Wreck of a Schooner. Two Lives Lost. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A serious maritime disaster, resulting in the loss of two lives and of the small trading schooner Julius, is reported from the south-east coast…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892
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Barrier Miner. Monday, May 9, 1892. "The Wrecker's Policy."
IT must no doubt be galling to the journalist to findhimself always behindhand with his news; and in such circamstances the journalist, if he is very…
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WE cannot waste more time and space over people who will not see the truth when it is held up to them. Haphazardly one statement is selected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Starved Rats on a Wrecked Steamship
A CORRESPONDENT in the Newcastle Chronicle, describing scenes on the N[?]rthumberland coast, tells a curious story boat rats:—What a scene of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglars in Sydney. a Strong-room Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon
When the offices of the Colonial Sugar Company, in O'Connell-street, city, were opened to day, it was discovered that the [?]sive door of the strong-room was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burglars in Sydney. a Strong-room Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon
When the offices of the Colonial Sugar Company, in O'Connell-street, city, were opened to day, it was discovered that the massive door of the strong-room was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Barque. Fifteen Days in an Open Boat. Rescue of Captain and Crew. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
A telegram from Cooktown gives intelligence of the wreck of the Dutch barque Eliizabeth, bound from Sydney to Rotterdam, with a cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Australian Steamer. LONDON
The new steamer Warrijos, built for the New Zealand and Australian Shipping Company, has been launched at Wallsend. She is intended for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. The Wreck of the Douglas. LONDON
Farther information concerning the wreck of the steamer Douglas at the Gape Verde Islands, in the Atlantic, shows that the vessel was wrecked on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wrecked Ship Port Douglas. LONDON
The hull of the steamer Port Douglas (which was wrecked on a reef near St. Vincent, one of the Cape Verde Islands, while on her voyage to Sydney)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huddart, Parker's New Steamer. LONDON
Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s new steamer, Tasmania, averaged on her trial 14½ knots an hour. Mr. E. N. C. Braddon, Agent-General for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Taken Down." "It Makes You Careful, Doesn't It?" "That Futile Scare." "The Wrecker Knocked Out."
THESE are a few among the expressions employed by the Silver Age concerning the MINER, consequent upon the publication in the MINER of May 5 of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamtug Ashore, LONDON
The steamtug "Ducco," bound for New Zealand, has gone ashore at Ballyferris Point. The "Dacco" was being towed to Greenock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck Off Queensland. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
A cutter has arrived at Hervey's Bay containing five men who formed part of the crew of the ship Waireka, from New Zealand. They report that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of a Barque. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
The barque Thracian has capsized off the Isle of Man. In this disaster 17 of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. Wreck of a Barque. Eleven Drowned. Eight Saved and Eight in Peril. [By Telegraph] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon
This morning the barque Newfield, 1678 tons, bound from Sharpness to Brisbane, with a cargo of salt from Peterborough, went ashore at Curdies inlet, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the Newfield. Details of the Catastrophe. List of the Saved and Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Fuller details have now been received concerning the wreck of the barque Newfield, bound from Sharpness to Brisbane with a cargo of salt,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Marine Mystery. One Wreck or Two? Bodies Washed Ashore. [By Telegraph[?]] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
There is unfortunately only too good reason to believe that the news I sent earlier to-day of another wreck on the Victorian coast is correct. It appears to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Perils of the Sea. Incident of the Newfield Disaster. Another Wreck Reported. [By Telegraph] Melbourne
Some touching incidents in connection with the wreck of the Newfield are reported. Amongst these is the heroic conduct of Captain Scott, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Marine Mystery. One Wreck or Two? Bodies Washed Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
There is unfortunately only [?]oo good reason to believe tthat the news I sent earlier to day of another wreck on the Victorian coast is correct. It appears to…
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