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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896

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Wreck at Esperance. The Ship Ettie Lost. The Captain and Mate Drowned. [By Tele[?]ph.] Adelaide, Wednesday (5 p.m.)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 September 1896 · page 2

A telegram from Esperance reports that the E[?]ie, owned by Mr. J. R. Connelly, and engaged between Esperance, Albany, and E[?]cla in conveying…

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The Wreck at Esperance

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 September 1896 · page 2

THE Advertiser gives the following particulars additional to those telegraphed to the MINER regarding the wreck of the Ettie near Esperance:—At half-past 5 on…

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Sinking of a Steamer. The Bogong Lost at Snowy River. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 2

News is to hand that the coasting steamer Bogong has sunk off the Snowy River, Gippsland. The captain, and two of the crew were landed…

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A New Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 2

A new steamer, built for Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co., of Australia, has been successfully launched…

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Loss of a Steamer. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 3

The Victorian coasting steamer Bogong has foundered near the entrance to Snowy River. The captain and two others were saved, but five…

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A Disastrous Hurricane. Several Wrecks Caused. London, Sept. 28

Western Grazier · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 3

A terrifie burricane has swept the English, French and Spanish coasts, causing several wrecks…

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The Largest Steamer in the World

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 2

LAST month a steamer which will dwarf the great majority of ships afloat was launched from the yard of Messrs. Harland and Wolf, of Belfast. She was built for the…

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Wreck of the Dayspring. Six Men Missing. The Remainder on an Islet [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 October 1896 · page 2

Word comes to this city, via Noumea, that the Dayspring has been totally wrecked on a rock to the north of New Caledonia. The first intimation added that the…

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The Wreck of the Dayspring

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 2

IN connection with the wreck of the Dayspring, a correspondent says:—The Dayspring was a screw steamer, of 340 tons gross, and was built by Messrs. M'Kie and…

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The Wreck of the Dayspring. Nothing Seen of the Missing Crew. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 October 1896 · page 3

Information from Noumea is to the effect that Captain Bibbing, of the wrecked missionary steamer Dayspring, and Radder, Jones, Bunting, Sawyer,…

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The Wreck of the Dayspring. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 28 October 1896 · page 2

Captain Bibbing and a portion of the crew of the wrecked mission steamer Dayspring arrived this morning from Noumea. Captain Bibbing…

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The Wrecked Steamer Day-spring. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 2

The wrecked mission steamer Day-spring will probably be floated again shortly…

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Chapter Iv. the Wrecker's Hand

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 November 1896 · page 1

As I drove slowly homewards across that rough 10-mile stretch of lovely country, enjoying, despite my still aching bones, the restful peace of the still September night, I…

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A Japanese Steamer Service. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 7 November 1896 · page 2

The Yamashire-Maru, the pioneer vessel of a Japanese line of steamers which will run between Japan and Australia, arrived this morning. The…

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Wreck of a Ketch. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 November 1896 · page 2

A telegram was received here last night reporting the wreck of the ketch Lisken at the Chesterfield group of islands. No lives were lost…

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Stranding of a Steamer and Loss of Life. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 November 1896 · page 2

The steamer Memphis has been stranded on the coast of Iceland. Ten persons were drowned and 37 were rescued…

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A Steamer Ashore. Ten Lives Lost. London, Nov. 19

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 2

The steamer Memphis, which was under charter to the Dominion Line, has gone ashore on the coast of Ireland. Ten lives were lost as a…

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A New Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 November 1896 · page 2

The new steamer Hawaai, built for the Canadian and Australian service, has been launched…

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Ada Ransome's Inheritance. [Ali Rights Reserved.] for the Miner. Part Ii. Chapter Xviii. the Wrecker

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 November 1896 · page 1

Evening bronght with ifc a certain amount of relief from my distasteful round of duties, as I gathered from Toni's manner that I was expected to make a nightly visit to…

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Wreck of a Schooner. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 December 1896 · page 2

Still another maritime disaster has occurred on the coast of this colony; word has just come in that the schooner Joy has been wrecked on the Lacepede…

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