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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912

379 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 19

Barque and Steamer in Collision. Steamer Founders. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 3

A German barque named the Pisagna collided with the P. and O. Company's steamer. Occana, off Beachy. Head, while the Occana was being…

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A Violent Madman. Bedroom Wrecked. Scare at Redfern. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 2

The Redfern police were summon 437 Cleveland-street, Redfern, [?] after 2 o'clock yesterday morning deal with a supposed burglar…

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Scare at Redfern Madman Wrecks His Room. Inmates Alarmed. Thought He Was Struggling with a Burglar. Found Dead on the Floor. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 1

The Redfern police were summoned to 437 Cleveland-street, Redfern, shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday morning, to deal with a supposed burglar…

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Assisted Immigration. Government Charters Steamer. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 1

The steamer Irishman has been chartered by the Australian Government solely for the conveyance of immigrants, and has left Liverpool with 1200 British…

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Collision at Newcastle Steamer and Barque. Newcastle

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The steamer Strathgarry, timber-laden, which had just arrived from Puget Sound to-day, collided with the four-masted barque Bannockburn,…

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The Wrecked Oceana. Ten Persons Reported Missing. Bodies Washed Ashore. London, Monday evening

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 4

The P. and O. Coy. states that seven passengers and three members of the European crew of the Oceania, which came into collision with a…

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Steamer Founders. Rome

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 5

The steamer North Briton, bound from, Sunderland for Sulina, foundered. Twenty were drowned, and one saved. The survivor landed at Spez…

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Steamer Founders. All Hands Lost. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 3

The British steamer North Britain foundered yesterday in the Gulf of Genoa. The vessel went down during a storm…

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Shipwrecks and Loss of Life. Hurricane in Newfound Land. St. John's

The Bathurst Times · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

A gale is raging on the coast of Newfoundland. The steamer Erna, from Glasgow, is overdue. She is believed to have been…

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The Window Wreckers. £2000 Bail for Mrs. Pankhurst. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

At the police court hearing of charges against the suffragettes concerned in the recent raid, evidence was called to show that the hammers With…

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Disastrous Weather. North-western Coast in Storm. Many Wrecks and Loss of Life. Perth (W.a.)

The Bathurst Times · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

A terrific hurricane has swept the north-west coast of Australia. News from Balla Balla states that on one night of The 20th instant a viole[?]…

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Terrific Coastal Storm Two Bodies Found. Several Persons Missing. Many Vessels Wrecked. Perth (W.a.)

National Advocate · Monday 25 March 1912 · page 2

A telegram received from Whim Creek, states that it was reported there by a telephone message from Balla Balla on the night of the 20th…

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The Schooner Paris. Her Loss a Mystery. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 1

An inquiry into the loss of the schooner Paris, recently found floating near Newcastle, was heard to-day. The Court found that there was no…

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A Steamer Wrecked. Part of Crew Missing. Punta Arenas

National Advocate · Monday 1 April 1912 · page 5

The nitrate steamer Foxley has teen wrecked. A boat containing the captain and three officers has been found. A search has been…

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Fourteen Days Late. Steamer Drops a Propellor Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 2

The German steamer Coblenz arrived from the East to-day 14 days behied schedule time. The reason for the delay was that the…

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Wrecked Fate of the Koombana. Steamer Gorgon's Discovery Portion of Vessel Found. Perth

National Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 4

A message received this evening by the Deputy-Postmaster-General from the postmaster at Port Hedland, announces the discovery by the steamer…

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Italian Blockade. British Steamer Seized. Perim

National Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 3

The Italians have notified that a blockade has been commenced at Loheia and Kamaran. They have cut the cable between Kamaran and the…

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Latest Telegrams. the North Wesst Willy Willy. "Koombana" Wreckage Found. Perth

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 17

Wreckage has been found near Port Hedland, It is positively identified as having belonged to the steamer, "Koombana."…

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Wreck of the Oceana. Evidence at the Inquest. London

National Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1912 · page 2

At the inquest of those who lost their lives in the wreck of the Oceana, a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. The captain gave…

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The Wreck Found. Masts Out of the Water. Perth

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 2

A Roebourne telegram reports that the steamer Una has found the wrecked Koombana with her masts standing out of the water, five miles from Bedout…

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