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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
65 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 4
News from Port Stephens states that the schooner Susie has gone ashore, and become a total wreck. MELBOURNE, Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News from America gives particulars of a destructive blizzard which has done untold damage to property. It appears to have extended along the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday the [?] Habbuck, owned by Messrs. [?] Brothers, was stoned by the [?] men as the was leaving London [?] for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT is hardly more than a week ago since a large fire occurred in two wooden shanties adjoining the BARRIER MINER office, and for a time threatened to destroy the office,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Albany Observer has the following story about the new steamer Bullarra and an equally fresh reporter:— 'Go down to the jetty, said the editor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News was received on Saturday of the wreck and loss of the Helena Davies on the Nambucca bar during a heavy sea. Captain Hackman, the cook, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A British steamer bas been fired at by the Chilian rebels, Who attempted to seize the cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cable message from San Francisco states that a most disastrous hurricane has swept over the North Pacific, wrecking everything it met. The wind…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great excitement prevailed at the favorite watering place. Lorne, yesterday on the arrival of the fashing ketch Jessie, with the captain's wife, child, and five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ship W. B. Godfrey is a total loss. An ineffectual attempt was made to float her off, and she has now 11ft. of water in the hold. Captain Davies is very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Portuguese gunboat on the Zambesi has fired at and captured a British steamer on the river while conveying anmunition to the interior…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamship Port Jackson, which left Sydney on January 18 for London with a full cargo of wool, is reported to be ashore in the Suez Canal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The R.M.S. Monowai has arrived at San Francisco from Sydney. She brings intelligence that the vessel St. Catherine has been wrecked on one of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large vessel, the name of which has not yet been ascertained, went ashore near the Barwon Heads, about 10 miles from Geelong, last night. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The one-masted ship Craigeburn, outward bound for Wellington, N.Z., while being towed clear of the Heads this morning, started the tow rope, and immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Joseph H. Cammell is still in the position where she struck off Shearing ([?]Spring) Creek, near the Barwon Heads, 16 miles from Geelong. She lays on her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ship Craigieburn, bound from Melbourne to Wellington, N.Z., is still in great peril off the back beach at Sorrento, just outside the Heads. There is a very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Craigeburn is now a complete wreck, and is fast breaking up. The drowned, so far as known, are:—Two apprentices (names unknown), John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Craigeburn is now a complete wreck, and is fast breaking up. The drowned, so far as known, are:—Two apprentices (names unknown), John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The inquiry into the wreck of the Craigieburn, near the Heads, was resumed to-day. Pilot Blanchard said that net a life would have been lost had Captain…
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