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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
296 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 15
A heat fog in the English Channel caused the German steamer Augsburg (7000 tons) to collide with the Italian steamer Marigold seven miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No bodies have yet been washed ashore from the wrecked ketch Isabella de Fraine, which capsized on Hokianga Bar. The vessel, which was valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Experts are at a loss to account for the capsizing yesterday of the auxiliary schooner Isabella de Fraine, which was considered to be a seaworthy, craft (as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The British steamer River Orontes, bound for the United States, has reported that the boatswain and two firemen unsuccessfully attempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The capsized schooner Isabella de Fraine is floating off the coast and is a menace to navigation. The body of one of the eight victims has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer City of Yokohama is reported to be in a crippled condition on the high seas about 1150 miles south of Colombo. It is expected that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The auxiliary ketch Jan is reported wrecked at Lau group. The Fijian Government yacht Pioneer has been chartered to proceed to the spot for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is a possibility that the stranded steamer Uralla will be refloated from the Stockton beach shortly. The vessel moved about 12 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The steamer Katuna arrived from East Africa to-day and left a few hours later to aid the disabled steamer City of Yokohama, which is adrift in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Kinteur, of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's fleet, left for Sydney last night and passed through the heads at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An airplane wreck believed to be that of Captain Nungesser, has been found in the North Sea in the vicinity of the west, coast of Denmark. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Oslo message says that the steamer Monte Cervantes, with 1500 persons on board, struck an iceberg. She sent out repeated S.O.S. signals which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The schooner Wattle, foundered at Salamoa, New Guinea, and 14 natives were drowned, Patrol-Officer Kyle was rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Guernsey (Wyoming)message says that eight unidentified men were burnt to death following a train wreck on the Burlington railroad on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →While working yesterday on the wrecked steamer Uralla, which is being salved at Steckton Bight, Herbert Arthur Smith was killed instantly when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is reported from Yeppon, on the north coast of Queensland, that a whale leapt 30ft. out of the water and crashed on to the pleasure yacht…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Auckland (N.Z.), August 4. After having been towed 850 miles by the steamer Kaitoke the Walto[?], which broke her tailshaft on July 23,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A private message was received in Sydney yesterday to the effect that the steamer Barwon, which was declared "black" at Cairns, had sailed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After having been towed 850 miles by the steamer Kaitoke the Waitomo, which broke her tailshaft on July 23, has reached port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The brief stay of the German steamer Mosel, which entered Newcastle Harbor on Friday morning and departed shortly after noon, brought…
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