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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

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Attempt to Wreck Dublin Castle. a Shocking Outrage. Gun Cotton the Explosive. London, December 31

National Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 2

Great excitement was caused yesterday in London and Dublin by the report that an explosion had occurred at Dublin Castle, the residence of the…

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More Dynamite. Attempt to Wreck Dublin Castle

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 2

Much alarm bas been caused in Dublin by a gun-cotton explosion in Dublin Castle, the seat of the Irish Executive. The explosion occurred in n room beneath the Council…

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Wreck of a Schooner. Sydney, Friday 9.30 p.m

National Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 3

It is believed that the wooden schooner Templar has foundered off the Victorian coast, and that the crew have been drowned. The Government have…

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Wreck of the Templar. Body Found

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 3

The body of a seaman engaged on the schooner Templar, and which was wrecked off Cape Paterson on Friday, has been found lashed to a mast…

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Sinking of a Ketch. Sydney, Wednesday, 9.30 p.m

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 3

The ketch "Emily and Mary," while leaving Newcastle this morning, stinky The crew were saved…

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Wreckage Found

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 3

A quantity of wreckage belonging to a cutter, supposed to be the Lord Hopetoun, has been found on the Victorian coast. It is feared that all hands are lost…

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A Terrible Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 3

The steamer Nanchow Bank in the China Sea. Four hundred lives were lost…

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Wreck or Hie Nainchou

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 2

Fifty lives have been saved from the ship Nainchou. Fifty Nainchou…

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Steamer Aground

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 3

The Union steamer Rotomahana from Melbourne, grounded near Launceston Heads on Saturday night. Boing fast in the sand, the unable to are unable to more her…

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A Pearling Schooner. Sydney, Saturday night

National Advocate · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 2

Tho pearling schooner Eloise was wrecked at Forth last week, and the crew had to pull 100 miles in an open boat to reach land…

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Another Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 3

The pearling Schooner Elosise was wrecked off the West Australia coast. The captain and crew pulled 100 miles before reaching land…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. Steamer Ashore

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1892 · page 3

The steamer Aberdeen, from Melbourne to London, is ashore in the English Channel…

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The Late Shipwreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 2

Only three seamen were saved from the wreck of the Ferndale…

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Mail Steamer Ashore

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1892 · page 3

The German mail steamer Eider, from New York to Breima, is ashore at the Isle of Wight, in a dense fog. She will probably be floated safely. The passengers and specie…

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Steamer Ashore

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 15 February 1892 · page 3

The steamer Endeavor ran on on tho rocks at the entrance of Brunswick River…

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Wreck of a Steamer

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 2

The steamer Endeavor, which arrived at Brunswick River on Monday, from Sydney, via Byron Bay, and drifted ashore on North Head, has become a…

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Wrecks in the Channel

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 23 February 1892 · page 2

A number of wrecks have occurred in the English Channel accompanied by loss of life…

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Mail Steamer Aground

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 February 1892 · page 2

The German mail steamer Kaiser Wilhelm aground on tho English coast…

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Wrecks in the Channel. London, February 22

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1892 · page 2

Owing to the severe gales in England several wrecks have occurred in the Channel, resulting in considerable loss of life…

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A Stranded Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 25 February 1892 · page 3

The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm has been floated successfully…

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