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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
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The Russian mailboat Oran has been wrecked on the Faraman Rocks, near Marseilles. The,high sea raging baffled' all efforts to effect a rescue, and 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The passengers and crew of the Russian mailboat Oran, wrecked on the Faraman Rocks, near Marseilles, suffered terrible privations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Candian-Pacific Railway Company has purchased the CanadianPacific Steamship Navigation Company's fleet of steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Systematic collection's of Boer families and stock are being made in convenient centres. Voluntary refugees are given advantages over those families whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the steamer Allyn was being towed from Newcastle to Botany Bay she sprang a leak and sa[?]k off Bird Island. The crew were all got safely on to the tug…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Elda put in at one of the southern outposts last evening and landed 26 shipwrecked sailors who had been picked up early in the day. The sailors said they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ill-fated ship Glen Park, wrecked on Friday in the gulf, left the Port Germein anchorage on Tuesday morning with about 3261 tons (gross) cargo of wheat, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All the guns except one of H.M.S. Sybille, wrecked at Saldanha Bay, have been saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, travelling from Hong Kong and Yokohama to San Francisco, struck a ledge at the entrance to the Golden Gate, San…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A cable has been received in Sydney that the steamship Munchen was wrecked at Yap[?] in the Caroline Islands. The passengers and crew were saved. The Munchen left Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The total number of those who perished by the wreck of the City of Rio de Janeiro was—35 white passengers, 37 Asiatic passengers, 18 white officers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The mail steamer Rio Janeiro from Hong Kong, foundered at the outrance of the Golden Gate, San Francisco, and 150 lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The total number of those who perished by the wreek of the City of Rio de Janeiro was—35 white passengers, 37 Asiatic passengers, 18 white officers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Alameda ran into a fog off San Francisco, and slowed down. The passengers protested against the delay, but hearing of the disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the inquest on the victims of the wreek of the steamer City of Rio de Janeiro at San Francisco, Captain Ward, the master, and Captain Jordan, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Ventura arrived yesterday. The Ventura's run from Philadelphia to Sa[?] Francisco was 14 hours longer tha[?]. Sonoma's, owing to the bursting of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mrs. Jane Smith, 32, a prepo[?]ssing, selfprssesed woman, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day on suspicion of poisoning Patrick Conway, on board the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The inquest on [?] body of Patrick Conway was resumed to-day. Mr. Moss defended Mrs. Smith, the suspect. At the request of the Supreme Court, the coroner warned the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The inquest on the body of Patrick Conway, who died on the steamer Talune, was continued yesterday afternoon after the MINER'S[?] repo[?]t closed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquest was held at San Francisco into the death of the victims of the City of Rio de Janeiro wreck, whose bodies have been recovered. The steamer…
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