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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897

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The Wreck of the Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Monday Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 2

Diving operations for the recovery of the mails and valuables which went down in the Tasmania have so far failed, owing to the roughness of the…

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The Wreck of the Tasmania. Arrival of Captain M'Gee. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 4

Captain M'Gee, who was in command of the steamer Tasmania, which was recently wrecked at Table Cape, New Zealand, has arrived…

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The Wreck of the Tasmania. Arrival of Captain M'Gee. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 1

Captain M'Gee, who was in command of the steamer Tasmania, which was recently wrecked at Table Cape, New Zealand, has arrived…

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Wreck of the Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 August 1897 · page 3

The official inquiry into the circumstances attending the wrecking of the Tasmania has been adjourned for a week. It transpired that a sunken…

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3rd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. Wreck of a Barque. Sufferings of the Shipwrecked. Ten Months on an Island [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 4

News has reached here that the barque Seladon, which left Newcastle, N S. W., in July, 1896, with coal for Honolulu, on August 7 struck a reef at Starbuck Island…

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The Wreck of the Tasmania

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

YOU haVe already, no doubt (remarks a New Zealand correspondent), published details of the wreck of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and CO.'s fine intercolonial steamer, the…

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Wreck of a Barque. Sufferings of the Shipwrecked. Ten Months on an Island. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 August 1897 · page 1

News has reached here that the barque Seladon, which left Newcastle, N S. W., in July, 1896, with coal for Honolu'u, on August 7 struck a reef at Starbuck Island…

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The Wrecked Steamer Tasmania. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 2

The new Zealand Government steamer Hinemoa has left for the wreck of the Tasmania, and will make another attempt to recover the mails…

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A Disabled Steamer. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 4

The steamer Margarita, bound for Hobart, has been towed to Teneriffe with her shaft broken…

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A Disabled Steamer. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 August 1897 · page 1

The steamer Margarita, bound for Hobart, has been towed to Teneriffe with her shaft broken…

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E Wreck of the Tasmania. The Divers Baffled. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 2

After several unsuccessful attempts and much hard and dangerous work, the divers succeeded in reaching the wreck of the steamer Tasmania, which…

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A British Warship Ashore. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 September 1897 · page 4

The British warship Iimogen (460 tons, 390 h p), of the Mediterranean squadron, has gone ashore on a sand bank at San Stephano, near…

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A British Warship Ashore. LONDON, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 1

The British warship Imogene (460 tons, 390 h.p), of the Mediterranean squadron, has gone ashore on a sand bank at San Stephano, near…

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Wreck of a Yacht. Five Persons Drowned. Only One Survivor. An Awful Experience. [By Telegraph] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 September 1897 · page 2

A telegram from Tewantin reports that the Brisbane yacht Zenobia was capsized off Cape Moreton on Wednesday last and washed ashore near…

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The Wreck of the Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 September 1897 · page 2

The wreck of the steamer Tasmania has been sold for £125. The nautical inquiry into the wreck was resumed yesterday, Evidence…

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The Wrecked Steamer Tasmania. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 3

The wreek of the steamer Tasmania has been sold to a Napier syndicate for £25. At the inquiry into the…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages] a Disabled Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 2

The overdue Atlantic liner Circassia has been towed into Queenstown (Ireland) in a disabled condition, having met with a mishap on June…

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The Wreck of the Tasmania. The Official Inquiry. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 September 1897 · page 2

The decision in the inquiry into the wreck of the Tasmania will be given on Tuesday. Counsel for the Marine Department has contended that there…

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The Wreck of the Tasmania. Captain and Third Officer Adjudged Guilty. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 4

The Marine Board to day gave its decision in the inquiry into the wreck of the Tasmania. This was to the effect that the vessel was wrecked by…

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Wreck of a Barque. the Crew Saved. London. Sept. 13

Western Grazier · Wednesday 22 September 1897 · page 2

The barque Holeuslea, bound from England to West Australia, has boon totally wrecked in the Southern Ocean. The crew lauded safely at Capo Town…

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