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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
332 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 17
It is feared that the steamer Maxim, bound from London to West Africa has foundered, with its crew of 30 hands, it has been overdue for 20 days…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The wreckage of the French steamer Norma has been discovered. Fifteen of the ship's company and crew are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Robert Murphy, aboard the steamer Netherlee, at Port Adelaide, was driving a winch yesterday, when a ringbolt gave way causing him to be thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An attempt was made to wreck the Port Pirie express a mile out of Georgetown last night. The engine gave a tremendous lunch, but kept on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The agents of the Everton Grange, which went aground yesterday off Kangaroo Island, have made arrangements to dispatch the tug Eagle, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram was received from Kingscote (Kangaroo Island) to-day stating that the steamer Everton, Orange, bound from Port Adelaide to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Newby Hall yesterday caught fire at Lorenzo Marques (Portuguese East Africa), the fire being caused by spontaneous combustion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Everton Grange, which went ashore on a sandsprit off Kingscote (Kangaroo Island), is still hard aground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The wheat ship, Arden Graig, from Melbourne, which foundered in a fog at the Scilly Isles, off the English coast, called at Queenstown, and was ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aggravated by the hoisting of the monarchial flag the mob yesterday wrecked three newspaper offices at Lisbon. The troops restored order…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Referring to the fire on the steamer Parisiana, "The Times" states that the balance of opinion at Lloyd's is that the fire was caused through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bollinger River bar on the north coast of New South Wales has accounted for another wreck. The North Coast Company's steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The wreckage of Cecil Grace's aeroplane was found on the beach at Marienkir[?]he to-day. Grace has been missing for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frederick Alfred Brooks (65), of Queenstown, was working on the steamer Kanowna at Port Adelaide to-day, when he fell down No. 2 hold,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is not often that a vessel of the Orient line is unable to adhere to its time schedule, but the late arrival of the mail train from Taranto, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A sad idea we get of sailormen ashore in the old days. With a wife in every port, drunk from the hour of his landing, shipped again by a crimp, in debt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The German steamer Maria Russ foundered at Norderney to-day, 12 men being drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The death occurred on Saturday of Frederick Alfred Brooks (65), of Queenstown. Deceased was admitted to the Port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Howard Smith cargo steamer Time went ashore at Beachport (S.A.) at 10.30 on Friday night. She got just above Euro Point, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An abnormal gale has been prevailing on the east and south coast of Great Britain, blowing at the rate of 60 miles an hour, and occosionally with…
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