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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1922

333 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 17

Steamer Mokau Wrecked

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 2

The coastal steamer Mokan, a wooden vessel of 194 tons, which was beached in Wreck Bay on January 10, has been abandoned to the…

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Suspicious Case of Sickness. Steamer Bound for Brisbane

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday. — The steamer Djambi, en routs to Brisbane, reached Thursday Island to-day, with a suspicious case of sickness aboard…

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Mokau Wrecked

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 4

The coaster Makou, a former Tweed River trader, which sprang a leak, and was beached on January 19 at Sussex Inlet (near (Ulladulla), was driven further…

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May Wreck Coalition. London

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 3

A United Service messags states in more than one quarter views are held the new Irish complexity may prove the final factor in wreeking the…

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Stormy Seas. Schooner Dashed to Pieces. Paris

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 3

A severe storm is raging on the Brest coast. The sloop Georges has been sunk in Brest harbor and the schooner Desire Marie has been dashed to pieces at the…

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Passenger Shipping Trade. Recommissioning Interstate Steamer

Northern Star · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—As a result of the pronounced revival in the interstate passenger shipping trade it is intended to recommission another steamer almost…

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Steamer in Difficulties. Crashes Into Wharf. Some Thrills at Rockhampton

Northern Star · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 7

ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday. — The A.U.S.N. company's cargo steamer Mackarra completed her loading to-day and left for Brisbane this…

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Nearly Wrecked

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 2

Coraki "Herald" got the par about Speaker Levy's rejection by the Sydney Nationalist Council mixed up with the shipping news. Only one more…

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Wreckage Observed. Thought to Be Motor Boat

Northern Star · Saturday 11 February 1922 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.—A telegram received from Landsborough says a wreck had been observed off Bribie Island, and it is thought to be the missing launch Mersey…

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Bakehouse Wrecked. Thousands of Loaves Burned

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Early this morning a five broke out in Jones Brothers' bakehouse, Adamstown, and thousands of loaves of freshly baked bread and a large quantity…

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Will Wreck the Party. Labor's View of Mr. McGirr

Tweed Daily · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 3

It is an open secret among many Laborites that Mr. McGirr will be the means of Labor losing the election. His views are causing them much…

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Schooner Ashore

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.--The schooner Valmarie, owned by Rosenfelds, of Sydney, bound from Grafton with hardwood timber, is ashore on the South Island of…

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Schooner Ashore. Timber From Grafton. Fight Feet of Water in Hold

Northern Star · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Friday—It was reported at Wellington to-day that the schooner Yalmarie, on the way from Grafton with hardwood timber, was ashore west of…

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A Barque Ashore. Laden with Australian Wheat. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A message from Glasgow says the four-masted barque Elginshire from Melbourne wiht a cargo of wheat is aground in Queenstown Harbour…

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Anti-australianism. Repairing a Federal Steamer

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday—Mr. Mahony, reiterated his charge of anti-Australianism in connection with the repairing of a Federal steamer…

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Egyptian Outrage. Attempt to Wreck Settlement. Cairo Quiet and Normal. (Published in the "Times.")

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The "Times" Cairo correspondent states that shooting outrages have caused intense indignation and that the Ministerial Egyptians strongly deprecate the…

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America's Largest Airship. a Terrific Explosion. Wreckage Falls in Flames. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Tuesday.—The Roma disaster occurred while on a cruise over Hampton Roads grounds, Virginia. The terrific blast of the explosion was the first…

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Steamer Largs Bay. Stands for Victory Won

Northern Star · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Speaking at a social function on board the Largs Bay, the second of the "Bay" class of Commonwealth steamers, the Prime Minister declared the…

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Airship Wrecked. Terrific Explosion. Forty Persons Killed

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 6

At Norfolk (U.S.A.) the dirigible Roma, which was purchased by the United States, from Italy, plunged and exploded. The airship had touched a…

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The Right Spirit. Steamer's Cabin Passengers. Catholic, Methodist, Infidel

Northern Star · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Among the passengers by the steamer Largs Bay for England are a Catholic priest, a Methodist clergyman and a third who describes himself as an…

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