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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
90 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 5
News received from Fiji states that the cutter Espiegel was wrecked on January 1 on Windward Island, Captain Castles and a dozen Tongans, including one woman, being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The German battleship Sachen, 7441 tons, 14 guns, has gone ashore at Kiel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A small steamer trading between Bunbury and Fremantle struck a re[?]f off Garden Island last night and foundered instantly. The captain, crew, and passengers remain[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anxiety is felt for the safety of the steamer Glenelg, 21 tons, from the Gippsland Lakes. The steamer has been missing since Saturday. She left Cunninghame on Saturday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer Sarah Fenwick, well known in the northern castal trade, while crossing the Ballina har, Richmond River, last night about midnight, struck the spit, and became a total…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Glenelg, 210 tons, which left Cunninghame, Gippsland Lakes, for Melbourne on Saturday, has become a total wreck on the trip…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The total wreek of the steamer Glenelg, on her passage from the Oippsland Lakes to Melbourne, reported yesterday, is a much more serious'disaster than was at first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is now little doubt that only three lives were saved from the wreck of the steamer Glenelg. A strict search has been made at sea and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Gabo reports that the search steamer Charlotte Fenwick has arrived at the Gippsland Lakes entranes, but that nothing was seen of any survivors or wreckage from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. Burke, the mate, assisted to cut away the rafts and the lifeboat. The three men in the boat invited him to join them. "No," he replied bravely, "my place is here." He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six bodies have been washed ashore from the wreck of the Gleuelg. One is believed to be that of Mrs. Griffiths, but identification in every case is almost impossible owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two bodies of men and one of a woman have come ashore from the wreck of the steamer Gieneig, They have not yet been identified…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Gulf of Toronto, 3000 tons, is aground on the sand off Williamstown. The steamer went four miles out of its course in a fog. How it did so is unexplainable, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two more unidentified bodies have been washed ashore at Cunninghame from the wreck of the Glenelg, together with a number of bloodstained lifebelts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Several bodies and a quantity of wreckage from the ill-fated steamer Glen[?] has been washed up on the Gipp[?]and coast. The bodies were horribly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest on the bodies of the eight persons, found at Cunninghame, from the wrock of the Glenelg, was opened yesterday. Four of the bodies were identified as these of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Board of Health, in reply to-Albury's request for a me[?]cal examination ot passengers from Victoria at Albury, states that representations in the matter should be made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquest on the Glenelg victims was concluded last evening. An open verdict was returned, no evidence being forthcoming to show what caused the leakage which led to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is great alarm at Rockhampton on account of the circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the plague there. The steamer Burwah had been engaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A sensation was caused in Brisbane late yesterday afternoon when it became known that a case of plague had been discovered at Woolloongabba, near South Brisbane…
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