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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893

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The Cholera Scourage. Deaths on a Mail Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 2

The Italian mail steamer has arrived at Sardinia; 144 passengers died from cholera during the passage from Brazil…

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Cholera on a steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 3

Sixty-four passengers and crew of the Italian immigrant steamer died from cholera. The vessel was refused admission to Brazil…

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Missing Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 6 October 1893 · page 2

The steamer Francois Argo, engaged in laying the cable between Queensland and New Caledonia has not been heard of for fourteen days,…

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Has She Foundered. SYDNEY, Sunday night

National Advocate · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 2

Fears are still entertained that the New Caledonia cable steamer Francis Arago foundered in the recent heavy weather…

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Foundered

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 3

There is now no doubt that tho barque Eveleen has foundered on the New Zealand coast with all hands…

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A Steamer Wrecked

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 3

The steamer Woonoona his become a total wreck in the Fitzroy River, Queensland…

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A Canadian Trader Ashore

National Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 3

The steamer Miowera, which sailed from Sydney for Vancouver on the 19th September, is a week overdue. The agents of the Canadian line at…

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A Mail Steamer Aground

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 3

The mail steamer Miowera went aground at Honolulu. The passengers and mails reached San Francisco, and the cargo was saved, but the vessel is hard and fast and it is feared will become total…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Thursday. The Wrecked Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 3

The Miowera is Ermly embedded on the rooks at the entrance to Honolulu Harbor. She lies In 11ft. of water, and experts consider it impossible to float her without great damage. The…

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A Big Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 23 October 1893 · page 3

Westmeath, the second largest cargo steamer in the world, arrived at Port Jackson on Saturday…

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A Frightful Explosion. a Big Steamer Bursts U[?] and 1000 Lives Are Lost

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1893 · page 2

A fearful disaster has been caused at Santander, a port on the northern coast of Spain, by an explosion on a steamer reported to be the Volo. The steamer…

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Fatal Fire on a steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 November 1893 · page 3

A steamer caught fire on Lake Nipissing, Ontario, U.S.A., and was burnt to the water's edge, 20 persons perishing in the flames…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Fire on a Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 20 November 1893 · page 3

The cargo of British-India Company's steamer "India" has been greatly damaged at Brisbane by fire, which it is suspected was started by an incendiary…

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Bathurst's Hail Bombardment. We Commence to Patch the Rents. Reports of Disaster Still Come In. the Pine Wreckage That Remains Above. What the Hot Sun May Do with It

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1893 · page 2

Reports of destruction continue to reach this office. Citizens have called to show big blocks of cement, pieces of iron, and fragments of ribbed plate glass,…

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Wreck of a Cargo Steamer. the Stockton Disaster. Another Death

National Advocate · Friday 8 December 1893 · page 3

As we anticipated yesterday, another name has to be added to the death roll of the Stockton colliery tragedy as Sneddondied on Sunday afternoon…

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Detective Roche, armed with the necessary powers for the extradition of Butler, left this afternoon to catch the mail steamer at Adelaide

National Advocate · Friday 8 December 1893 · page 2

THE GLENBROOK GRAVE…

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Wreck off Boston. Thirty-six Lives Lost

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 8 December 1893 · page 3

The British cargo steamer Jason has been wrecked at Boston. After the vessel struck an attempt was made to use the life-line apparatus, but without, success…

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An Internal Machine. Found on a Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 3

An infernal machine has been found on the steamer City of Washington, engaged in the coffee trade between Mexico and New York. The machine was conveyed…

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The Dynamitard Frightful Outrage in Paris. Attempt to Wreck the a Dynamite Bomb Is Thrown Into the Centre Op the Chamber. 80 Persons Are Wounded

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 3

Never since the attempt was made by Guy Fawkes in England has such an outrage against the Parliament of a civilised land been recorded as that of…

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