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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

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In a Steamer Chair. Fourth Day

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 4

MR. GEORGE MORRIS began to find his early coffees," as he called them, very delightful. It was charming to meet a pretty and entertaining young lady every…

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In a Steamer Chair. Fifth Day

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 4

In the early morning of the fifth day out. George Morris p[?]ced the deck alone. "Shop-girl or not," he bad said to himself, "Miss Katherine Earle is much…

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In a Steamer Chair. Fifth DAY.—(Continued)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1892 · page 4

George M[?]rris found the forenoon rather tedious and lonesome. He sat in the smoking room, and once or twice he ventured near there Miss Earle sat…

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In a Steamer Chair. by Luke Sharp

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 4

OWING to pressure on our space the continuation of the above is held over until to-morrow. The following appeared in our Second…

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In a Steamer Chair. Fifth DAY.—(Continued)

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 4

"And may I go with you?" asked the young man. "If you also are tired of walking." "You know," he said, " you promised…

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In a Steamer Chair. Sixth Day

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1892 · page 4

In the vague hope of meeting Miss [?]le Morris rose early, and for a while [?] the deck alose, but she did not [?] Neither did he have the pleasure…

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In a Steamer Chair. Seventh Day

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 4

If George Morris were asked to say which day of [?] his life had been the most thoroughly enjoyable, he would probably have answered that the seventh…

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In a Steamer Chair. Eighth Day

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 4

On the afternoon of the eighth day George Morris and Katherine Earle stood together on the deck of the tender, looking back at the huge steamship which…

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In a Steamer Chair. Ninth Day

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 4

Spring in England—and one of those perfect spring days in which all rural England looks like a garden. The landscape was especially beautiful to American…

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A Steamer Aground. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 3

A message was received here on Saturday night that the steamer Rotomahana, one of the finest vessels in the U.S.N. Company's fleet, grounded at the mouth…

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H. M. S. Victoria Ashore. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1892 · page 2

H. M. S. Victoria, the flagship of ViceAdmiral Hoskins, commander of the Mediterranean squadron, has gone ashore at Plat[?]ea, on the Greek coast. A…

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Wreck of a W[?]aling Vessel. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 2

News from San Francisco states that the Tamerlane, a whaling ship, belonging to Hawaii, has been wrecked. The captain and 17 of the crew were drowned…

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An Overdue Steamer. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 3

The steamer Deccan, from Mauritius to B[?] is overdue. It is feared that she has been lost, and that 100 people who were on board have perished…

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Foundering of a Steamer. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 March 1892 · page 2

The British steamer Me[?]sina his foundered in the Gulf of Gascony, in the south of France. Twenty-fives lives were lost…

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Eleven Lives Lost. Wreck of the Steamer Marie on a Bitter Winter Night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 4

A CHEEFOO letter of January 2 in the North China Daily Mail gives the following story of the wreck of the steamer Marie and the loss of 11 lives:—…

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Wreck of the Rider. [?]

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 4

[?] a dense fog which [?]bro[?]ded the English Channel in February last the North German line passenger four-[?] [?], between 4000 and 5000 tons…

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Foundering of a Ketch. The Crew Saved. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1892 · page 3

News has been received of the foundering of the coasting ketch Champion, near Bird Island. The ketch, which was laden with timber, was on a voyage from Cape…

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A New Australian Steamer. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1892 · page 2

The new steamer, Tasmania, built for Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co., of Melbourne, has been successfully launched at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The steamer is…

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Sinking of a Steamer. [By Telegraph] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 May 1892 · page 4

For some unexplained cause the steamer Warooka was found to be sinking alongside McLaren Wharf this morning. She has now settled down completely. No…

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Sinking of a Steamer. [By Telegraph] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 4

For some unexplained canse the steamer Warooka was found to be sinking alongside McLaren Wharf this morning. She has now settled down completely. No…

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