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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea
155 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 8
The fire which broke out in the holds of the steamer Commorin in Colorabo harbor last night has been quelled. It is hoped to leave for London on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney agents of the liner Comorin have received a message stating that 572 bags of mail for the knited Kingdom have been damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fire which broke out in the holds of the steamer Commorin in Colombo harbor last night has been quelled, It is hoped to leave for London on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deep sea angler hooked a big make shark to-day off Whangaros-and had a narrow escape from death as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the steamer Maunganui was leaving the Wellington wharf for Sydney on Friday Mr. James Bell, of Wellington, dropped a handbag into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following S.O.S. call was received this morning from the steamer Unicoi, 5950 tons, bound from Geelong to New York: "Totally disabled,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stanley Kelly (34), of Homebush, who fell 25 feet down the hold of the steamer Balranald yesterday at Jones Bay, died this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Federal Government has decided to build a lighthouse steamer at Cockatoo Island dockyards at a cost of £12,000. Instructions have I been given…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News was received yesterday tiorn Rabaul that when a schooner recently capsized 13 natives were drowned. Others reached the shore in an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Orient line mail steamer Otranto to-day collided with the French steamer Bernardin de St. Pierre which was anchored in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In a bowling gale off the Shetland Islands the steam trawler Ben Doran, 155 tons, was smashed to pieces and engulfed, carrying its crew of seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Williaro Piper (37) was killed as the result of a collision between the yacht Uoyal and the paddle steamer Weroona at the station pier, Port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The wooden steamer Tairoa was found in distress off White Island near Napier, to-day and was taken in tow. A life boat with five men. who left the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News reached Melbourne yesterday that the crayfish ketch Angloavea was wrecked on a rock in Baas Strait a few days ago. The crew arrired…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The cargo steamer Noakuta ran ashore at Lymington. in the Huon River, yesterday. The position of the vessel is not serious and it is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Consternation has been caused in Malta, on the eve of the elections, by the promulgation to all churches of an order from Monsignor $[?]mz[?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three persons were killed, eight [?] and 30 buried in the wreckage left [?] an explosion to-day at the Armor Meat Packing [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three persons were killed, eight injured and 30 buried in the wreckage lett by an explosion to-day at the Armor Meat Packing Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A robbery has occurred on board the Union steamer Makura, which is expected at Sydney to-morrow from Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →(1) The yacht Fortuna ashore, being battered by heavy seas off St. Kilda Pier. (2) Foam-flecked bathing boxes at Hampton. (3) One of several of the fishing boats at Port Melbourne which suffered badly in the gale. (4) A huge tree uprooted in Albert Park…
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