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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
249 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 13
Further particulars concerning the privations of those who were on the vessels which foundered in the great gale on the north-west coast of West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is still no news of the steamer Koombana, which is now ten days overdue. Much anxiety is felt by those who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Punta Arenas (Patagonia), Saturday. The nitrate steamer Foxley has been wrecked. A boat containing the captain and three officers has been found,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Oxford and Cambridge boatrace, which was to have been rowed to-day, ended disastrously for both crows. A strong wind prevailed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Koombana was built by Messrs. Alec Stephen and Sons, Limited, at Glasgow, for the Adelaide Steamship Company, and has been almost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All deubts as to the fate of the steamer Koombana were settled to-night by the receipt of the following message by the Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Italians have notified the Powers that the blockade has commenced of Loheia and Kamaran, and that they have cut the oable between Kamaran…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the inquest on the victims of the of the wreek of the Oceana a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. The captain gave evidence to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Haggart, secretary of the Adelaide Steamship Company, in an interview to-day, said that he did not accept the telegraphed news concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The captain of the "Minderoo reports' that he discovered further wreckage from the Koombana. All hope of the missing steamer now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →So far not much wreckage has been discovered from the Koombana. The piece found was a door, which has been identified as that of the chief steward's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Roeburne telegram reports that the Una has found the wrecked steamer Koombana, with the masts standing out of the water,five miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamship Bullara, also belonging to the Adelaide Steamship Co., narrowly missed the fate which has evidently befallen the Koombana. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →So far not much wreckage has been discovered from the Koombana. The piece found was a door, which has been identified as that of the chief steward's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Italian [?] merchant cruiser. D[?], captured a Greek [?] carrying contraband, and is taking her to Tobruk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reuter's correspondent at Cairo reports that a crowded ferry steamer sunk in the Nile at midnight last night, It is believed that 200 people…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs. M. Scanin, of 1 Avon-place, off Haines-street, North Melbournd, says:--"Four years ago I was a great victim of indigestion, which laid me up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bermuda advices state that the steamer Augsberg is drifting at about lat. 36 north and 56 west long. Assistance has been sent…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The "West Australian" of April 3 writes:—"For 15 months Captain Clark was chief officer of the Koombana, and left in June, 1910, to take up his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Broome telegram states that further wreckage in the shape of airtight copper tanks has been found 150 miles from there, between Wallal and…
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