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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
208 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 11
A narrative well worth reading is one which was told by Mrs. Elizabeth Cole of No. 78 Carlten Crescent, Summer Hill, in the company of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When the Messageries steamer Nera. arrived at Fremantle from the Eastern States this afternoon a white greaser was found to be suffering from an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pacific1 Coast Company's streamer Valentia has gone ashore near Vancouver. Sixty of these on board have been drowned, 100 more are in peril,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Further details have been received concerning the disaster to the Pacific Coast Company's steamer Valentia, which went ashore near Vancouver…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty more survivors of the wreck of the steamer Valentia, off the Vancouver coast, have been rescued at sea from a raft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The 35-ton fishing schooner Herbart, owned by Messrs. Johannes Mollerup and Hermann Olsen, of East Fremantle, struck a reef off Little island…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hamburg-American liner Silvia while leaving Vladivostok for Europe with many Russian troops aboard, struck a mine and returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The auxiliary schooner Hercules was wrecked in Honiroa Harbor, Gilbert Islands, during a severe gale. She dragged her anchors and drifted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ship County Kinross is ashore at North Ardrossan, but is not in a dangerous position…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In regard to the delay of the R.M.S. Britannia, which arrived from Adelaide two hours late, it appears that the studs holding the chamber of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"For nearlY four years I dragged about like oue half-dead," said Mrs. Matilda Pope, of Eba, near Eudunda. "Every few weeks I was hud up in bed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The sailing ship Space, 2712 tons, on her way from Sydney to Melbourne, to load wheat for Europe, has been wrecked near Nobby' Phillip Island…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ship Spekc, wrecked yesterday, is rapidly breaking up off Phillip Island…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The trousers of Henderson, the seamen drowned in the wreek of the Speke, have been washed ashore. The garments are ripped, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Norkoowa has arrived from New Guinea, with the chief engincer, several firemen, trimmers, and passengers suffering from fever. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →White Cliffs, Friday Afternoon. Heavy rains are reported along the Mount Browne-road. The rains caused the Bunker to rise…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Norwegian: steamer. Thordis was yesterday driven ashore while entering Port Stephens in a south-east gale. The vessel has been' abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British first-class cruiser Donegal, of the cruiser squadron, is ashore at Suez. Tugs are at work endeavoring'to refloat her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Thordis is now hard and first on the rocks at Port Stephens, but at present there is no appearance of the vessel breaking up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Court of Marine Inquiry was to-day inquiring into a charge of misconduct brought against Captain Tilston, late master of the ship Speke. He…
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