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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

291 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 15

Shipping. Steamer Sheltering. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 6

The steamer Blaxland whic left Sydney on Saturday for Brisbane is sheltering in Trial Bay. The steamer Maianbar left Port Stephens…

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Mails Destroyed. Fire on Steamer. Wellington (N.z.)

Northern Star · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 5

During the voyage of the steamer Makaum, from Sydney to Auckland, a fire broke out in the held where the mail matter Was stored. All hands were, at once…

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Missing Schooner. Sighted by Woolongbar. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 April 1913 · page 5

The captain of the steamer Wollongbar passed the missing schooner Alma Doepel off South Solitary Island yesterday afternoon. She had lost her rudder, but was…

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Steamer Damaged. a Terrible Cyclone. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 5

The steamer Silver Birch struck a[?] just outside the Great Barrier during a voyage from Manila to Sydney and was so terribly damaged as to be unable to…

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Wreckage at Byron Bay

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 2

Word was received at Byron Bay this week that a lot of wreckage, including about 70 cases of benzine and kerosene, with other things, was…

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Sudden Death. Dies on a Steamer. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 21 April 1913 · page 5

Mrs. Maude L. Pearce, a saloon passenger booked to England by the P. and O. steamer Macedonia, died suddenly in the vessel's smoking room last night. She was…

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Twenty Brides. Married on a Steamer. Boston

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 April 1913 · page 5

Twenty Scottish girls arrived by the steamer Parisian, and the non-compliance of the immigration regulations providing the needful financial standing for…

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Steamer Zealandia. Still Hung Up. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 5

The steamer Zealandia is still hung up in consequence of the stoke hold staff having declined to work though the union officials are making every effort to bring about…

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Steamer Zealandia. the Strike Settled. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 7

The strike of stokers on board the steamer Zealandia has been settled by the company agreeing to take on three extra firemen, and the vessel left Sydney late last…

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Latest Cablegrams Steamer Turnkina. Rio De Janeiro

Northern Star · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 5

The steamer Turakina, whose cargo caught fire here, has sailed for London…

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The Steamer Coombar

Northern Star · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 8

The steamer Coombar arrived at Kempsey last week under the command of Captain Gordon, who is well-known to shippers on this river. Although the…

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Wreck of the Mindoro. an Exciting Story

Northern Star · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 3

Although meagre details of the week of Burns, Phillp's steamer Mindoro have reached B[?]ne, it remained until the arrival of the Upplu la Brisbane last week…

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Steamer Friendship. the Case Proceeding. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 5

In the Full Court application was made to make absolute the rule n[?] on behalf of Corrigan and Co. for a write of prohibition against Alexander Sangster, Inspector of…

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Steamer Zealandia. Trouble in Timaru. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 5

The Timaru, New Zealand, waterside workers have refused to work the cargo of the steamer Zealandia, over which trouble arose in Sydney. A conference has…

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Steamer Baralong. Further Smallpox Cases. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 5

A further outbreak of smallpox has occurred among the, crew of the steamer Baralong, which is quaerantined Sydney, it is reported that four fresh cases have…

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Steamer Friendship. Judgment of the Court. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 5

The Full Court gave judgement in Corrigons prohibition application in recept to the steamer Friendship. The Court held that under section 143…

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A Total Wreck. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 5

The Queen Margaret, bound from Sydney for Limerick, is ashore on the Stag Rocks as the Lizard, and is a total wreck. The Queen Margaret's crew has been…

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Rail or Steamer. Which?

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 5

Sir Allen Taylor, giving evidence before the Public Works Committee regarding improvements to the bars at Bellinger and Coff's Harbor, said that the question…

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Steamer Picked Up. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 7

The steamer Ripple has picked up an abandoned schooner, Lyman D. Foster, and is towing her to Levuka…

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