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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

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Dynamite in Paris. Wrecking Witnesses' Houses. London, April 5

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 2

The house of a very high personage, who is chief witness in the forthcoming trial of Ravahcal, the leader of the Anarchists in Paris, was to-day the…

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The Wreckage

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 2

The damaged rolling stook is now at Tarana. The damage to some portions is so groat that it will be impossible to bring it to Bathurst until they have been placed on…

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Steamer Ashore

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 3

The steamer Union is ashore in Brunswick River. All hands were saved…

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Robbery on a Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 May 1892 · page 3

On the last voyage of te Tarawera from Sydney to New Zealand £170 was stolon from the purser's cabin…

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A Barque Wrecked

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 May 1892 · page 3

The Barque Elizabeth, from Sydney to Rottendam, has been wrecked six hundred miles north of West Rookhampton. The captain and crew were 15 days in an open…

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A Mail Ship Wrecked. London

National Advocate · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 3

The steamer Quadro belonging to the CCanadian Government, and employed in the Pacalic trade has been lost…

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The Wreck of the Eider

National Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 2

The stranding of the s.s. Eider forms one of those thrilling stories of imminent peril and gallant rescue which make feel proud of our lifeboatmen, though at the same time it sharply illustrates the short,…

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Wreck of a Steamer. London

National Advocate · Monday 30 May 1892 · page 3

The steamer Port Douglas has been wreeked at St. Vincent. The passengers and crew were landed, but there is no hope of saving the vessel…

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Latest Cablegrams London, Friday. Wreck of the Port Douglas. a Total Loss

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 30 May 1892 · page 2

The Anglo-Australian Steamship Company's steamer Port, Douglas (6500 tons), which left London May 17 for Melbourne and Sydney, has been wrecked off St. Vincent…

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A Double Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 31 May 1892 · page 3

The schooner which rescued the passengers from tho sangers Port Douglas was totally wrecked after transforring the recued people…

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A Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 June 1892 · page 3

The ketch Sylvanus has been totally wrecked on the Queensland coast. No lives were lost…

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lightning and Petroleum. a Steamer Blown Up. 20 Lives Lost

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 16 June 1892 · page 3

A disastrous explosion has occurred on a petroleum steamer lying in harbor at Blaye, a French seaport on the Bay of Biscay. the vessel was struck by lightning, which caused…

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A Vessel Wrecked

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 3

The barquentihe Warieta, from Auck­land, was wrecked near Long Island. The crew were saved…

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A Shipwrecked Crew. Arrival at Maryborough. Brisbane

National Advocate · Monday 20 June 1892 · page 3

Captain Curran and the crow of the wrecked barquentine Waireka, of Auckland, arrived at Maryborough yesterday in an open boat from Long Island,…

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A Serious Pit-fall. Houses Wrecked at Newcastle. Sydney, Monday Night

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1892 · page 3

A serious pit-fall was reported near Hamilton reservoir to-day. Several houses have fallen, but it is not yet ascertained what loss of life occurred…

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Terrific Storms in Melbourne. a Great Tidal Wave. Disaster and Devastation. Ballarat Visited. Buildings Wrecked. People Killed and Injured. Melbourne, Thursday Night

National Advocate · Friday 24 June 1892 · page 3

A fearful gale broke over Hobson's Bay yesterday, churning the waters like yeast. The residence of Mr. Pym, sharebroker at Kew, was struck by the…

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Missing steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 28 June 1892 · page 3

The Steamer Vega, which loft Lisbon for New York on 5th May is still missing. It is leared that she has been lost in a collision in mid ocean. Five hundred passengers were aboard…

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Wreck of the Port Douglas

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 1 July 1892 · page 2

The persons engaged in salving tho cargo of the Anglo-Australian Company's steamer Port Douglas (which went ashore off the island of St. Vincent on May 24, when on…

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American Steamer Wrecked

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 4 July 1892 · page 3

The steamer City of Chicago has been wrecked on the Irish coast, but nil the passengers wore saved…

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An Inman Liner Wrecked. Breaking Up on the Rocks. London

National Advocate · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 3

It is feared that the City of Chicago, the Inman liner, which recently went ashore near Kinsale Head, on the Irish coast, will become a total wreck, as heavy…

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