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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

115 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 6

The Newfield Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 3

The wreck of the Newfield is due to the captain mistaking the Nelson light for King's Island. The vessel is lying; about 250yds. from the shore. A lifeboat was…

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Wrecked in the Hooghly a British Steamer Sinks. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1892 · page 2

A painful circumstance has been reported in connection with the loss of the British steamer Anglia, belonging to the Anchor line, which capsized in the River…

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Fater. Another Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 31 August 1892 · page 3

A telegram from Point Campbell reports another wreck on the Victorian coast…

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The Newfield Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 31 August 1892 · page 3

The wrecked ship Newfield is still holding together, but it is expected that she will shortly break up…

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Another Shipwreck. Sydney, Wednesday Night

National Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 3

Another wreck is reported, that of the Sherbrook which is said to have foundered on the Victorian coast. A quantity of wreckage has been washed…

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Wreck of the Newfield

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 3

The following account given by the First Mate of the wreck of the Newfield on the Victorian coast appears in yesterday's Telegraph :—Mr. R. Simpson, First Mate of…

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A Steamer Sunk

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 5 September 1892 · page 3

A telegram from New York reports a terrible disaster on Lake Superior. A steamer, which was canght in a violent storm, filled with water and sunk. A yawl was manned…

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A Steamer Founders. Twenty-six Persons Are Drowned. London

National Advocate · Monday 5 September 1892 · page 2

A steamer has foundered in Lake Superior, America. Twenty-six of the passengers were drowned…

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Another Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 5 September 1892 · page 3

The British ship Alumbaghh was wrecked during a hurricane in the Altantie [?] Thirty-five lives were lost…

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Wreck on the Victorian Coast

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 3

The ketch Seabird has been wrecked on the Victorian coast, but no lives were lost…

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Another Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 8 September 1892 · page 3

A Liverpool steamer has gone ashore on the Isle of Mod. Five hundred passengers were lived by the rocket apparatus…

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Attempts to Wreck Trams

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 12 September 1892 · page 3

Two attempts to wreck trams, one on the Coogee line and the other in Cleveland-street, were made yesterday…

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Storms on the Coast. Two Ships Ashore. Sydney, Friday Night

National Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 2

Very stormy weather is being experienced on the coast and the Drumblair, a four masted ship, and the steamer Maitland went ashore this morning at…

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A Ship Ashore

National Advocate · Monday 19 September 1892 · page 2

News has reached us of an extraordinary shipwreck in Bass's Straits. Although the captain was experienced in the navigation of the Australian coast, the four-masted. ship…

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Wreck on the Coast

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 20 September 1892 · page 2

The crew of the island-trading schooner Friendship has arrived from Noumea and reports the wreck of that vessel on the north coast of New Caledonia…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Saturday. A Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 September 1892 · page 3

The combings aud hatehways of a largo vessel has been washed ashore at Bay Islands, New Zealand…

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Fearful Storms in Sydney. the Harbor and the City. Boats Wrecked and Houses Demolished. a Ferry Boart Sunk. Rumor of an Awful Shipwreck. the Storm at Windsor. the Western Line Blocked. the Mudgee Railway Line Washed Away. Sydney, Saturday Night

National Advocate · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 2

A fearful storm broke over Sydney last night. Also over the whole of the coast. Great damage has been done in many parts of the colony. The wind had a velocity of…

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A Missing Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 17 October 1892 · page 2

The P. and O. steamer Bokhara from Shanghai is overdue, and it is feared the vessel has been lost in a typhoon…

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The Missing Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 18 October 1892 · page 2

The missing steamer Bokhara has been wrecked in the China Seas, and the Commander and a great number of the crew have been lost, 23 of those on board only…

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Loss of a Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 27 October 1892 · page 2

A despatch to hand reports the wreck of the Norwegian steamer Norm and among the Pescadores Islands in the China Sea, the scene of the recent loss of the P. and O. Co.'s…

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