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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea
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Our Pearce's Creek correspondent reports that a violent thunderstorm swept over the district on Sunday evening last. The storm gathered about 2.30 and shortly after 3…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Monday.—The stealer Victoria from Hongkong en route to Sydney landed a Chinaman affected with smallpox at Thursday Island to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—An explosion followed by a fire occurred in a cafe in Swanston-street. The building was practically gutted. A large portion of the roof was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A message from Launceston states that the steamer Wareatea, of the Union Company, is a ground off Macquarie Harbor. She…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A stirring tale of the sea's perils and of the heroism of men who go down to the sea in ships is attached to the loss of the German steamer Vesta,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Royal.National Lifeboat Institution has awarded its record of thanks and a gold brooch to Mrs. Margaret Brown, of Cresswell, Northumberland, who, although…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Monday.—A wireless message has been received in Auckland from the captain of the American schooner Holen B. Stirtling from New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For four days tremendous seas have dashed against the eastern shores of New South Wales, and were particularly violent at Byron Bay. Residents there state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Deputy Director of Navigation announced this morning that the following messages had been intercepted by the Pennant Hills wireless station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—A wireless message was received in Auckland from the captain of the American schooner Helen B. Sterling, which is in the vicinity of Norfolk Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday.—Reuter's Arras correspondent reports that a serious accident occurred to the Paris express through a broken coupling, the rear of the train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The warship Melbourne reached Auckland last night after rescuing the crew of the schooner Helen B. Sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Monday the following message were intercepted by the Pennant Hills wireless station:— From the warship Melbourne, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Victoria arrived from Hongkong to-day. As a case of smallpox was landed at.Thursday Island the steamer was sent into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The coastal steamer Mokan is ashore on a sandy bottom near Ulladulla. She is almost high and dry at low water,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Friday—The Minister for Defence made available yesterday mes-sages from Rear Admiral Dumaresq de-seribing the reseue by H.M.A.S…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Saturday.—Captain Harris, of the wrecked schooner Helen B. Sterling, says the gale was the worst he has met in his 42 years' experience at sea. The ship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—The coastal steamer Mokau, which sprang a leak on the South Coast, is a total wreck at Sussex Inlet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AUCKLAND, Monday.—The auxiliary five masted schooner, Malahat, which left Newcastle on January 13 for Hawaii, put into Auckland to-day. The disabled vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Malhat, an auxiliary five-masted schooner of 1199 tons, which left Newcastle on January 13, for Hawaii, put into Auckland to-day…
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