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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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The Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Kilpatrick's Body Found. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 4

A special correspondent at Cape Borda telegraphed to-day:—"Messrs. W. May and Smith have just returned from their search for Mr. Kilpatrick, the Loch Sloy passenger…

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The Wreck of the Tekapo. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 2

The Union Company's steamer Tekapo, which went ashore in Maroubra Bay, has been abandoned, and the underwriters have ordered the wreck to be sold by auction to-day…

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Steamer Burrumbeet Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 1

About noon to-day the intercolonial steamer Burrumbee' grounded on Stony Point, off Nobby's, Newcastle. She, however, was successfully floated this afternoon and proceeded…

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The Missing Steamer [?]. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

Still no news has been received of the steamer Port shire although sea [?] are out both from Sydney and New Zealand…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. The Marine Board Acts. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 4

At a meeting of the Marine Board to-day the president stated that it was the intention of the board to hold an inquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the…

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The Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Kilpatrick's Body Found. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 1

A special correspondent at Cape Borda telegraphed to-day:—"Messrs. W. May and Smith have just returned from their search for Mr. Kilpatrick the Loeh Slay passenger…

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The Wreck of the Loch Sloy. The Finding of Kilpatrick's Body. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

The body of Mr. Kilpatrick, the missing passenger of the ill-fated Loch Sloy, which was found yesterday, was lying close to a bush in fairly open country. According to…

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Shipping Disasters. a Missing Steamer. Disappearance of a Police Party. [By Telegraph.] Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

The Government steamer Hinemoa has arrived at The Bluff. She reports that she saw nothing of the missing steamer Perthshire. The Hinemoa visited the west coast,…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. The Marine Board Acts. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 1

At a meeting of the Marine Board to-day the president stated that it was the intention of the board to hold an inquiry into the circumstances attending the wreck of the…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Who was to Blame? Opinions of the Survivors. [By Teleghaph] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 4

The meeting of Mitchell and M'Millan, two of the survivors of the wrecked ship Loch Sloy, at Kangaroo Island, for the first time since they separated at the camp after the…

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A Schooner in Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 2

The signal-master at Seal Rocks wired to Sydney late yesterday afternoon that a topsail schooner was eight miles north-eastward of the Rocks with her foremast and jibbom…

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A Liner Ashore. The Paris Strikes a Rock. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 2

The Atlantic liner Paris, bound from Southhampton to New York, struck the outer ridge of the Manacle Rocks, off the Cornish coast, during a haze last…

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Wreck of the Loch Sloy. Who was to Blame? Opinions of the Survivors. [By Telegraph] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 1

The meeting of Mitchell and M'Millan, two of the survivors of the wrecked ship Loch Sloy, at Kangaroo Island, for the first time since they separated at the camp after the…

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A Disabled Schooner. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 2

A schooner, supposed to be the Violet Hoepel, has been picked up disabled off the Nambucca Heads, on the North Coast…

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The Loch Sloy Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 2

Very little evidence was available with regard to the wreck of the Loch Sloy, so the inquiry by the Marine Board concluded yesterday evening. The board has not yet,…

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

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 1

The officiai inquiry concerning the wreck of the Loch Sloy was begun to-day at Port Adelaide. Captain Clare, the harbormaster, strongly suggested that a light should be…

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A Disabled Schooner. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1899 · page 2

The schooner Violet Do[?]pel, which was picked up disabled off the Nambucca Heads, on the North Coast, has been towed into the Macleay River…

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A Schooner Wrecked. Miraculous Escape of the Crew. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 2

The schooner Failford, timber-laden, from Cape Hawke, was entering Sydney Heads last midnight, when she got into the trough of the sea. Her helm refused to act, and she…

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The Missing Steamer Perthshire. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 2

The steamer Duckenfield, which left Sydney to search for the Perthshire, encountered heavy weather on the voyage. The steamer proceeds north to-day to continue the search…

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Rain and Wrecks. "Wicked Weather" Predicted. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 2

Rain is again falling in Sydney, after a day's cessation. Mr. Wragge prediets "wicked weather" between Noumea and Lord Howe and…

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