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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893

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More Wrecks

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 2

The ship Templemore Wallaroo, from the English channel has been abandoned at sea. A portion of the crew were drowned…

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Another Goes Ashore

National Advocate · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 2

Another big English warship has gone ashore. She is said to be one of the Mediterranean squadron…

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A Missing Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 4 April 1893 · page 3

It is believed that, the schooner Maile from Launceston for Auckland 47 days out has foundered with all hands…

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A Steamer Sinks

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 April 1893 · page 2

A steamer belonging to the Sultan's palace at Constantinople sunk and 60 persons were drowned…

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Terrible Wreck in the Channel. Twenty-four Persons Drowned. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 3

The steamer City of Hamburg, owned in Dublin, came into collision off Lundy Island, in the British Channel, with the steamer Countess Evelyn, belonging to…

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A Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 29 May 1893 · page 3

The ship Dolphia has been lost off Caps 'Horn. Eight of the survivors had a terrible experiences, and all died but a negro, who was rescued by a steamer…

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A Terrible Wreck

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 2

The Conway Castle, a steamer trading between England and South Africa, has been wrecked off the coast of Natal. The passengers and crew were all…

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A Tremendous Gale. Buildings and Houses Wrecked in Sydney and Newcastle. Sydney, Thursday night

National Advocate · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 2

All last night heavy gales blew along the coast, the wind being at the rate of 35 miles an hour, the heaviest recorded for six months. The weather is even…

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A Wreck on the Coast

National Advocate · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 2

The terrific gale which blew on the coast the other night was thought not to have been attended with loss of life. It now appears that the brigantine…

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A Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 3

The crew of the brig Saucy Jack were safely landed at Trial Bay in an exhausted condition, having been 28 hours in an open boat…

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Steamer Ashore

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 3

The steamer Port Pirie went ashore at Watson's Bay early this morning…

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steaMer Released

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 June 1893 · page 3

The steamer Port Pirie was successfully towed off yesterday…

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A Steamer Aground. SYDNEY, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 3

News was received in Sydney this morning that the steamer Emma Pyers was aground inside the break near the South Breakwater of Richmond River…

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The Conservative Party Rely Upon Defection Now, to Wreck Home Rule. London

National Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 2

Mr. Gladstone's tactics in applying the Closure in regard to the Home Rule Bill, is causing the Conservative Party to show some excitement. The…

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The Survivors. the Officers Blamed. Raising the Wreck. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 3 July 1893 · page 2

The survivors of the Victoria have arrived at Malta. One section asserts that the officers of Victoria were to blame for the accident…

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Russia goes Ashore

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 2

A Russian warship, the iron cruiser Vladivostock has been wrecked off Corca…

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Attempt to Scuttle a Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 2

An attempt to scuttle Messrs. Huddart. Parker, Co.'s steamer Wendouree is reported. The vessel has been lying at the Melbourne wharf some time with only a…

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A Steamer Burned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 10 July 1893 · page 2

The Steamer Don Juan has been burned off Manilla, and 145 Chinese passengers were drowned…

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A Wreck

National Advocate · Monday 10 July 1893 · page 3

News has been received of the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Khiva on the voyage from Bombay to Mecca. Twenty pilgrims among the passengers were…

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Wrecked and 5 Lives Lost

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 2

A ketch named Sarah Ann—cupho-nious isn't it ?—has been wrecked on the Tasmanian coast and five lives lost…

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