oranges and bananas coming ashore, and also a man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer: Sydney
A fire occurred in the paint store of the Franch steamer Pacifique, lying at Mort's Dock this morning. The brigades turned out, but a good deal of damage was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire. Cargo Severely Injured. Sydney
A cable message has been received slating that a fire broke out on the steamer Whatarau, which left London on January 29th for Australia and New Zealand. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaman's Discharge. Steamer Captain Fined. Sydney
The captain of the steamer Duroby has been fined £5, with £11 costs, or in default two months in gaol, for failing to give a fireman his discharge on being paid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cargo Afire. on Steamer Mataura. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire broke out at Timaru, New Zealand, on the steamer Mataura. The cargo consisting of hemp was ablaze, but the ventilators and air passages were immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Disabled. Capetown
The steamer Lothringen, bound from Newcastle to Premen, has returned to Durban with a broken crankshaft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"The Pilot" in a Lifeboat Hounslow Vicar's Thrilling Experience with Dungeness Fishermen
Among the older fisherfolk at Dungeness "The Pilot is still a vivid memory. He lived in an unpretentions hut on the coast there, and a clergyman, seeking to guide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Courage in Shipwreck
"NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE." Full of incident is the history of the wreek of the steamship Salazie off Madegascar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Friendship Wreck
The Department of Works expects to obtain an order of the Court on Monday for the removal of the wreck of the steamer Friendship on the bar at the mouth of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Textile Strike. Increased Garment Workers. Wreck a Newspaper Office. New York
Six thousand garment workers stormed the office of the Jewish daily newspaper "Forward" yesterday owing to the publication of an editorial advocating a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H. M. S. Torch Ashore. No Immediate Danger. Melbourne
The gunboat Torch is ashore at Tamar Heads, Tasmania, and it is expected she will be towed off to-day. She is in no immediate danger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Friendship Wreck. to Be Blown Up. Sydney
At the Water Police Court an application was made on behalf of the Navigation Department for an order compelling Francis Joseph Cprrigan and Dominic Bede…
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