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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
249 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 13
The steamer Arizona, which was suspected in August last of carrying arms and ammunition for the Portuguese Royalists, after leaving England, went…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The only fresh development yesterday in the tragedy near Bingara was the visit of the coroner and Government medical officer to view the fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars in respect to the foundering of the steamer Tathra off Ambrym Tsland, New Hebrides, on the early morning of January 4, when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Allegations made at the P.L.L. Conference rogartding the payment of officers on the Government metal steamer Kiama were yesterday brought before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two men named M'Arthur and Pascoe, engaged in salvaging operations on the wrecked steamer Margit near C[?] B[?] killed this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Port Pirie correspondent of the "S.M. Herald" wired on January 26: There are probably few vessels afloat that have met with so many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The death of the Duke of Fife. Which was reported in "The Miner" on January 30, adds additional interest to the details on the wreck of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The R..M.S. Orsova, which was to have left Sydney for Brisbane to-day will not bo despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out on the steamer Indralema while on the way from Melbourne to Sydney. The damage was slight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British steamer Consols, laden with cotton from Calveston for Hamburg, was burnt and sank south of Cape Honey to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It was rumored at the Trades Hall and around the wharves yesterday that the Strike Committee was endeavering to charter a small steamer for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a seaport recently (says an exchange), a lady went aboard a "tramp" steamer to inspect it, and, seeing that some of the deck hands were Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Sir,! Let us smoke together before we die!" These were the last, words of an Armenian sailor to an Englishman as they stood on the sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Riotous scenes and severe fighting took place on New Year's Night among the soldiers stationed at Longmoor Camp, near Petersfield, England (as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Th Japanese steamer Shimbo Maru, which left Manila on January to last bound for Sydney, via Torres Straits, for docking purposes, is now…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Ethel Wolfe, bound from Geelong to the United Kingdom with a shipment of wheat, put into Fremantle on fire late on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The renmins of what is believed to be the wooden schooner Paris was found floating bottom upwards off Catherine Hill Bay. The pilot steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Coolgardie went aground outside No. 6. beacon in the Port Adelaide River at about 6 a.m. on Tuesday while outward bound to West Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Ethelwolf, 4317 tons, bound from Geelong to the United Kingdom with a shipment of wheat, put into Fremantle on fire on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Dalmore arrived at Durban on February 17 with its bunkers afire. The fire was extinguished before any…
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