Stranded Steamer. City of Grafton Floated Off
BALLINA, Monday.—The steamer City of Grafton, winch grounded on the bar near the northern breakwater, has shifted a little, and the cattle and other cargo have been removed…
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1,997 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 100
Steamer City of Grafton Stranded. at Ballina Entrance. Ballina
The steamer City of Grafton when crossing the entrance this morning stranded on the end of the middle spit. It is supposed that something happened the steering gear. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mission Work in the Islands. Return of the Steamer John Williams
The London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams completed another successful voyage from the South Seas and New Guinea yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What Was' the Vessel ? Rescue Steamer Aground at the Tweed the Shallow River Bars
Just in what state Homo of the northern river bars must he was severely emphasised on Saturday when a resoue steamer attempted on to proceed to the assistance of a vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Distress Signals. Supposed Wreck Near Tweed Heads. Tweed Heads
At 10.15 last night, Mr. Brady, lightkeeper at Fingal Head lighthouse, came with a report that distress signals had been burning in the vicinity of Cudgen headland at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Was She Wrecked? Distress Signals Seen. From Fingal Head Lighthouse. a Rough Night at Sea
TWEED HEADS, Saturday.--At 10.15 last night Mr. Brady, lightkeeper at Fingal Head lighthouse, reported that at about 9 o'clock distress signals were burning in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Spanish Steamer
The steamer Hercules, flying the Spanish flag, arrived at Sydney yesterday. She is in ballast, and left Valparaiso on November 30. Fine weather conditions prevailed until early last week, when strong and squally…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Shipping Disaster.PETROLEUM Steamer Ashore.terrific Explosion Marvellous Escape of Crew
LONDON Tuesday Evening.—The Anglo American Oil Company's steamer Housatonic, laden with petroleum, struck on the Maiden Rocks,off the north-east coast of Ireland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strikes on a Sunken Pile. Ketch Lurline's Hull Pierced. Damage Not Serious
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--This morning the ketch Lurline, a well known trader in and out of Port Adelaide, had her hull pierced by a sunken pile in Port Adelaide Cannal, and sank…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Another Disaster Stranded Steamer Takes Fire Mischief Worked by the Rocket Apparatus London, Tuesday, 3.10 p.m
Another shipping disaster, in which the rocket apparatus played a very different part, is reported from the North-East of Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Phantom Ship. Wreck Theory Asserted. a Blacksmith's Story. Murwillumbah
In is certain that the signals observed of[?] Cudgen headland by Mr. Brady, keeper of the Fingal Point lighthouse, on Friday night were those of a vessel in distress. Mr. Drummond,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Transport Wrecked All Hands Saved Ships' Rocket Apparatus--a Contrast London, Tuesday, 3.10 p.m
The transport steamer Nive has been wrecked on the coast of Morocco. Splendid work was done with the rocket apparatus, by moans of which all hands on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destruction of a Steamer. Petroleum Cargo Explodes
The Anglo-American Oil Company's eteamer Housatonic, 4041 tons, loaded with petroleum, struck Maiden Rocks, off the north-east coast of Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On the Rocks. Loss of a Petroleum Steamer. the Wreck on Fire. Crew Land in the Boats
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon,-- The Anglo-American Oil Company's steamer Housatonic, laden with petroleum, struck on one of the Malden Rocks off the north-east…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On a Desert Island. Discovery by Passing Steamer. Castaways or Whalers
Upon arrival at Sydney yesterday Captain Breaks, the commander of the large tramp steamer Queen Helena, said that on December 30, while on his way here in ballast from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Second Edition. the Cairns Storm. a Steamer Delayed. the Barometer Falling
CAIRNS, Wednesday.--Late yesternight it commenced to blow hard, and everything pointed to a cyclonic disturbance,but an hour after midnight the wind died away…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Beri on a Cargo Steamer. Borderer Puts Into Sydney a Fatal Case
The big cargo steamer borderer, which arrived at Sydney this morning from Vancouver, bound to South Africa, has put in owing to an outbreak of beri beri on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage at Broughton Island
A party of fishermen, which proceeded on an excursion in the vicinity of Broughton Island on New Year's Day, reported yesterday that a large boat floating bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shipwreck Relief Society
The monthly meeting of the committee of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Human[?] Society of New South Wales was held in the Royal Exchange, Pitt-street, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Disasters. Wreck of a Transport. London, Jan. 7
The French transport Nive, 5500 tons, has been wrecked on the coast of Morocco. A rocket apparatus saved all who were…
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