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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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A Reported Wreck. Loss of 37 Lives. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 3

A telegram from Cape Borda reports that the ship Loch Sloy was wrecked on the South Australian coast on the 24th April, and that one of the crew had…

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A Ship Wreck. 33 Passengers Drowned. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 3

News was received to-day from Cape Borda of the total loss of the "Loch Slay" on the south side of Kangaroo Island, on April 24…

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A Terrible Explosion. a Boiler Bursts. One Man Killed and Another Injured. Buildings Wrecked

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 2

A terrible boiler explosion happened at Shepparton (Victoria) on Monday morning, restating in the death of a man named James Byrnes and serious…

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The Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Supposed Loss of Thirty Lives Adelaide

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 2

The head keeper of the Cape Borda Ligh house telegraphed this morning that a younlad named G. O. May had just arrived from Rocky River, on the south side of Kangaro…

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The Wreck of the Loch Sloy. a Terrible Swim for Life. Adelaide

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 2

Mitchell and Simpson, two of the survivors from the wreck of the Loch Sloy, were much refreshed by their rest on Tuesday night, and a telegram from Gape Borda reports that…

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The Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Work of the Search Parties. Eleven Bodies Washed Ashore. Adelaide

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 2

No news has been received at Cape Borda from the search parties now out looking for Kilpatrick. The scone of the wreck is within ten miles…

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To-Day's Telegrams. The Missing Steamer. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 2

The worst fears are now entertained of the missing steamer Perthshire…

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The Wreck of the Stella. Carelessly Navigated. London

National Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 3

The Board of Enquiry, which has been held into the canso of the wreck of the steamer Stella on the Casquets last month, has decided that the vessel was…

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The Missing Steamer. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 15 May 1899 · page 3

The beet shipping authorities are still of opinion that the missing steamer is afloat and drifting northwards…

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2nd Edition The World A Terrible Explosion. at Kurtz's Chemical Works, St. Helens. Eighty Tons of Chlorate Catch Fire. Releases 1000 Tons of Vitriol. and Sets Fire to a Gasometer. Three Men Killed, Fourteen Injured. Buildings Wrecked. Damage Estimated at £100,000. LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 15 May 1899 · page 3

A shocking disaster is reported from St. Helens, Lancashire. Eighty tons of chlorate tool fire at Kurtz's chemical works. A terrible…

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Wreck of the "Loch Sloy." the Missing Passenger. Adelaide, (S.a.)

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 3

No further news has been revived of Kilpatrick, the missing passenger of the "Loch Sloy," which was wrecked at Kangaroo Island. A number of search…

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Vessels Ashore. the Tekapo. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 3

The Tekapo went ashore at 4 o'clock this morning just inside the South Head of Moruraba Bay, about a mile from where the Hereward was wrecked…

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To-Day's Telegrams. The Stranded Steamer. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 3

The position of the stranded steamer Tokafo unaltered to-day. The vessel is bumping heavily…

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Wreck of the Tekapo. Conditions of the Vessel. Sensational Experience of a Diver. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 3

Divers were at work today at the wreck of the Tekapo, attempting to repair the rents in the vessel's sides made by the rocks, but their reports state that…

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The Loch Sloy Wreck. Search for Kilpatrick. Adelaide

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 3

An official who has returned from the search party on Kangaroo Island a to, ton that a black tracker hail picked up tracks of two men leaving the wreck of the Look Sloy, but…

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The Missing Steamer. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 3

The steamer Mokoia from New York reports no tidings whatever of the Petershire…

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Wreck of tde "Loch Sloy." Kilpatrick's Remains Discovered. Adelaide

National Advocate · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 3

The remains of Kilpatrick, the missing passenger of the "Loch Sloy," were discovered by the police, and buried. It is supposed that he had been dead about a…

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The Tekapo. a Total Wreck. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 3

The Tekapo is now a total wreck. She was to have been sold today but owing to the Governor's arrived the Bole was postponed…

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Wreck of the "Age." SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 3

The "Age" was floated in Mort's Dock for repairs this morning, when it was found that the damage done was extensive. The full amount of the…

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The Tekapo Wreck. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 3

The wreck of the steamer Tekapo was sold by auction to-day for £38[?], the purchasers being the Union Company…

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