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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

121 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 7

A Schooner Wrecked. SYDNEY, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 3

The schooner Mary has been wrecked off New Guinea. All hands were saved…

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Wreck of a Brigantine. SYDNEY, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1894 · page 3

Captain Reid, of the schooner Swordfish, has arrived at Burmie, He reports that the Brigantine Indiana, laden with guano, has become…

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Supposed Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 2

It is feared that the cutter Paku has been wrecked on the New Zealand coast with all hands…

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Searching for a Missing Steamer. SYDNEY, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 3

The tug Phc[?]be' has returned after a fruitless search for the missing steamer Duckenfield…

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A Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 August 1894 · page 2

The steamer Meeinderry is ashore at Flinders Island. No lives have been lost, and the crew and passengers art camped on the rocks…

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A Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 August 1894 · page 2

A small cutter has been found adrift at Clermont, Queensland full of mad. The skeleton of a man was discovered in the cabin…

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Steamer aground

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 13 August 1894 · page 2

Early on Saturday morning the steamer Victorian with several passengers aboard ran ashore at Bradley's Head. The vessel was afterwards towed off uninjured…

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She Ran Ashore

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the Victoria, A.U.S.N. Co.'s boat, ran aground on Middle Head through the steering gear becoming entangled. She was…

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Wreck of a Schooner

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 3

The schooner Lady Bowen is fast breaking up…

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Wreck on the Barrier Reef

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 2

The Lady Bowen (5) was wrecked off the Barrier Reef yesterday. The crew wise saved…

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Barque Ashore

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 27 August 1894 · page 2

The iron barque British Empire is ashore at New Caledonia, and is likely to become a total wreck…

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The Shearing Trouble. Outrage on the Darling. Three Men Shot Dead. a Steamer Burnt

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 28 August 1894 · page 2

News was received in Sydney yesterday bat three non-unionists were shot dead going to Grasstuere, on the Darling. A mob if men attacked them…

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The Steamer Rodney Carrying Non-union Shearers Is Boarded by Disguised Men and Burnt. Sydney, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1894 · page 2

A telegram has bean received in Sydney from Wentworth which states that another outrage in connection with the shearing work has been perpetrated…

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The Storyteller barren honour. Chapter Iv. a Waif From a Wreck

National Advocate · Friday 31 August 1894 · page 4

St. Levant was ruined horse-and foot, without power or hope of redemption: that one bet would just have pulled him through. Some pleasanter…

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The Storyteller. Barren Honour. Chapter Iv. a Waif From a Wreck

National Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1894 · page 4

You may fancy Tom Richardson's profuse thanks aNd his great joy and gladness at finding himself chatelain of Grandmanoir. The valetaille treated…

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The Storyteller. Barren Honour. Chapter Iv. a Waif From a Wreck

National Advocate · Monday 3 September 1894 · page 4

They say that his kind, gentle voice was almost magical ia its soothing power. The exasperated guardian of the night would relax the roughness of his grasp ;…

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A Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 3 September 1894 · page 2

The ship Aeolus, bound for Sydney, has been totally wrecked on the Agnes Reef, South Australian coast. The captain and crew reached the shore safely…

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Wreck of a Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 4 September 1894 · page 3

Newt has been received of the total wreck of the homeward bound steamer Eviangen on Maldive Island. A portion of the cargo will probably be saved…

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Unionists Pelt a Steamer

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1894 · page 2

The steamer Wilcannia, which the unionists had threatened to burn, arrived at Menindie at 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon under police escort…

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A Marque Ashore. Terrible Situation of the Grew

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 4 September 1894 · page 3

The barque Cambus Wallace went ashore near Swan Bay, Queensland, daring a heavy squall yesterday morning, and is now lying broadside on about 200 yards from the beach…

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