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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

164 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 9

Steamer Movements

Western Grazier · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 2

Poencarie.—2nd Sept. Goldsbrough and Colonel passed down yesterday afternoon. Undaunted and Fairy arrived up last night…

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Shipping Disasters. [Reuter's Messages.] a Coal Ship Ashore. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 2

The ship Osberga, bound from Newcastle, New South Wales, to Manila, in the Philippines, with coal, has gone ashore on San Nicolas Reef…

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Wrecked on the South American Coast. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 2

The ship Collesite, from Newcastle to Valparaiso, has been wrecked on Corcoa Point, in South America. The ship and her cargo were totally lost, bat part of…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Narrow Escape of Passengers and Crew. [By Telegraph.] Port Parwin, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 4

Jolly's contract mail steamer ' Thomar Andrea (Captain Mugg) left here on Friday last for the Daly River for a load of copper, and had as passengers Messrs M. Keddle,…

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Foundering of a Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 8

Sir Charles Todd has received a telegram from Port Darwin reporting that the contract mail steamer Thomaz Andrea foundered at midnight on Tuesday five miles west of the…

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Steamer Movements

Western Grazier · Saturday 14 September 1901 · page 2

Wilcannia.—Marion left down on Wednesday morning. Louth.—Florence Annie passed up on the 11th…

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Torpedo Boat Wrecked. London, Sept. 10

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 2

The torpedo boat Cobra struck a reel and foundered. Eighteen lives were lost. Terrible scenes of bloodshed and…

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The Wreck of the Cobra. How it Occurred. Evidence at the Inquest. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 September 1901 · page 2

The torpedo-boat destroyer Cobra, wrecked on Wednesday during a trial trip, had only been transferred to the Admiralty by the construstors on…

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The Wreck of the Cobra. a Fearful Disaster. Nearly 60 Men Drowned. Some Heroic Acts. [Rauter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 September 1901 · page 4

The wrecked topedo-boat destroyer Cobra on the English coast during a trial trip was a sister vessel to the Viper, and had just been completed at Elswick…

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The Wreck of the Cobra. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 September 1901 · page 2

The search for further survivors of the wreck of H.M.S. Cobra has proved fruitless and has been relinquished…

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A Ship Ashore. In Spencer's Gulf. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 2

A telegram received in Adelaide late last night announced that the ship Acamas h[?]d gone ashore on Pilsby Island, in Spencer's Gulf, and was then resting on the sand, but…

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The Wreck of the Cobra. What Caused It? [R[?]uter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 2

The Globe says that H. M. S. Cobra, wrecked last week, sank in seven fathoms of water and that there is no rock at the scene of the disaster. It suggests…

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The Wreck of the Cobra. London, Sept. 25

Western Grazier · Saturday 28 September 1901 · page 3

The London "Globe" states the torpedo boat destroyer Cobra sank in seven fathoms of water without striking a rock. The paper suggests that…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The Wreck of the Cobra. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 September 1901 · page 2

It is now stated that though H.M.S. Cobra broke in halves when she foundered the other day, the two halves did not part, but formed an angle of 45…

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The Wreck of H.M.S. Cobra. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 October 1901 · page 4

The inquiry into the wreck of H.M.S. Cobra has resulted in a verdict that the vessel buckled and broke in 10 fathoms of water…

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"Florodora" and a Broken Shaft. Steamer Paroo Towed to Port. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 October 1901 · page 2

The steamer Paroo, which was due at Port Adelaide on Friday from Fremantle, only reached the anchorage this morning. She was in tow of the steamer Ismalia, having…

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Wreck of the Moonstone. Decision of the Court of Inquiry. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 October 1901 · page 4

Judge Backhouse, in delivering the decision of the Court of Marine Inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Moonstone, in July last, said that the evidence ranged round the…

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The Wreck of the Ariadne. Three Arrests. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 October 1901 · page 2

T. Kerry and E. Frecke, charged with casting away the yacht Ariadne on the New Zealand coast, were before the police court to day and were remanded. An application…

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The Wreck of the Cobra. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 October 1901 · page 2

The court-martial has found that the wreck of H.M.S. Cobra was due to structural weakness, and an expression of regret is offered that the vessel was…

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A New Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 October 1901 · page 4

The A. U. S. N. Company's new steamer Kuranda has been launched at D[?]ndee. The steamer is intended for the Queensland trade…

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