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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
296 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 15
It has been ascertained that a Greek steamer sank the missing French submarine Ondiue. with three officers and 40 men on board, off Operto on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jean Colquhoun (49), a nurse, was found dead in her cabin on the steamer Jervis Bay in Sydney Harbor. She was hanging from a rope tied to a hook…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British freight steamer Trojan Star. bound from Shields. England, to British Columbia ports, was reported to-day to be afire off the north…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An American named Edward Miles (49) arrived from New York in a 37ft. schooner on Saturday which he had navigated alone for 44 days via the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As the German liner, Hanau, which reached Fremantle from the eastern States, was being moored, Werner Dietze, a deportee, made a daring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An aeroplane piloted by P. Hall crashed are Huntshawang Station yesterday. When ascending it struck a fence and burst into flames. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The passenger steamer Reliance was destroyed by fire at Tea Gardens, near Fort Stephens, yesterday. Launches towed the burning vessel to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →White taking off at St. George a Moth aeroplane piloted by Mrs. Dorothy Reiss crashed and was wrecked. The pilot and a passenger were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An extraordinary whirlwind storm struck Mayfair, Piccadilly, and the Soho regions of London yesterday evening. It left a trail of wreckage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram was received in Sydney to-day that the trawler Mary Cam bound to Sydney from England went ashore on Itili Reef, Torres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Battered to the limit of endurance, with half of the navigating gear swept away, and with a severe list to starboard, the freighter Choyo Maru…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An explosion occurred on the old [?]addle steamer Newcastle at Rozelle. A piece of iron was thrown 50 yards, killing the owner of the vessel, John…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Brendon Parker, who escaped from the Darlinghurst Police Station on the afternoon of August 10, was arrested on October 26 on the arrival…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Numidia, due to leave Marseilles for Corsica and carrying cargo and 250 pssengers, mysteriously sank in the Marseilles Harbor. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A collision occurred off the Lizard between the British steamer Mansepool and the Horn from Riga. The latter sank in five minutes. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A free fight occurred on the steamer Fiona at Ingham yesterday between the opposing factions of the crew, some of whom were engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A free fight occurred on the steamer Fiona at Ingham yesterday between the opposing factions of the crew, some of whom were engaged in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The French steamer Commissaire Ramel, which was detained in Gage Roads in quarantine on her arrival yesterday from Maiseilles was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Japanese mail steamer Tango Maru which left Sydney on October 27 for Yokohama, went aground on Ghibber Rock at Thursday Island on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A radio message received at Port Moresby (New Guinea) from Popo reports that eight native trading canoes have been blown ashore and wrecked on…
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