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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893

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Wreck of a Warship. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 May 1893 · page 3

A Brazilian warship has been wrecked in the Red Sea…

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Wreck of a Brigantine. a Victim of the Gale. The Vessel Gone to Pieces. The Crew of Seven Missing. The Coast Strewn with Wreckage. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 2

A man named M'Aulley brought into Coff's Harbor yesterday the sensational information that he had seen a ship with sails set stranded on the…

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The Saucy Jack Wreck. The Crew Safe. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 2

A telegram from Trial Bay reports that the brigantine Saucy Jack, news of whose wreck was telegraphed yesterday, ran ashore a litt[?]e south of…

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A Ship Ashore

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1893 · page 3

THE ship Beaconsfield, loaded with timber, bound for Port Pirie, went ashore at Shoalwater Point, near Franklin Harbor, about 4 o'clock on…

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Scuttling a Steamer. An Alleged Foul Outrage. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 2

What has every appearance of being an attempt to scuttle the ship Wendouree while lying near the wharf has been discovered, and happily…

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A Ketch Run Down. The Cook Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 4

The steamer Elingamite, from Sydney, ran into the ketch Guiding Star, laden with timber from Port Macquarie, off Red Head at 4 a.m…

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A Ketch Run Down. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 1

The steamer Elingamite, from Sydney, ran into, the ketch Guiding Star, laden with timber from Port Macquarie, off Red Head at 4 a.m…

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Reported Wrecks. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 4

Information concerning a supposed wreck at the Kent Group, a small group of islands situated about 50 miles south-east of Wilson's Promo…

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Reported Wrecks. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 1

Information concerning a supposed wreck at the Kent Group, a small group of islands situated about 50 miles south-east of Wilson's…

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Gunpowder Explosion. 400 Houses Wrecked. Numbers Killed and Injured. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 2

Intelligence of a disastrous explosion at Hong Kong, China, is to hand; but the details are meagre. It is stated that many persons were killed, and…

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Fxplosion on the Aramac. The Forecabin Wrecked. Two Men Injured. Some Marvellous Escapes. A Fiendish Outrage Suspected. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 July 1893 · page 2

It has transpired that an explosion occurred aboard the steamer Aramac at midnight on Thursday, while the vessel was on its way from Sydney…

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Wreck of the Allanshaw. Watching for a Ship

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 4

THE full details of the wreck of the Allanshaw to hand by the Cape papers per s.s. Aberdeen, show that the shipwrecked crew were 28 in number…

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Marine Disasters. Total Wreck of a Schooner. The Corea on a Reef. Foundering of a Barque. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

As briefly telegraphed last evening, the schooner Mary Ogilvie has been wrecked at Norfolk Island. The details are still meagre; but it appears…

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Sickness on a Mail Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 2

The R. M. S. Oroya, which has arrived at Plymouth from Australian ports via Suez, had 32 cases of measles ou board. Eliza Knox, a Sydney…

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Attempt to Wreck an Express. Miraculous Escape. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 September 1893 · page 4

An attempt to wreck the express running between Launceston and Hobart is reported.; The driver and fireman were suspended for some…

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Attempt to Wreck an Express. Miraculous Escape. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 September 1893 · page 1

An attempt to wreck the express running between Launceston and Hobart is reported. The driver and fireman were suspended for some…

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General Cable News. Cholera on an Italian Mail Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 September 1893 · page 2

An Italian mail steamer, which has just arrived in Sardinia from Brazil, had 144 deaths from Asiatic cholera on the voyage. There are 17 of the…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office 7 p.m. Latest Cable News. An Overdue Steamer. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 4

The steamer Miowera, of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s Australian-Canadian line, which is on the voyage from Sydney to Vancouver, is…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Latest Cable News. An Overdue Steamer. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 1

The steamer Miowera, of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s Australian-Canadian line, which is on the voyage from Sydney to Vancouver, is…

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Marine Disasters. [By Telegraph.] Foundering of a Ketch. The Steamer Tambo Disabled. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 2

A strong westerly gale has been blowing off the coast, and has resulted in the loss of a ketch and three lives and damage to the steamer…

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