Steamer for Australia. London, Friday Night
McIlwraith, McEarcharn and Co. have purchased a [?] ton steamer nearly completed at Sunderland for £19,000…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
530 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 27
CABLEGRAMS Mail Steamer Ashore. Storm Prevents Succour. 150 Passengers in Peril Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Royal Mail steamer Cobequid is ashore off the Briar Island, in the Bay of Fundy. Her position is dangerous. She has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Steamer Ashore. Still Afloat, But Unapproachable. St. John
The R.M.S. Cobequid is still above water. According to a message received by the agents, efforts to ascertain her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Standing By. Fate Still in the Balance
YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia, Thursday. The Cobequid has been sighted aground at Trinity Ledges. When the fog lifted, the greater part of the hull…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Building Collapses. Adjoining Offices Wrecked. Inmates' Narrow Escape. Wellington (N.z.)
During a gale at Port Chalmers a bond store of three stories collapsed, wrecking the adjoining offices, occupied by Love Bros., contractors. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ashore in a Blizzard. London
The captain of the stranded steamer Cobequid, and the other mew who remained on board, were taken off this morning by the s.s. Aberdeen. When…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fortunes Made Out of Wrecks
Experts laughed when a well-known firm of Melbourne grain merchants paid £368 for the wreck of the Jean Bart, a French barque which, while on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Steamer for the Clarence
The contractor (Mr. Dunn) for Captain Pullen's new steamer for the Clarence River trade will commence building her about the first week of February. The steamer is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fast Steamer Service
Mr. R. A. Bell, managing director of the N.C.S.N. Co., Ltd., wrote on the 14th instant to Mr. Wo[?]cott, Town Clerk, Ballina, in refernce to request for a faster…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Total Wreck Sydney
No hopes are now entertained for the tug Marian Mayfield. She is full of water, and it is feared will become a total wreck. Arrangements are being made for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer for Third Class. Berlin
The North German steamer Wilhelm Der Grosse is to be converted into a third-claas st[?]rage boat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Schooner Burned. Crew's' Narrow Escape. Cooktown
The auxiliary schooner Federal, owned by the Timor Plantations, Ltd., Sydney was totally destroyed by fire while anchored south of the Turtle Group on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escape. Steamer Off Cronulla Beach. Deceived by Picture Show Lights. Sydney
Considerable excitement was caused among the residents of Cronulla at midnight by the appearance of the must light of a ship just off the beach. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Destroyed
The auxillary schooner Federal, owned by the Timor Plantations, Ltd., Sydney, was totally destroyed by fire while anchored south of the Turtle Group on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adrift on a Wreck. Captain's Th[?]lling Story
A thrilling story of the perils of the sea and the rescue of part of the crew of the Welsh brig Evelyn, of Portma[?] which had experienced terrible weather, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Yacht Ashore. Rescued by a Fruit Tramp[?] Panama
Mr. Frederick Vanderbilt's yacht Warrior has gone ashore off the coast of Colombi[?]. The [?] and Duchess of Manchester and Lord Falconer [?]ir to the Earl…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Could Be Stopped. Monday and Clothes for the Deported. Capetown
It has been pointed out that it would be easy for the Imperial authorities to intercept the s.s. Ungent, whose speed being only cleven knots, lt will be several days…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Ashore. Damage to the S.S. Wear. More Extensive Than Anticipated. Sydney
The damage to the steamer Wear, which went ashore on Cronulla beach during the thick weather on Monday, proves to be more extensive than was at first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All's Well. Missing Steamer Reports. London
The steamer Umgeni has passed Cape Agulhas, the southern most point of Africa, and reported all well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sank Like a Stone. Fatal Steamer Collision. Drowned Whilst [?] New York
Forty-nine lives were lost in a collision of the steamers Monroe and Nantucket. According to wireless despatches the Monroe was struck amidships and sank…
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