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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1895

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The Wrecks of 1894 SYDNEY, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 2

Eighteen wrecks ocourred on,ho coast last year. The loss was £57,300. Ten lives were lost…

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Another Terrible Wreck. Over 200 Lives Lost. London, January 31

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 2

The North German Lloyd steamer Elbe came into collision with an unknown steamer in the North Sea on Wednesday. It is believed over 200 lives were lost. The Elbe…

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Telegrams. International. Wreck Of the Elbe. London, February 4

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 3

A survivor of the Elbe disaster says that in the collision the passengers were crushed like rats, and that the screaming, praying, and blaspheming were fearful. Some American…

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Steamer Traffic. Arrival

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 2

February 7—Brewarrina, from Brewarrina…

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Loss of a Schooner and 16 Lives. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 2

The American schooner Clara Friend has been wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia and 16 of the crew drowned…

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A Missing Steamer Safe. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 2

The French American liner La Gascogne, eight days overdue, has arrived all safe at New York…

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Accident to a Steamer. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

The steamer Pakaki while berthing alongside Devon port wharf, Tasmania, struck a rock and knocked a hole in her buttom. WHOOPING COUGH" cured by using…

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Wreck of a Ketch. Sydney, February 19

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 2

The ketch Candidate, was wrecked off Port Macquarie on Saturday with all hands, five in number, which was witnessed from the Pilot from Port Macquarie. Nothing…

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Wreck of a Russian Yacht London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 3

The Russian Imperial yacht Czarina, whilst on her way to Athens with a number of Imperial Ministers on [?]ard, has been wrecked at Patras…

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A Terrible Wreck. London, May 30

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 2

Particulars of the wreck of the Colima off the Mexican coast, by which a hundred and seventy lives were lost, show that the catastrophe was terribly sudden. The boilers…

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A Steamer Wrecked. Great Loss of Life Feared

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

THE steamer Catterthun, which left Sydney for China on Wednesday afternoon, was wrecked off the Seal Rocks on Thursday morning. On…

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The Wreck of the Catterthun. Great Loss of Life. Sydney, Friday Night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 3

There now seems bat little doubt that the remainder of those on board the Catterthun, including fourteen Europeans, have perished…

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Wreck of the Catterthun Sydney, August 23

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 2

The inquest on the victims of the Oatterthun disaster concluded at Forster yesterday. The jury found that the victims met their deaths by the wreck of the vessel, which had…

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Wreck of the Cattert[?] Sydney, Augu[?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 2

The Marine Board inquiry into th[?] of the steamer Catterthun began y[?] and was adjourned till Monday. M[?] fear and members of the crew were [?]…

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Wreck of the Catterthun. Sydney, September 17

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 September 1895 · page 3

[?] Marine Board inquiry into the wreck [?]teamer Catterthun was resumed [?] and adjourned for a week pending [?] of the rocks in the locality of the…

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Another Wreck. Sydney, September 24

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 3

It is reported that the barque Stoneleigh, from Melbourne to London, has foundered off Cape Horn and that all hands perished…

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Intercolonial. Wreck of the Catterthun. Sydney, September 24

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 3

The Marine Board inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Catterthun concluded yesterday, when decision was reserved till to-morrow…

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Foundered. Sydney, September 27

The Western Herald · Saturday 28 September 1895 · page 2

The vessel Gem, while being towed into Sydney, foundered last night, two lives being lost…

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A Coal Hulk Foundered. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1895 · page 3

A coal hulk being towed from Newcastle to Sydney last night fonndered during the heavy weather. Two men—E. Larsons and T. Holmes…

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The Steamer Traffic. Sydney, November 19

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1895 · page 2

The crew of one of the Illwarra Stea[?] Coy.'s vessels has decided not to renew the engagement unless they receive an ex[?] pound per month…

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