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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
166 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 9
The steamer Ruapehu, from London to Wellington, with 200 passengers, has gone ashore at farewell Spit. Her position is repotted to be dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Commodore sprang a leak and foundered off New Smyrna, in the Levant. The crew was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The mail steamer Ruapehu, from Hobart, has gone ashore at the Farewell Spit. The passengers and crew were transferred to the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American steamer Commodore, which sailed recently with arms and ammunition for the Cuban rebels, sprang a leak during the voyage and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Langton Grange, bound from Sydney to London, while rounding the Gape of Good Hope, lost three of her propellor blades and fractured the stern tube. She…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Word has just been received in the city that a barque, name unknown, has gone ashore on the 90-mile beach, No particulars are available…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque ashore at Canningbame, near the Gippsland Lakes(as previously telegraphed), is named the County of Antrim, bound from Sharpness to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British troopship Warren Hastings has been wrecked on the French island of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean. The troops were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Acting on the report of Mr. Portus, of the Harbors and Rivers. Department, the Minister for Works (Mr. Young) has authorised the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There have been several sensational and mysterious robberies of gold from steamers in the past; but it is some time since such a robbery as that which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A lifeboat captized off Jutland; Denmark. Twelve of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Oceana reports that £5000 has been stolen from the vessel's strongroom. The money was shipped at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Central News of December 10 said:— The North German Lloyd steamship Salier has been wrecked off the Spanish coast, and every soul on board of her has perished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A lifeboat has capsized off the coast of Jutland, a province of Denmark Twelve lives are lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Oronsay, trading between Liverpool and Melbourne, bas been abandoned at sea. She met with a violeuo gale and lust her rudder-head…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great uneasiness is felt here at the non-arrival of the R.M.S. Zealandia, which is now four days overdue. Uncertainty exists as to the exact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two fully developed eases of smallpox have broken out on the steamer Nineveh, berthed in the Yarra. A pantryman named Jarvis and Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Ninevah, which reached this port on Friday night from London via Capetown, has three cases of smallpox on board. The victims are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Government steamer Governor Musgrave, with the members of the Marino Board on board, is missing. FRIDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PROBABLY few people are aware of what may strictly be described as the resident population of a big mail steamer, and in these days of 8000 and 10,000 ton liners the…
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