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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
345 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 18
The victims of the wrecker steamer Penguin were buried at Karori Cemetery yesterday in the presence of many thousands of the public. The funeral…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hong Kong exchanges, state that on January 28 Sergeant Mills, while endeavoring to arrest a party of five armed Chinese burglars, was shot in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The new steamer Roombana buil[?] by the Adelaide Steamship Company for use on the north-west coast of West Australia, arrived at Port. Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The inquiry into the loss of the Penguin was opened yesterday at Wellington before the Marine Court. The court sought to determine the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A case of smallpox was discovered on board the Paroo, from Singapore, before she reached Broome on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In connection with the disaster to the Penguin, which was wrecked in Cook Strait, the Minister of Marine says that there is no need for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Penguin, 834 tons, was lost off Cape Terawhite, on the New Zealand coast, Of the 50 passengers aboard only 13 are believed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another body has been recovered from the wreck of the Penguin and identified as George Cooper (fireman). Use Nestle's Milk for all purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The President Roka, a steamer running to Southern Argentina from Buenos Ayres, caught fire yesterday, and sank. Twenty persons were drowned,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A serious taxi-cab accident, involving serious injuries to the chauffeur and minor hurts to three pasengers, occurred (reports ''Lloyd's of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The P. and O. Compamy's new steamer Mantne, built by the in of Caird and Co., was launched to-day at Greenock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three more bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the Penguin— Master Noel White (a passenger), Hall (second cook), and George Cooper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain Taylor (Australian representative of the London Salvage Association) is coming from Brisbane to Adelaide to inspect the wreck of the Clan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Beechdale, in ballast from Delagoa Bay for Newcastle (New South Wales), was totally wrecked at the mouth of the Limpopo yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further particulars relative to the President Roka, a steamer running to Southern Argentina ports from Buenos Aires, which caught fire on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →According to the evidence of Captain Merriman, the master of the steamer Kennedy, at the inquiry by the Nautical Court yesterday, concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The barque Surcouf, from New Cal[?]donin to Glasgow, went ashore at Tarn, Ireland, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In giving evidence at Wellington (New Zealand) at the inquest on the bodice of the victimes of the Penguin disaster, Captain Naylor yesterday said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The auxiliary ketch Snark, owned by Jack London, the well-known Socialist and novelist, is overdue from the Solomon Group…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Flinders, of the Adelaide Steamship Company, went aground near the edge of the entrance channel to Cowell, about four miles…
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