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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea
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INNISFAIL, Wednesday.--A dastardly bomb outrage was perpetrated in the early hours of this morning at Innisfail's Chinatown, causing a good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday: The captain of the steamer Volsella reports having sighted wreckage near Cape Palliser. It appeared to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CAPETOWN, Thursday.—The steamer Diogenes, which sailed from Capetown for Australia on Christmas Day, picked up an S.O.S. yesterday, reading:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MADRID, Wednesday.-- Strange scenes were witnessed in an oyster bar to-day. Senhor Herroro, who won second prize in a Christmas lottery,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Victorian seamen yesterday took similar action to that of the New South Wales branch of the Seamen's Union by fixing "pick-up" places for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Saturday.—The steamer Clan Monroe, after having been held up for a considerable time owing to the shipping dispute, left Fremantle yesterday for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW JERSEY, Saturday.—After drifting helplessly off the treacherous S[?]abright Sands for two hours the Australian steamer Ulooloo, of 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After drifting helplessly off the treacherous Seabright sands for two hours to-day the Australian steamer Ulooloo, of 2000 tons, on her maiden voyage out from England,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Saturday.--The brigantine Janette, of 298 tons, owned by Mr. E. F. H. Allen, of South Fiji, is reported to have become a total loss on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Monday.—The ketch Victor struck a reef at Balgowan on Saturday and sank in a few minutes. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's new vessel, the Bonalbo, carried cut her speed trials on the River Clyde at Glasgow on Monday. The Bonalbo, which will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) said to-night that, in view of the situation which had arisen as a result of the present industrial trouble in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HOBART, Friday.—When William McKay was convicted of having illegally used crayfish pots his ketch the Dauntless, valued at £900, was ordered to he forfeited to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.—A fire broke out in No. 1 hold of the steamer Pakeha last night. Several men were overcome by the smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The council of the Waterside Workers' Federation met to-day and adjourned till to-morrow. The meeting was informed that the Port Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CAPETOWN, Monday.—The steamer Kilfenora, arrived this morning with the crew of the Erivan, which struck a submerged rock 15 miles cast of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Monday.--The arrest of five men and one woman, alleged members of an Irish Republican organisation who are believed to have been concerned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dutch steamer Arendekerg, from Brisbane to Rotterdam, has wirelessed from the Gulf of Aden-stating that she has struck sunken wreckage and has lost one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—The deputy Director of Navigation was informed this morning that the stoamer Havre, bound for Townsville and Brisbane from Singapore…
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