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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
109 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 6
Seven persons were drowned and five others are missing as the result of the capsizing of the German steamer Fehmarn in the North Sea in a gale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reuter's Athens correspondent reports that a shell explosion aboard the Greek destroyer Leon while the vessel was lying in Piraeus Harbor practically…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Additional particulars concerning the aeroplane crash near Minlaton on Tuesday afternoon, involving injuries to Captain Butler, were made available…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Cooma, which left Brisbane for Cairns, via ports, on Tuesday afternoon, grounded at Breaksea Spit at 11 a.m. yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An object of interest at the old railway pier. Williamstown, where she has been loading wheat, is the steamer Alesia, which was one of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An object of interest at the old railway pier, Williamstown, where she has been loading wheat is the steamer Alesia, which was one of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Victoria, from which a smallpox patient was lauded on Thursday Island has Resumed her voyage to Sydney under quarantine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A tale of heroism amidst the perils of sea attaches to the loss of the German steamer Hesta. An explosion occurred during the night while a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At Cottesloe yesterday a boy named A. Manning got into difficulties while bathing in the surf. His cries for help brought an elderty man named Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A wireless message was received at Auckland on Sunday from the captain of the American schooner Helen B. Sterling, stating that the vessel was in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire broke out on the steamer Helmslock to-day. The coat bunkers and wheat cargo were slightly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The cruiser Melbourne has rescued the crew of the schooner Helen B. Sterling, who were taken off by boats during heavy seas. Three men were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fighting of the fire in the bunkers of the steamer Helmslock at the Birkenhead wharf, Port Adelaide, is continuing. The seat of the fire has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A cheering crowd welcomed H.M.A. cruiser Melbourne on her arrival at Auckland last night from her rescue of the Helen B. Sterling's crew…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir Ernest Shackleton died on January 5 on the Quest, when near Gritvicken station. The body was transferred to a Norwegian Bteamer and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ninety bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the Knickerbocker Picture Theatre. A hundred and twenty persons were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After leaving Newcastle laden with coal for Hobart on August 21, 1920, the small schooner Amelia J. and its crew have never been heard of since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A brief report in "The Miner" on Wednesday last stated that five small children, who disappeared from the home at Balmain, Sydney, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A message from Halitax states that the Norwegian steamer Gontoft has foundered, and that the whole of the crew, 20 in number, have lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The deadlock which has held up the sailing of the steamer Mabeno for Wellington continues. The company has regretfully been compelled to…
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