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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
352 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 18
The "Russ," a St. Petersburg daily, states that two local passenger steamers and a cargo boat were wrecked in the Persian Gulf during a storm, 200…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The P. and O. cargo steamer Candia, which had just loaded 760 tons of lead, 2508 tons of zinc concentrates, and 103 tons of wheat, was being taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further particulars relative to the wreck of the steamer Lima in the Strait of Magellan, whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Callao, South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Ciampa from Chili for Queenstown with nitrate on board, was wrecked in Clonakilty Bay (Ireland) today. The crew numbering 20 were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The P. and O. cargo steamer Candia, which went aground in the Port Pirie channel yesterday, has been successlully towed off…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The island steamer Moresby went aground inside the Great Harrier Reef on Friday morning. It [?]my be refloated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The R.M.S. Persia arrived at Fremantle from the Eastern States yesterday morning flying the yellow flag. A passenger was reported to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A three-masted vessel was wrecked on the Pembrokeshire coast to-day. The opectators watched a boat rowing shorewards, which was suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Moresby, which went ashore inside the Great Barrier Reef, has been refloated. One of the lifeboats, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Company's steamer Rock Lily foundered at Darling Harbor yesterday owing to an inrush of water into the hold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A vigorous search for the Moresby's missing lifeboat, which contained 20 persons, has resulted in the boat being found, all well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leigh Creek reports that Henry Maynard, who was given up for dead, was found last Wednesday by the Snell brothers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →While loading bullion at Circular Quay yesterday a steel mast of the steamer Myra Fell collapsed. It crashed on the deck, narrowly missing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the arrival at Fremantle yesterday of the R.M.S. Mongolia it was learned that a mysterious fatality had occurred on the voyage from Colombo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reuter's Capetown correspondent states that a quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Mossel Bay (Cape Colony), a most significant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A quantity of coal has been washed up on Garie Beach, south of Port Hacking. It is believed to have come from the wreck of the collier Nemesis,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In an American official report it was recently alleged that immorality prevailed in the steerage of Transatlantic steamers. A debate took place…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One of the most serious harbor collisions for some years past occurred at 9.15 last night abreast the lighthouse at Bradley's head, between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The three-[?]asted Norweg[?]h barque, Ingra, 4346 tons, is ashore at Troubridge Island, but it does not appear to be in any immediate danger…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The dredge Ulysses and punts were being towed to Richmond by tugs on Thursday night, when the towing lines parted in a gale. Two of the punts,…
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