A Shocking Fatality. Killed Instantaneously on a Steamer. Melbourne
A man named Peter Peterson, aged 66, met with instantaneous death in a shocking manner yesterday. He was working on the steamer Warrimoo,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1912
249 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 13
Norwegian Ship Wrecked. Bound From South America to Newcastle. Sydney
The Norwegian ship Askey, bound from South America to Newcastle, was yesterday wrecked on Elizabeth Reef, 300 miles east of Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mutiny on a Steamer. Celestials Refused Shore Leave and Become Infuriated. Valiant Defence by First
A mutiny, the third which has taken place at Sydney Harbor within the past two months, occurred on the steamer Cranley, which is lying at the Athol…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mutiny at Girls' Reformatory. Dormitorles Wrecked. Window Panes Broken. Thirty-five Girls Arrested. [Reuter's Message.]
Three hundred girls yesterday mutinied at the reformatory at Clermont. (France) and wrecked the dormitories, breaking 150 window…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Judce Cohen. Expires Suddenly on a Steamer. [Reuter's Message.] London
His Honor, Mr. Justice Henry Emanuel Cohen, puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, who for some months past has been on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Browned in Hobson's Bay. in Collision Between Cutter and Steamer. Coronial Inquiry. Melbourne
A coronial inquiry was held to-day into the death of Ernest Hutton, who belonged to the training ship, John Murray, and was drowned in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Lost Ln a Gale. St. Petersburg
The steamer Russ, with 172 passengers on board, was lost in a gale in the Black Sea. M. Carlanuseff, the Russian consul at Galatz, and his family…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Schooner Capsizes. in the Columbia River Entrance. [Reuter's Message.] Astoria (Oregon)
The four-in[?]sted schooner Admiral capsized in the Columbia River entrance to-day after colliding with the jetty, It was driven thereon during…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Founders in New Hebrides. Loss of Life Feared. Sydney
News reached Sydney yesterday from the New Hebrides of the foundering of the steamer Tathra. The disaster, it is feared, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wreck of the Delhi. Heroic Rescue Work. Wireless Telegraphic Calls Unanswered
When the cablo, messages reagarding the sensational wreck of the Delhi were published in "The Miner"last month much interest was aroused by the story…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer and Hulk Collide. in Port Adelaide River. Adelaide
Shortly bofare 1 o'clock on Sunday morning a collision took place near Schnapper Point in the Port Adelaide River between the Adelaide Steamship…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Steamer Seized by Italians. Rome
Italian torpedo boats yesterday seized a French steamer named the Cnrthage owing to aeroplanes being aboard wherewith M. Duval proposed to take part…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Steamer Founders. London
The steamer Vanadis, bound to Civita Vecchi (Italy), from the Tyue, foundered after leaving Ushant to-day, with a crew of 23 on board…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cale in Great Britain Numerous Fatalities Steamers Wrecked. [Reuter's Message.] London
The gale in Great Britain has been responsible for numerous fatalities and much damage to harbor works and shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer in a Gale. Followed by Lifeboat for Five Hours. Number of Men Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday.'
A lifeboat followed the steamer Wistowhall for five hours during a gale off the English coast, to-day, but the tide like maelstrom dashed the Wistowhall…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Founders in Heavy Gale. Off the English Coast. Lifeboat's Gallant Efforts to Rescue Crew. Fishermen Wade Into Boiling Surf Neck Deep. [Reuter's Message.] London
The steamer Wesowhall, after striking Port Errol, foundered in a heavy gale off the English const. The Woatowhall, which left Arrow on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Immigrants for South Australia. the Steamer Delayed. Adelaide
The White Star [?]liner Waimana, which has on board 349 State assisted immigrants for South Australia, has been delayed and is not expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tripoli Trouble. Steamer Declines to Surrender Turkish Passengers on Board [Reuter's Message.] Paris
The French steamer Manouba, on its way to Tunis and Tripoli, declined to surrender, when ordered to do so by the Italians. The 29 Turkish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →River Steamer Blows Up Captain and Two of the Crew Killed. [Reuter's Message.] Portland (Oregon)
A river steamer blew up at Kalama (Oregon) to-day, and the captain and two of the crew were killed. Nine persons escaped from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Prisoner Escapes From Custody. Disappears From Murray Steamer. Adelaide
The Commissioner of Police received a report from Loxton yesterday stating that while Charles E. Plummer was being taken up the Murray on…
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