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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896

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Wreck of a Barquentine. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 December 1896 · page 2

The barquentine Del[?], bound from the Bluff to Madden Island, in ballast, struck a reef off Cape Palli[?]er, and becams a total wreck. The…

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A German Mail Steamer Wrecked. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 December 1896 · page 2

The Nord-Deutscher Lloyd's mail steamer Salier, trading to Australian ports, has become a total wreck off the coast of Spain. As far as is known no lives were lost…

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Loss of a Steamer. Wrecked on the Spanish Coast. London, Dec.10

Western Grazier · Saturday 12 December 1896 · page 2

The North German Lloyds' steamer Salier has been totally wrecked on the Spanish coast…

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The Wreck of the Salier. Great Loss of Life Feared. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 December 1896 · page 2

Details of the wreck of the NordDeutscher Lloyd's steamer Salier off the coast of Spain are still scanty, but it is now feared that all on board lost their lives…

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The Wreck of the Salier. 280 Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 December 1896 · page 2

Full details of the wreck of the North-German Lloyd's steamer Salier, off the coast of Spain, are now to hand, and show that a terrible loss of life…

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Shipping Disasters. the Wreck of the Salier. Terrible Loss of Life. London, Dec. 12

Western Grazier · Wednesday 16 December 1896 · page 2

Thirty bodies have been washed ashore from the wreck of the steamer Salier, which was recently lost on the Spanish coast. It is stated that 280…

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A Whale Ashore. Good Haul by Glenelg Fishermen. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 December 1896 · page 2

A few days ago it was reported at Glenelg that a whale had been seen in the Gulf of St. Vincent. On Monday L Pennington and J. Goldfinch,…

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Late Cable News. British and Foreign. Sinking of a Mail Steamer, the Orotava Aground at Tilbury Docks. Five Lives Lost. London, Dec. 16

Western Grazier · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 2

During the coaling of the mail steamer Orotava at Tilbury Docks on Monday, the vessel listed, and the portholes being open she filled and…

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The Steamer Orotava. a Difficulty in Refloating the Vessel. London, Dec. 19

Western Grazier · Wednesday 23 December 1896 · page 2

The efforts being made to refloat the steamer Orotava, which sank recently at Tilbury Docks, have so far proved unsuccessful…

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Terrible Story of Shipwreck. Loss of a Steamer's Lifeboat and Fifteen Lives

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 December 1896 · page 3

The survivors of the London steamer Moss Brow, wrecked in the Gulf of Bothnia, have reached Shields. The men state that they abandoned the vessel after she went ashore…

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