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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

214 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 11

Wreck of the Jane Burrill. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 4

The British ship Jane Burrill, from Newcastle (N.S.W.) lo Manilla, has been wrecked in the Gulf Archipelago…

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The Wrecked Tekoa. LONDON, Tuesday afternoon

National Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1899 · page 3

A lifeboat belonging to the wrecked Tekoa has been passed by another vessel. The boat was empty…

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Jumped Overboard. From a Manly Steamer. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 4 September 1899 · page 3

The City Coroner yesterday morning held a magisterial inquiry upon the body of a man who wes taken from the waters of the harbour near Dobroyde on Friday…

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A Steamer Ashore. ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 3

The steamer Rippingham Grange, which ran ashore on Friday, is still upon Tipara Reef. It is confidently expected, however,…

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The Steamer Waikato. an Unsuccessful Search. London. Wednesday afternoon

National Advocate · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 3

H.M.S. Melpomene has returned to the Cape, without having sighted the missing steamer Waikato…

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A Sensational Wreck. A Submerged Gold Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 18

A report comes from San Francisco which revives recollections of one among the strangest arid most sensational shipwrecks in the history…

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Struck on a Reef. the Steamer South Australian Newcastle

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 3

The steamer South Australian Struck on the Big ben reef, off Newcastle, in the fog, and arrived in port in a damagetd condition this morning…

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A Disabled Steamer. the Duke of Buckingham. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 3

The Queensland mail steamer Duke of Buckingham, which left Brisbane on September 1, has returned to Plymouth in a disabled condition…

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The Steamer Waikato. Fresh News of Her. Wellington (N.z.)

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 3

When the barque Albory sighted the missing steamer Walkato on August 3rd it was in latitude 39.12 south, and longitude 39.19 east. The steamer had…

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Liner Wrecked. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 3

A message received from Melbourne reports the total wreck of the White Star liner Thermopylae near Capetown. All the passengers were saved…

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Big Steamer Wrecked. Thermopylae Lost near Capetown. All Hands Saved. London

National Advocate · Thursday 14 September 1899 · page 2

Intelligence bas been received that the steamer Thermopylae, which left Melbourne on August 16 for Capetown and London, has been wrecked near…

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The Loss of the Thermopylae. Wrecked Near Capetown. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 14 September 1899 · page 3

News has been received from Cape Colony stating that the Aberdeen White Star liner Thermopylae has gone ashore at Green Point, near Capetown. The stoamor's back…

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The Prisoner a Wreck. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 14 September 1899 · page 3

Captain Dreyfus is a physical wreck and can only take milk diet…

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State of the Prisoner. a Physical Wreck. London, Wednesday afternoon

National Advocate · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 3

Captain Dreyfus is a physical Wreck. Hs is is kept on a milk die…

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The Wrecked Tekoa. Meat Cargo Jettisoned. London

National Advocate · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 3

Further particulars are to band regardiog the loss of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Teboa. The report, that she had foundered off…

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Naturalist. Puss Saved From Shipwreck by Swimming

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 10

On Wednesday, March 12, 1873, a cat reappeared at the house of a Mrs Mowbray, at West Hartlepool, Durham, after having escaped from drowning or starvation by…

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Another Vessel Ashore. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 3

The schooner Harriet went ashore yesterday at the entrance of Nambucca River…

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Wreck of the Thermopyl[?]e. Captain's Certificate Suspended. London

National Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 3

The Marina Court of Inquiry at Capetown has suspended the certificate of Captain W. Philip, jun., of the Aberdeen line steamer Thermopyl[?], for six months,…

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Collision in the Harbor. a Ketch Sunk. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 3

Shortly before daylight this morning a collision occurred in the Harbor, near George's Head, between the steamer Currajong, bound for Wollongong, and the ketch…

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Harbor Collision. a Ketch Sunk. a Cook's Narrow Escape. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1899 · page 3

At 4 o'clock this morning the ketch Lansdowne, timber laden from the northern rivers, while entering the harbor was struck by the steam collier…

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