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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

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General Cable News. Another Disastrous Wreck. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 May 1895 · page 2

News has been received of the total wreck on the Mexican coast of the Pacific Company's steamer Colima. One hundred and seventy persons were…

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A Missing Schooner. [By Telegraph] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 2

News received here from Tonga reports that some of the wreckage of the missing Bchooner Fila has been found. It is believed that she had 60…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. Wreck of the Catterthun. Great Loss of Life Feared. the Steamer Only One Day Out. Struck on Seal Rocks. Intense Excitement in Syoney. Waiting for the News. the Passengers. the Saved. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 August 1895 · page 4

There could not have been more consternation it a bomb had been thrown into the heart of the city than was caused this afternoon when the…

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Wreck of the Catterthun. Great Loss of Life Feared. the Steamer Only One Day Out. Struck on Seal Rocks. Intense Excitement in Sydney. Waiting for the News. the Passengers. the Saved. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 1

There could not have been more consternation if a bomb had been thrown into the heart of the city than was caased this afternoon when the…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun. Latest Particulars. the Search Unsuccessful. No More Survivors Found. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 4

There is very little fresh this afternoon concerning the wreck of the Catterthun. The steamers sent out are continuing the search along the…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun. the Saved. the Lost. Accounts of the Disaster. Interviews with Survivors. a Heavy Sea. the Position of Captain and Chief Officer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 2

Although there have been several marine disasters on the Australian coast involving the lo[?] of a greater number of lives of Europeans than…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun. Latest Particulars. the Search Unsuccessful. No More Survivors Found. by Telegraph Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 1

There is very little fresh this after-noon concerning the week of the Catterthun. The steamers sent out are continuing the search along the…

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The Scene of the Wreck

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

The Seal Rocks, which are described as the most dangerous on the south side of the entrance to Port Curtis, on the Queensland coast consist of a ridge…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun. Boat No.3 Found. a Solitary Occupant Dead. Other Bodies Recovered Statement by the Surviviks Officer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

The tug Marion Mayfield has again returned after making a careful search of the neighborhood of the wreck. They found boat No. 3 about seven…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun. Further Accounts by Survivors. Passengers Refuse to Leave Their Saloons

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 August 1895 · page 2

The survivors from the wreck of the Catterthun were brought from Forster to Sydney by the steamer Electra, and reached this port during yesterday…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the Wreck of the Catterthun. Opening of the Inquest

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 August 1895 · page 4

An inquest was opened to day at Forster on the bodies of those drowned through the wreck of the Catterthun. The second officer (Mr. Lanfear) gave…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun. Opening Ofthe Inquest [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 1

An inquest was opened today at Forster on the bodies of those drowned throngh the wreck of the Catterthun. The second officer (Mr. Lanfear) gave…

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The Wreck of the Cattrthun. the Inquest. the Subviving Officer's Obduracy. Appeal to the Justice Department. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 2

The inquest on the bodies recovered from the wreck of the Catterthun was continued after the dispatch of the Miner's last message yesterday…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun Continuation of the Inquest. Langfear Resumes His Evidence. Altered the Course Without Calling the Captain. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 2

During yesterday morning the Coroner at Forster was in communication with the Justice Department, the second and only surviving officer…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun. The Inquest. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 August 1895 · page 2

ln consequence of the evidence tendered by the second officer, the jury sitting to inquire into the circumstancas of the Cattherthun wreck,…

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The Cattherthun Wreck. The Salvage Operations. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

The steamers Mermaid and Sterling are about to leave for Seal Bocks for the purpose of carrying on salvage operations at the wreck of the…

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Two More Disasters. Boiler Explosion in Denver City. An Excursion Steamer Sunk. [Br Cablie.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 2

A New York message reports that a disastrous boiler explosion has occurred in Denver City, Colorado. The boiler was in close proximity to the…

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The Cattherthun Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 2

The Shipwreck Belief Society of New South Wales has voted £200 in aid of the survivors of the wreck of the Catterthun…

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Severe Earthquake in New Zealand. the Village of Taupo Partly Wrecked. Millions of Tons of Rock Displaced. Hot Springs Active. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Monday Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 2

News from the central districts of the North Island is to the effect that they have just sustained the severest earthquake shock experienced since the…

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The South Australian Lifeboat. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 2

The committee of the Lifeboat Institution has decided that it is unable to supervise the building of a steam lifeboat for South Australia, but is…

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