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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea
530 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 27
The Wallarah, which had a full cargo of coal aboard, refused to answer her helm and went broodside on a reef south of the jetty. [?]A moderate north-east sale was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Wallarah, which ran on a reef at Catherine Hill Bay last night this morning was full of water. The crew of 17 were all rescued by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wallarah is likely to become a total Wreck. She has drifted ashore. Owing to the disablement of the engines, with great difficulty the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steam collier Her[?], belonging to the Coal [?], Limited, had a narrow [?] during the recent gale off the coast. The Herga left Kemble on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Wallarah is now a total wreck with her holds full of water. The hatches have been washed away. The vessel was insured for £8000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] remarks uttered at the [?] Conference in the United States as to the result of modern educational methods on girls finds no support in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The wrecked steamer Wallarah was sold at public auction to-day for £140. The auctioner states that the anchors and chains on the vessel were valued at over…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The wrecked collier Wallarah at Catherine Hill Bay was auctioned to-day. The auctioner's stated that the anchor's and chain's in the vessel were worth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Tokomaru is on fire. She was loading meat at Gisborne, and was nearly full of cargo, when dense columns of smoke poured out of the hold,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire occurred among a bunker of coal on beard the steamer Tokio Maru at Gisborne. The [?]es have not yet been subdued…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A despatch from Nagasaki reports that the steamer Siberia is sinking off Formosa. It is known she carries 50 saloon passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The mail steamer Siberis, going to Manila, gave repeated wireless calls for help, being ashore at Formosa. There are [?]venty passengers. The messuges are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newfoundland coast is blocked with ice extending many miles. Incoming liners are not able to make headway. The Pomeranian is unable to proceed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is rumoured that Huerta is politically speaking, on his last legs, and contemplating bolting. He is said to be too frightened to sleep anywhere…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Whata[?]e has arrived at St. Helena and reports that a fire broke out in her forepeak on 30th April, and was only extinguished after five hours' fighting. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Franconia, after rescuing thirteen survivors of the steamer Columbia, afire off Sable Island, cro[?]ed around seeking for the second officer and seventeen still adrift…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirteen survivors of the British steamer Columbian, bound from Antwerp to New York, which caught fire at sea on Sunday night, were picked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remarkable scenes on a British vessel Were described at Bristol when, at the instance of the Board of Trade, Captain George Arthur, master of the steamship Nith, was charged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Strathendrick, which arrived in Sydney to-day with three million feet of timber aboard, was attempting to berth at Johnnon's Bay, when the nav[?]ating…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The revival of the mystery of the trans[?]ship Madagascar (which [?] on a voyage from Melbourne to London in the sixteen, due to inquiries being made at…
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