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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897

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The Wreck of the Duncow. How the Ship Got Into the Breakers. Abandoned Near the Cliffs. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 3

There is very little additional information concerning the wreck of the ship Duncow on Kangaroo Island, particulars of which were telegraphed…

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The Wreck of the Duncow. [?]By Telegraph.[?] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 4

The steam-tug Ya[?]al[?], which has gone out to find the [?]tandoned ship Duncow, arrived at Queenscliff last night, and took on board the captain…

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Tre Wreck of the Duncow. by Telegraph. Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 1

The steam-tug Yatala, which has gone ont to find the abandoned ship Duncow, arrived at Queenscliff last night, and took on board the captain…

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The Wrecked Duncow. Towed Safely to Port Pirie. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 June 1897 · page 3

The Duncow, which wa8 a few days back abandoned as a wreck, arrived safely at Port Pirie on Saturday night, having been towed there from the…

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Arrival of a Reported Wreck. Adelaide

Western Grazier · Wednesday 9 June 1897 · page 3

The ship Duncow, which was reported as having been wrecked off Kangaroo Island, has arrived at Port Pirie. It appears that when the ship…

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Killed While Loading a Steamer. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 June 1897 · page 2

Walter Shiner was loading a steamer for New Guinea on Saturday night, when he was struck by a bale of woolpacks and expired soon after from…

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An Overdue P. and O. Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 4

The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Aden is a week overdue. The company hopes that the delay is simply due to the engines having broken down, and that the…

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Terrible Fire at Sea. Sixteen Persons Perish in the Steamer Leona's Steerage. Stokers Rush the Boats

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 1

A NEW YORK telegram dated May 9 says:— The Mallory line steamer Leona, which left her pier on Saturday, bound for Galveston, took fire at sea, put back, and arrived…

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An Overdue P. and O. Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 June 1897 · page 1

The Peninsular ard Oriental steamer Aden is a week overdue. The company hopes that the delay is simply due to the engines having broken down, and that the…

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A Steamer in a Gale. Abandonment of the Sultan. Perilous Transhipment. Ten Persons Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Albany

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 June 1897 · page 2

The R.M.S. Valetta has arrived, and brings particulars of the abandonment of the steamer Saltan under very exciting circumstances in the Arabian…

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An Ironclad Foundered the Grew Saved. London, June 27

Western Grazier · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 2

The Russian ironclad Gangent has foundered in the Baltic seas. All the crew were saved…

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Wreck of a Mail Steamer. Seventy-five Drowned or Missing. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 2

A brief message has just been received to the effect that the P. and O. Indian mail steamer Aden, which has been overdue for some time, has been…

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3rd Edition Miner Office, [?] p.m. the Wreck of the Aden. Further Distressing Details. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 4

Further details are now available regarding the disaster which overtook the steamship Aden. The vessel was bound from Hong…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— the Wreck of the Aden. Farther Distressing Details. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 July 1897 · page 1

Further details are now available regarding the disaster which overtook the steamship Aden. The vessel was bound from Hong…

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The Wreck of the Aden. How She Ran on the Reef. Survivors Rescued Just in Time. [By Cable] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 2

Further details of the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Aden, bound from Hongkong to England, off the island of Socotrs, near the entrance of the…

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Jubilee Celebration on a Wreck. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 4

The survivors of the steamer Aden, despite their fortnight's misery white the vessel lay on the reef near Socotra, in momentary danger of breaking up, celebrated the…

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P. & O. Steamer Wrecked. Passengers and Crew Missing. London, June 30

Western Grazier · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 2

The P. and O. Company's steamer Aden, which was overdue, has been wrecked on a reef at Locatra Island, in the Indian Ocean. The passengers…

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Jubilee Celebration on a Wreck. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 1

The survivors of the steamer Aden, despite their fortnight's misery while the vessel lay on the reef near Socotra, in momentary danger of breaking up, celebrated the…

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Latest Cable News. The Wreck of the Aden. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 July 1897 · page 4

The survivors of the P. and O. steamer Aden, which was wrecked on a reef off the island of Socotra, near the entrance of the Red Sea, while on…

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Latest Cable News. The Wreck of the Aden. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 1

The survivors of the P. and O. steamer Aden, which was wrecked on a reef off the island of Socotra, near the entrance of the Red Sea, while on…

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