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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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A Wreck in the West. One Man Reported Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 2

The collector of customs and receiver of Wiecks at Fremantle has received a telegram from the sub-collector of customs at Carnavon that a report has been received there…

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The Loch Sloy Wreck. the Search for the Survivors. Two of Them Brought in to Cape Borda. a Story of Awful Privation. the Only Surviving Passenger Still Missing. the Work of the Search Parties. Survivors Live on Dead Penguins. Bravery of the Women Passengers. the Sea That Wrecked the Ship. Worst Ever Seen by an Old Sailor. Interviews with the Saved. Thirty-one Lives Lost. [By Thelegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 2

The second keeper of Cape Borda lighthouse, who was sent out by Mr. K. J. Foord, telegraph master at Cape Borda, to scour the country in search of the survivors of the…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. No Signs of Kilpatrick. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 4

The following telegram has just been received in Adelaide from Cape Borda:—"No further developments re wreck. A lad left the station this morning to go nlong the cliffs…

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The Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Names of the Crew. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 1

The names, as far as is known of the lost in the wreck of the Loch Sloy are: Captain, Nicol; first mate, M'Millan: second mate, Cleland; crew, Harding, Holsen, Brown,…

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The Loch Sloy Wreck. a Survivor's Account of the Disaster. How the Ship Got on the Rocks. the Scenes on Board. Struggling for Land and Life. the Quest for Kilpatrick. Still Unsuccessful. the Search for Bodies. a Woman's Hair. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 2

William Mitchell, one of the survivors of the Loch Sloy, who was found by the search party from Cape Borda, volunteered to accompany the steaming Euro yesterday on…

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The Loch Sloy Wreck. a Relief Fund Started. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 2

Mr. Kilpatrick, the passenger who got ashore from the wreck of the Loch Sloy, is still missing, though nearly 20 men have been searchidg closely for him over the country…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. No Signs of Kilpatrick. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 4

The following telegram has just been received in Adelaide from Cape Borda:—"No further developments re wreck. A lad left the station this morning to go along the cliffs…

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A Steamer on a Rock. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 2

The steamer Kawatiri, en route to Melbourne, struck a rock at the entrance to Macquarie Harbor. As the vessel was leaking, she returned to port for repairs…

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Shipwrecks. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 2

Additional particulars are to hand regarding the wrecked ship Loch Sl[?] and show that within ten minutes of striking all hands were washed…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 4

No further news has boen received at Cape Borda from the search parties who are looting for Mr. Kilpatrick. The scene ot the wreck of the Loch Sloy is…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. The Bodies of the Dead. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 2

Nothing farther has been beard of Mr. Kilpatrick, the only passenger who reached the shore alive from the wreck of the Loch Sloy. The owners of the wrecked vessel have…

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A Ketch Missing. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1899 · page 2

The Government steamer Lady Loch has been searching for three days in the Straits and along the coast for traces of the ketch Peteville, missing since April 11. The crew,…

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The Missing Steamer Perthshire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1899 · page 2

The steamer Duckenfield is to leave Sydney to-day to search for the steamer Perthshire, which lift Sydney for thw Bluff, New Zealand, a couple of weeks ago, and has not since been…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Searching for Kilpatrick. an Unsuccessful Quest. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1899 · page 2

George May and the second lightkeeper arrived at Cape Borda on Saturday night from the scene of the wreck of the Loch Sloy. May left the lighthouse on Wednesday and reached…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— the Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Recovery of Bodies. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 1

All the bodies found on the beach and rocks at Kangaroo Island, washed ashore from the wreck of the Loch Hloy, were terribly mutilated. Nearly all were also naked. They…

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The Wreck of the Loch Sloy. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 2

A large gathering assembled in the Town Hall last evening under the presidency of Lord Tennyson to express its sympathy with those who are in tribulation owing to the…

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The Steamer Tekapo. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 2

The steamer Tekapo, which went ashore in Maraubra Bay yesterday, remains in the same position, rolling heavily with each wave and striking the rocks badly. It is feared that…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— Two Steamers Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 1

The intercolonial steamer Age, inward bound to Newcastle, during a heavy fog to-day ran ashore on Merewether bench. With the assistance of tug she, however, was…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 2

The Commissioner of Police has received the following telegram from M. C. Shegog, who is stationed at Rockey River, Kangaroo Islnnd:—"A tracker has found Simpson…

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The Wreck of the Loch Sloy. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 1

Simpson, the surviving apprentice of the wrecked ship Loch Sloy, states that he was not asked to return with the second search party to Kangaroo Island, or he would…

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