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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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Steamer Movements

Western Grazier · Wednesday 29 March 1899 · page 2

Stone and Corney (agents for the Momba Pastoral-Co. Ltd.) advise the departure of 650 bales of wool from Mount Murchison, per Excelsior, which…

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Rapid Fall of the Darling. THE S.S. Moira Ashore

Western Grazier · Wednesday 29 March 1899 · page 2

The fall which has taken place in the river during the past week has been remarkable for its rapidity, and has been altogether so-much out of proportion to…

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Steamer Movements

Western Grazier · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 2

The William Davies and the B[?] arrived at Wilmania Thursday night. The Pilot was expected last night, and the Colonel to-morrow…

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Steamer Movements

Western Grazier · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 2

Menindie, 3rd instant; Mundoo passed down, and the Enterprise arrived down. The Colonel arrived at Wilcannia on…

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The following appeared in our late editions of yesterday:— Shipping Disasters. Wrecks and Collisions. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 4

Details of the wreck of the English excursion steamer Stella in the English Channel emphasise the bravery of the passengers and the crew during the last…

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Stdneyside Storms. Gale on the Coast. A Barque Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 4

A tremendous south-easterly gale is blowing along the coast to-day, accompanied by heavy rains. The barque Regent Murray, from Mauritius…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 p.m. Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The Wreck of the Stella. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 4

The statement of survivors of the wreck of the steamer Stella in the English Channel cast a slur on the memory of Captain Reeks, the…

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The Wreck of the Stella. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 2

The Queen has telegraphed her heartfelt sympathy with the relatives of those persons lost in the wreck of the steamer Stella in the Channel. The French…

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The Wreck of the Stella. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 4

The Rev. Mr. Clutterbuck, Wesleyan missionary, was kneeling and praying amongst the passengers left on the steamer at the foundering of the Stella…

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The following appeared in our late editions of yesterday:— Lats Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The Wreck of the Stella. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 4

The statement of survivors of the wreck of the steamer Stella itt the English Clmunel cast a slur on the memory of Captain Reeks, the…

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Steamer Movements

Western Grazier · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 2

There are no steamer movements to report. It is expected that by next Friday or Saturday we shall know if another fresh is coming down the river from the…

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A Fatal Fall. Terrible Wreck—Trembling Above the Seething Abyss—Help Arrives at the Last Second—She Looks Back on her Peril with Dread

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 3

IT falls to the lot of few to know the dangers of shipwreck or to feel that mad panic which seizes on the brain when the heart fails at the sight of death in the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Suicide from a Steamer. LAUNCKSTON

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

When the steamer Pateena arrived here from Melbourne yesterday, the captain reported that Robert Teesdate Elecote, a saloon passenger, had disappeared during the voyage…

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A Barque Wrecked. Rice-laden from Hongkong. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

The Japanese steamer Futami Maru arrived here yesterday. The captain reports that while travelling from Nagasaki to Hongkong the Futami picked up the captain and crew…

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A Steamer in Distress. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 2

There was considerable excitement in the vicinity of the General Post-office last night at the posting of the news that a steamer, supposed to be the North Coast trader…

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A Missing Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

Sydney is still without any news of the steamer Wollumbin, which a couple of nights since was reported off the coast showing signals of distress. It is now feared that the…

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Experience of a Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 2

The North Coast steamer Wollumbin, which it was feared was lost, was towed to port yesterday, She broke her shaft coming from The Tweedi, and, the captain reports, had a…

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A Steamer Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 4

The steamer Tomki, of the North Coast S. N. Company's line, bound from Sydney for northern rivers, struck on Morna Point this morning and had to be benched in Fingal…

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Wreck on the S. A. Coast. Great Loss of Life. a Lad's Brave Ride. Names of the Passengers. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 4

The headkeeper of the Cape Borda lighthouse telegraphed to-day that a young lad named G. O. May had just arrived there from Rocky River, on the south side of Kangaroo…

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Wreck on the S. A. Coast. Great Loss of Life. a Lad's Brave Ride. Names of the Passengers. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 1

The headkeeper of the Cape Borda lighthouse telegraphed to-day that, a young lad named G. O. May had just arrived there from Rocky River, on the south side of Kangaroo…

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