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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

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Storm in Victoria. a Ketch Stranded. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 3

The weather was terribly rough in the metropolitan district last night, and along the coast a very "dirty time" was experienced. So far as…

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The Cholera Scourge. 3100 Deaths in Hamburg. Panic on a Steamer. 3000 Deaths Daily in Persia. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

The number of deaths from cholera is now somewhat less in Hamburg, the principally affected European city. From the reports of the Health…

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Storm in Victoria. a Ketch Stranded. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 September 1892 · page 4

The weather was terribly rough in the metropolitan district last night, and along the coast a very "dirty time" was experienced. So far as…

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A Ship Ashore. Loss of Life Feared. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 September 1892 · page 4

This morning the four-masted ship Drumbl[?]ir, of Liverpool, in ballast, an iron ship of 1848 tons, ran ashore at Sandy Point, on the east side of Waratah…

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Wreck of the Golden Horn. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 October 1892 · page 2

News has been received of the wreck of the ship Golden Horn, on an island off the South American coast. The crew escaped in the boats, and have…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 4.30 pm Wreck of an Indiaman. 113 Persons Drowned. Only Seven Souls Saved. [By Cable.] London, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 October 1892 · page 3

News has been received that the steamship Roumania, bound from Liverpool to Bombay, has been wrecked at Arelho. One hundred and thirteen persons were…

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Wreck of an Indiaman. 113 Persons Drowned. Only Seven Souls Saved. [By Cable.] London, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 4

The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— News has been received that the steamship Roumania, bound from Liverpool to…

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General Cable News. The Wreck of the Roumania. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 2

Further particulars regarding the loss of the steamer Roumania, bound from Liverpool to India, off the coast of Portugal, have been received. These…

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Wreck of the John Rennie. Sufferings of the Rescued. The Captain's Boat Still Missing. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 December 1892 · page 2

The R. M. S. Mariposa, which has arrived from San Francisco, via Honolulu and Auckland, brings details of the wreck of the American ship John…

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Dynamite Outrage. Dublin Detective Office Wrecked. A Detective Killed. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 December 1892 · page 2

Intense excitement has been occasioned in Dublin by a daring dynamite outrage, which resulted in the wrecking of the detective office,…

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