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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
79 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 4
Intelligence has reached Loudon, to the effect that the steamer Palamacotta has arrived at Suez with the passengers and crew of the British-India Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further particulars in regard to the recent wreck of the Dacca state that she struck on Daedalus reef at 6 o'clock in the morning, on the north…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The river steamer Allyn sank this morning near the Dyke, in Darling Harbor, with 800 bags of general produce, which she had just transhipped from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The pleasure steamer Excelsior, belonging to Messrs. Huddart, Parker and Co., which plies between Geelong and Melbourne, went ashore on the South Beach,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two young men named Benton and Dale were out in a boat in Sandy Strait when the boat struck on an oyster bankand filled. They swam ashore and started to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The race between Stansbury and O'Connor took place this afternoon over the championship course, on the Parramatta River. The match was made ten…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram just received from Low Head, Tasmania, states that Messrs Huddart, Parker, and Co's steamer Nelson, Captain Carrington from Melbourne to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific tornadoes have occurred in Kentrucky and Tennessee, United States. A church was wrecked at Gallatin during divine service, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Burrumbeet,while lying in Darling Harbor, took fire last night during the unloading of chaff, and considerable damage was done before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire broke out last night in the sail locker of the steamer Bancoora, but was extinguished before much damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. E. S. Cracknell, superintendent of New South Wales Electric Telegraphs, reports:—"I am advised by the Adelaide office as follows: 'Both cables from Port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repeated tests confirm the supposition that the Port Darwin cable lines are broken close to Banjoewangie, whilst the snap in the Western Australian line is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At an early hour this morning a collision occurred between the steamer Heaketh, inward bound from Bellambi, coal-laden, and the steamer Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight hundred and seventy ingots of copper have been recovered during the last week from the wreck of the Duckenfield, off long reef…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Zodiac, from Kaipara to Sydney, arrived off Camden Haven yesterday making signals of distress. The steamer Koonowarra proceeded to her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The captain and crew of the wrecked barque Zodiac were landed at Brisbane last evening by the steamer Koonowarra. The vessel had 9ft. of water in her hold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Zodiac, abandoned by the crew in a sinking condition off the northern coast on Wednesday, afterwards went ashore near Camden Haven, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Launceaton interoolonial trading ketch Windward has been wrecked on the Hebe reef. AU hands were [?]ed. The vessel was uninsured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible cyclone has occurred at St. Paul, the capital of Minnesota, U.S. A steamer on the river capsized. Seventy bodies have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A collision occurred last night off Bradley's Head, Port Jackson, between the schooner Victoria, 59 tons, timber laden, from Port Stephens to Sydney,…
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