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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

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Wreck at Sydney Heads. The Captain Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 4

The schooner Emma Matilda, laden with maiza from the Hawkesbury, was wrecked off North Head, Sydney, this morning. There was a heavy sea on with…

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Wreck at Sydney Heads. The Captain Drowned. by Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 1

The schooner Emms Matilda, Isden with maizs from the Hawkasbury, was wrecked off North Head, Sydney, this morning. There was a heavy sea on with…

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3rd EDITION Minor Office, 3-6.30 p.m. Latest Cable News. Disaster to an Excursion Steamer. LONDON. Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 4

A steamer containing excursionists was proceeding down the harbor at Rio de Janeiro, when an explosian occurred. The steamer caught fire Many of the…

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Latest Cable News. Disaster to an Excursion Steamer. London, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 January 1895 · page 1

A steamer containing excursionists was proceeding down the harbor at Rio de Janeiro, when an explosion occurred. The steamer" caught fire Many of the…

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Wrecks

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 1

There appear to be an average of about 600 wrecks amongst British vessels every year. There are, however, worse wrecks on land than on sea. Men who, without…

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The Steamer Rodney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 2

ACTING GAOLER Constable Sberringham, of Wentworth, has arrived in Sydney from the river township, escorting the young man Bonnar, who…

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Capsize of a Ketch. The Captain and Four Men Drowned. The Vessel Smashed in the Breakers. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 2

Further severe, weather has been experienced along the coast, and in places the seas have been particularly heavy. So far, however, only one…

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The Steamer Rodney. The Machinery Recovered. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia, Friday Night

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

Captain Dixon, who was formerly in charge of the steamer Rodney, arrived here to-day per steamer Maggie. About a fortnight ago he proceeded by the…

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The Wreck of the Alert. Liabilities of Shipowners. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

For eight days past Sir Hartley Williams and a jury in the Supreme Court have been hearing an action brought by Mrs. Lucy Kilpatrick,…

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General Cable News. a Mail Steamer Ashore. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 2

The Orient mail steamer Oroya, bound for London from Australian ports, has gone ashore in the Bay of Naples. The bottom is a sandy one,…

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Wreck in the Atlantic. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 2

Intelligence has been received of the foundering of the British ship Yeoman, bound from Antwerp to the West Indies, in mid-Atlantic. Two of the…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. Boating Disaster Swamped by a Steamer. Four Drowned. Narrow Escape of Two. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 March 1895 · page 4

Details of a serions boating disaster to fishing party, causing the loss of four lives, were brought to Sydney this morning…

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Boating Disaster Swamped by a Steamer, Four Drowned. Narrow Escape of Two. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 1

Details of a serious boating disaster to a fishing party, causing the loss of four lives, were brought to Sydney this morning…

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The Steamer Rodney. Disputed insurance Claim

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 4

AN aplicatton was made to Mr. Justice Holroyd in Melbourne on Thursday in the case of Permewan, Wright, and Co., against the Standard Insurance…

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An Effect of the Wairarapa Wreck

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 April 1895 · page 3

AN important circular has been issued by the Union Steamship Company to the officers in its service. It deals (says the Lyttelton Times) with the…

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Steamer Adelaide Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 2

The steamer Adelaide struck on a rock on Friday south of Geraldton, but floated off at high water. Afterwards she drifted ashore near Liverpool…

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Appalling Loss of Life at Sea. a Spanish Steamer Founders. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 2

The Spanish steamer St. Gravena, with 168 souls on board, has foundered during a cyclone off the coast of Manilla. So unexpected was the…

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Collision at Sea. a Ketch and a Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1895 · page 2

Last night the ketch Amy Moir, timber laden, was standing into the Sooth Head. At the same time the City of Grafton, steamer, outward…

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3rd EDITION Minar Office, 6.30 p.m. Great Marine Disaster. a French Mail Steamer Sunk. Over One Hundred Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1895 · page 4

Intelligence hag been received from Paris of the total loss of the French mail steamer Don Pedro while on the voyage from the Channel port of Havre to the…

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Great Marine Disaster. a French Mail Steamer Sunk. Over One Hundred Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 May 1895 · page 1

Intelligence has heen received from Paris of the total loss of the French mail steamer Don Pedro while on the voyage from the Channel port of Havre to the…

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