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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896

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

Was it a Wreck ?

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 November 1896 · page 3

A roughly-inside raft formed of three casks with boards nailed to them has been washed ashore near Clarence Heads…

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The Wreck of the Dayspring. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1896 · page 2

The Marine Board has decided that the wreck of the Dayspring was not due to the default of any of her officers, but to an accident causing her to strike…

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A Disabled Steamer. LONDON, Monday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1896 · page 2

The Yarrawohga from Sydney London disabled at Cape Negro has been towed to Malta. The vesssel is intact with the exception of some damage, to her…

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Accident to a Sydney Steamer. NEWCASTLE

National Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 5

The steamer Sydney, bound from Sydney to Morpeth, passed through the Heads this afternoon. The' captain reperted having picked up the steamer…

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Wreck of a Schooner. Camden Haven

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 November 1896 · page 3

The schooner Tottie, which is stranded at the bar here, is in a dangerous position, and it is feared she will become a total wreck. Her cargo is…

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Smallpox on a Mail Steamer. BRISBANE

National Advocate · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 3

News has been received from Rockhampton of another case of smallpox on board the mail steamer Duke of Devonshire. The patient is a Chinaman. This…

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A Ketch Missing

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 December 1896 · page 2

Borne anxiety it felt for the ketch of the which Sunbeam which left Sydney in Ostober for Brisbane with a cargo of explosive and has not sines been beard of…

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Supposed Wreck of a Ketch. Three Men Missing Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1896 · page 3

The ketch Sunbeam is supposed to have been blown off Nambuccra harbour, and 3 lives lost on her way to Townsville. A box with clothing has floated ashore…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. Another Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 10 December 1896 · page 3

The barquentine Delmira hat been wrecked at Gape Palliser, New Zealand, but all hands were fared…

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Wrecked

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 December 1896 · page 3

The North Germany Lloyd's steamer Sailer has been totally wrecked on the Spanish coast…

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Explosion on a Steamer. the Stokers Killed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 14 December 1896 · page 3

The boilers of tho steamer Taghaben blew up shortly after leafing Hongkong. Tho stokers on duly ware killed, but the hull of the vessel escaped serious injury…

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Wreck In Bristol Channel. 17 Persons Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 14 December 1896 · page 3

The Gorman ship Rajah capaized during a squall in Bristol Channel and seventeen persons ware drowned…

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Wreck of the Sailer. Fealful Loss of Life

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 14 December 1896 · page 3

Thirty bodies have been washed ashore from the wrook of the Salier. 280 persons Hero drowned…

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A Mail Steamer Sinks

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1896 · page 3

During the coaling of the mail steamer Orotava in Tilbury Docks, on Monday, the vessel listed, and the port holes being open she filled and sank. The hull was completely…

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The Sunken Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 21 December 1896 · page 2

Efforts to re float the steamer Oretava have, so far, been unsuccessful…

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Wreck of a Mall Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 22 December 1896 · page 3

The Japanese mail steamer Himisi has been wrecked on Bombay reef, but no ware lost…

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A Sunken Steamer

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 December 1896 · page 2

A diver examined the hull of the sunken steamer Merksworth and found a hole two feet long in the starboard side…

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