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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

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Wreck of a Schooner; The Mate Drowned. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

A message from Mackay states that the steamer Franklin has arrived there from Flat Top bringing the captain and three members of the ctew of the wrecked schooner Eclipse…

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Capture of a German Steamer. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

H.M.S. Magicienne, one of the cruisers on duty on the east coast of Africa, chased and captured the steamer Bundesrath, belonging to the German…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Steamer Ashore. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 2

The Hamburg and South American liner Pelotas went ashore at Dungeness, but was refloated after a quantity of cargo had been jettisoned…

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Another German Steamer Seized. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 2

A British man-of-war has seized the German steamer Hans Wagner, from Hamburg, in Delagoa Bay…

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In Distress. The Steamer Banffshire Disabled. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 2

Captain Creswell received a telegram last night that a large steamer was lying off the Troubridge Shoals, and was flying signals showing that she was disabled. Subsequently…

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Another Broken Shaft. a German Steamer's Experience. Drift of 100 Miles. Towed Back to Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 4

All fears with respect to the disabled steamer, supposed to be the Banffshire, were set at rest this morning when the German steamship Sonneberg (Captain Mier), which…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Twenty-two Lives Lost. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 4

The steamer Borghese has foundered near Cape Frio, on the Brazil coast. Twenty-two of the crew were drowned, nine only being saved…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— Anothes Broken Shaft. a German Steamer's Experience. Drift of 100 Miles. Towed Back to Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 4

All fears with respect to the disabled steamer, supposed to be the Banffshire, were set at rest this morning when the German steamship Sonneberg (Captain Mier), which…

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A Mail Steamer Sunk. [Reuter's Message.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 4

The Channel mail steamer Ibex struck the Black Rock, on the coast of Guernsey, last night, and sank. The vessel sank slowly, however, and all on board…

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A Steamer Wrecked. On the Queensland Coast. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 2

A telegram from Townsville states that six men, consisting of the second mate (Chapman), fourth engineer, two firemen, and two sailors, came ashore there and…

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Another German Steamer Seized. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 2

A report has been received that the German steamer Herzog, bound from Hamburg to Delagoa Bay, has been seized by a British man-o'-war and taken…

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The Wreck of Ths Queen Christiana. Interview with the Captain. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2

A telegram from Townsville states that the steamer Baratta has returned from the wreck of the Queen Christiana, on Lihou Reef, bringing all hands off, together with a…

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Explosion on a Nine. a Battery Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 2

An explosion occurred at Eaglehawk Gully, Clarke's Creek, Windeyer, on Saturday, by which a recently-erected battery owned by Grosse and party, on the Henrietta mine, was…

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The following appeared in yesterday Third Edition:— Wreck on the Queensland Coast. Steamer Airlie Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 1

The E. and A. Company's steamer Airlie, bound from Hong Kong to Sydney, has gone ashore on Chatham Reef. She is expected to become a total wreck…

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The Wreck of the Airlie. How it Occurred. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2

The steamer Airlie, from Hong Kong to Sydney, struck Chatham Reef on Sunday morning. The weather was foggy and rainy, and the passengers were in their berths at…

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Another Steamer Detained. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

Advices have been received that the British authorities at Bermudas, off the American coast, have detained an American steamer on the ground that…

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The Steamer Airlie. [By Telegraph.] Thursday Island

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 2

The steamer Australian has arrived here and has resumed the voyage to Hong Kong. The captain states that he stopped off the stranded steamer Airlie and found her still in…

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A Barque Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

A telegram from Noumea states that the barque Emile Renouf, which left Thio on the 2nd instant with 350 tons of nickel ore for Glasgow, struck a reef on the evening of the…

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A Steamer Oh Fire. [By Telegraph.] Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 2

The steamer Aotea, which left for London at 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, returned to harbor early yesterday, an outbreak of fire having occurred near one of the boilers on…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition:— the Wreck of the Airlie. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 February 1900 · page 4

The E. and A. Company's steamer Airlie, which stranded on the Chatham Reef, on the Queensland coast. has arrired in Sydney…

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