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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. Eight More Survivors. Missing Raft Found. By H.M.S. Penguin. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 1

News has been received that the missing raft from the wreck of the steamer Elingamite has been picked up, with eight persons on board…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. Condition of the Survivors. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 November 1902 · page 1

The survivors of the wreck of the Elingamite, picked up by H.M.S. Penguin, have been landed, and are all reported to be doing well…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. No News of the Missing Boat. Captain Reid's Ordeal. The Survivors on the Penguin. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 November 1902 · page 2

No tidings have yet been received of the mining boat from the Elingamite. It was reported on Saturday that…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. No Further Survivors. Thirty Persons Still Missing. Search Continued with Vigor. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 November 1902 · page 2

The two "unknown" passengers by the Elingamite who died on the raft picked up by H.M.S. Penguin have been identified as Lancelot…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. What Caused It? [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 November 1902 · page 1

No news has yet been received of the missing boat from the Elingamite, and the worst ia now feared. Mr. Wetherill, one of the survivors…

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The Wreck of the Ventnor. Was the Captain Drunk? [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 November 1902 · page 2

In consequence of the allegations of drunkenness made against Captain Ferry, who was in command of the steamer Ventnor, recently…

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Wreck of the Elingamite. a Terrible Tale of Suffering. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 3

The survivers of the Elingamite, who were reduced from the raft by the warship Penguin, endured horrible sufferings. They existed for four…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 1

The steamer Waikare, which left Sydney last Thursday, arrived at Auckland to-day. The captain reports that he kept a sharp lookout…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. The Raft Survivors. More Concerning their Trials. Homble Stories of Bloodsucking. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Tuesday Night

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 November 1902 · page 2

The full story of the experiences of the survivors of the Elingamite wreck found on the raft by the H.M.S. Penguin has not yet been…

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The Wreck of the Ventnor Was the Captain Drank? [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 2

The Nautical Court has given its decision in the matter of the wreck of the steamer Vantnor on the New Zealand coast. The court puts all…

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The Wreck of Tp Elingamite. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 2

Mrs. Scotting, a widow, one of the Elingamite passengers, who waa previously named as among the saved, was drowned. Her child was…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. the Sufferers of the Raft Recourse to Blood Sucking. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

The survivots re[?]sued from the raft belonging to the Elingamite admit recourse is ext[?] blood sucking by some of the [?] on the…

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The Elingamite Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

The inquiry into the wreck of the Elingamite will be opaned next week. The survivors from the wreak are all said to be improving in health. No…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. [By Telegraph.] Wellington

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 November 1902 · page 2

An inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Elingamite will be opened at Auckland on Wednesday…

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Wrecked in the Black Sea. Over 80 Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 2

The Italian steamer Bosnia has been wrecked in the Black Sea, at the month of the Danube. Of 205 passengers aboard the steamer 82 were…

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The Wreck of the Elingamite. [By Telegraph] Auckland, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 1

The steamer Zealandia arrived here to-day from Sydney. A sharp lookout was kept on the voyage, but nothing wes seen of the Elingamite's missing…

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The Wreck of the Ellngamite

Western Grazier · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 2

In view of the reccet lamontable wreck a descriution of a desic[?] lovely perfected in Melbourne hoo[?]ea interesting, as it appears that had the stsamot been [?]tted…

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Another Steamer Wrecked On the Westralian Coast. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 December 1902 · page 2

Captain Randich and his crew of 30. of the Austrian steamer Zoir, 2103 tons, loaded with sugar for Adelaide, have reached Carnarvon,…

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Explosion on an Oil Steamer

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 December 1902 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. An explosion of an oil tank on the American steamer Progresco at San Francisco killed 11 men and caused…

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A Steamer Founders. 28 Lives Lost. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 December 1902 · page 2

The Spanish steamer Neptune has foundered is a gale in the Bay of Biscay. Twenty-eight of those on board were drowned…

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