Steamer's Mooring Lines Adrift. a Greaser Fined £50
AUCKLAND, Saturday.—Last night the 9000 ton steamer Tekoa, which is lying alongside a wharf at Auckland, was found with her stern mooring lines adrift. They were…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923
509 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 26
Wreckage at Trangie
SYDNEY, Sunday.—At Trangie yesterday the storm damaged the Anglican Church and several other buildings. It blew down portion of the brickwork at…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A fire broke out in the line store of the Anconia in mid-Atlantic during a gale blowing at the rate of 60 miles hour. The danger is great, as only a…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The North Coast Company's steamer. Coramba which left Sydney on Saturday broke her tail shaft when off Morna Point, six-miles on the Sydney side…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Later information states that the steamer Coramba struck some object, supposed to be floating wreckage, off Morna Point about 1 a.m. The…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Owing to striking a submerged object on her way to Coff's Harbor, the North Coast Company's steamer Coramba sustained…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Owing to a mishap in the engine room the ferry steamer Kurraba, drifted in the harbour yesterday afternoon for about a quarter of an hour before being…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday.—Cable advices report that the schooner Lizzie Vance, bound from Sydney to the South Sea Islands, put in at Guam leaking badly and damaged…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The crew of the steamer Kitsea, which arrived at Newcastle, battled for ten days with, a fire in the coal bunkers. The outbteak was separated from…
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The wreck of the old Wollongbar has become a source of danger to shipping at Byron Bay. Previous to this week a strong current…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The members of the crew of the steamer Yarra, which was in collision with the barque Muscoota, declare emphatically that the lights of the Muscoota…
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AUCKLAND, Friday.—John Finnigan has been arrested at Auckland for the alleged murder of Con. O'Keefe, a fireman on board the steamer Tredenham. It is alleged that…
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The advent of the Wollongbar marks a new era in coastal steamship travel, for the new steamer is not only the largest, but is also the fastest of our coastal fleet. From…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—News reached Sydney that the steamer Kaikoura, a vessel well known in Australian ports, has put into Colon, at the entrance to the Panama Canal on the…
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NEWCASTEL, Saturday.—A man named Jack Greenwood, who fell overboard from the steamer Hunter off Newcastle last night, displayed remarkable powers of endurance…
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NEWCASTLE Monday.—There is an inclination locally to discredit J. W. Greenwood's story, of his from the steamer Hunter to shore on Friday night. It has…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Bodalla while loading timber at Bawley Point swumg On to the rocks. She wns benched at Ulladulla,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--While loading timber at Bawley Point, South Coast, the steamer Bodalla was blown on the rocks and sprang a leak. She was…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--While loading timber at Bawley Point, on the South Coast, yesterday, the steamer Bodalla was blown on the rocks and sprang a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The steamer 0tus bound for the, Clarence River sprang a leak off Gape Hawke and was beached near the signal station at 6.50 to-niglit. A telegram…
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