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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
345 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 18
A mild sensation was created last night on board the German steamer Prinz Sigismund, berthed at Circular Quay. when an encounter took place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Nautical Court at Wellington (N.Z.) which inquired into the wreck of the steamer Penguin, suspended Captain Naylor's certificate for 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the wreck of the Forest Hall was brought to Parengarenga (N.Z.) on Sunday by Captain Collins and the mate, who walked 12 miles across…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquest on the victims of the [?]nguin wreck was concluded on Saturday. [?] jury desired to obtain further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has reached Wellington that the ship Forrest Hall, bound from Newcastle to Autofagasta, has been wrecked 60 miles south of the Three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The P. and O. Company's magnificent new liner Malwa arrived at Fremantle on her maiden trip yesterday. She is a sister ship to the Morea,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alarm was created yesterday when it was reported that another case of smallpox had occurred on the steamer Paroo, anchored off Carnac Island…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Court of Marine Inquiry has suspended the certificate of Captain Wills, master of the wrecked steamer Lady Mildred, for a term of six months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Kurow, constructed to the other of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, was launched at Sunderland to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is stated that the steamer Paron, on which a second case of smallpox was discovered yesterday, will leave for Singapore direct within a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Smallpox has broken out on the Paroo from Broome, and the vessel is being dispatched back to Singapore without coming into Fremantle. Five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seventy-two Norwegian sailors related a remarkable tale of the Southern Seas, where they were stranded on a desert island for a month upon being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Acon wreck syndicate has been advised that the H.M.S. Cambrian arrived at Fanning Island on Saturday. Sir Harry Rawson (the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A tiny leak in a big ship can casily be stopped if taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome the mlghtiost vessel, and drag her beneath the sea;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The new steamer Karoola, built to the order of M'llwraith, M'Eachern and Co., of Melbourne, was launched at Belfast yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The boatswain of the steamar St. Louis was yesterday found to be suffering from plague. Another member of the crew was also taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The collier Wall[?]nd, while on its way to Wollongong from Sydney, ran on the Bellambi Reef and lost her propeller. She has a big hole in her side,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two cases of bubonic plague have been discovered on the steamer Zoraster, at Bunbury. About five days ago two of the Asiatic crew became ill,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Port Adelaide Court yesterday Mirabella Dowleans, alias Turner, a young woman, was charged with having stolen on the steamer Rupara,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Koombana, the latest addition to the fleet of the Adelaide Steamship Company, met with a mishap early in her career. The Collector of…
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