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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

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Wrecks

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 May 1894 · page 2

There appear to be an average of about 600 wrecks amongst British vessels every year. There are, however, worse wrecks on and than on sea. Men who, without…

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Wreck of a Barque. Captain and Two Men Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 2

The bare information has been received from New Zealand that the Alexander Newton, Sydney barque, has been waecked off the New Zealand…

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Attack on a Labor Schooner. Massacre Among the Crew. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 June 1894 · page 2

Brief particulars have reached Sydney of an attack made lately upon the schooner Senta, a Labor, vessel under the German flag, employed at New…

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The German Forgeries. Arrest on a Mail Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 4

Considerable interest was attached to the arrival of the German mail steamer Salier here, owing to the German Consul (Mr. H. C. E. Muecke)…

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The German Forgeries. Arrest on a Mail Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 June 1894 · page 1

Considerable interest was attached to the arrival of the German mail steamer Salier here, owing to the German Consul (Mr. H. C. E. Muecke)…

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THE U. S. Railway Strike. San Francisco Strikers Arming. Blue-jackets Called Ashore. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 July 1894 · page 2

Conflicting accounts come from America as to the progress of the strike which began with the Chicago railway men. One report states that…

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Wrecks

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 1

There appear to be an average of about 600 wrecks amongst British vessels every year. There are, however, worse wrecks on land than on sea. Men who, without…

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3rd EDITIO Miner Office, 7 p.m. Foondering of a Steamer. All on Board Lost. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 August 1894 · page 4

A brief message stating that the steamer Kooringa has foundered off the Cape of Good Hope, and that all on board were lost, has just been received…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Foundering of a Steamer. All on Board Lost. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 August 1894 · page 1

A brief measage stating that the steamer Kooringa has foundered off the Cape of Good Hope, and that all on board were lost, has just been received…

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[By Telegraph.] The Steamer Guthrie Pursued. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 2

The E. and A. steamer Guthrie, which has arrived at Thursday Island from Eastern ports, reports that after her last trip to Hongkong she carried…

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The Corean War. The Japanese Loan Subscribed. Suspected Steamer Seized at Glasgow. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 August 1894 · page 2

Acting under instructions from the Foreign Secretary (Lord Kimberley), the authorities at Glasgow have seized the steamer Islam on suspicion that…

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Wreck of a Barque. [By Telegraph] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 August 1894 · page 2

The following telegram has been received from Port Darwin:—The barque Calcutta, of Bordeaux, with a French crew, bound from Saigon to…

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The Pastoral War. Another Alleged Unionist Outrage. The Steamer Rodney Burned. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1894 · page 4

A report was put about town to-day to the effect that the steamer Rodney, trading on the Murray, which had been recently engaged in conveying free…

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The Pastoral War. Another Alleged Unionist Outrage. The Steamer Rodney Barned. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 August 1894 · page 1

A report was put about town to-day to the effect that the steamer Rodney, trading on the Murray, which had been recently engaged in conveying free…

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Wreck of the Aeolus. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday (noon)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 September 1894 · page 2

The latest from the wreck of the AEolus is that she is breaking up fast. The master and crew arrived at Point MacDonnell during yesterday. Most…

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Wreck of a Barque, Fate of the Crew Uncertain. [By Tblkobaph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 September 1894 · page 3

The barque Cambria (Wallace, master), from Glasgow, has gone ashore at Stradbrooke Island. One seaman, who swam ashore, reported the…

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The Wreck of the Cambus. Six Men Drowned. A Fearful Battle with the Waves. Five Bodies Recovered. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 September 1894 · page 2

Captain Wallace, of the barque Cambus (not Cambria, as stated yesterday), which went to pieces near Stradbroke Island, gives further…

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Wreck of a Schooner. All Hands Missing. Five Lives Believed Lost. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 September 1894 · page 3

The schooner Christine. from Hokianga to Napier, has been totally wrecked at Waito, near the Tara River. The wreckage of the vessel…

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A Warship on a Reef. Probable Total Wreck, A Steamer Standing By. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 September 1894 · page 2

Information has just been received that the warship Ringarooma is almost certain to become a total wreck. The brief dispatch received here is…

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The Ringarooma Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 September 1894 · page 2

Admiral Bowden-Smith departs by the Orlando, flagship, on Monday for the scene of the disaster to the Ringarooma. No further information has…

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