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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1901

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A Disastrous Wreck. London, April 23

Western Grazier · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 3

A disastrous wreck is reported from the Mauritius, in which 36 lives were lost…

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Wreck of a P. and 0. Steamer. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 4

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new steamer Sobraon was stranded in a fog on Tunying Island, on the Chinese coast, and it is feared will…

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The War. Whereabouts of De Wet. Australians Wreck a Newspaper Office. [Reuter's Messages.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 4

General De Wet, with a few followers, was recently near Villiersdorp. Great Britain is now purchasing Hungarian horses; 900 have already been shipped to South Africa from Flame…

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A Steamer Stranded. London, April 28

Western Grazier · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 3

The mail steamer Sobraon is stranded off the China coast. The passengers have been landed at Foochow…

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A Newspaper Office Wrecked. London, April 28

Western Grazier · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 3

Prior to embarking for home on the s.s Tongariaro some of the Australians wrecked the office of the "South African News" on account of that…

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The Wreck of the Sobraon. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 2

The P. and O. Co.'s steamer Sobraon, which wont ashore at Tunying Island, on the Chinese coast, had her bottom ripped out, and the forehold is now…

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The Wreck of the Sobraon. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 2

The valuable silks on board the R.M.S. Sobraon, ashore on the Chinese coast, were salved by the men of war assisting in the attempt to refloat the…

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The Steamer Sobraon. London, May 1

Western Grazier · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 3

The forehold of the mail steamer Subraon is now under water…

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Smallpox in Melbourne. On an Indian Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne Tudesday

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 May 1901 · page 2

The steamer Darius arrived here from Calcutta yesterday and was quarantined after the health inspection, owing to a native boy, a mcs[?]room steward, who boarded the ship at…

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The New Guinea Massacres. Return of the Punitive Expedition. Ten Native Villages Wrecked. Many Natives Killed. The True Story of the Murders. Bodies of the Missionaries Eaten. [By Telegraph.] Thursday Island

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 May 1901 · page 2

The s'eamer Parus, which left here to investigate the murder of Revs. J. Chalmers and O. Tomkine in New Gunia, has returned…

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A[?]steamer Ashore. [Reuter's Message.] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 4

The steamer Tantallam Castle, during a fog, ran aground on Robbon Island, Table Bay. Cope Town. lier position ia critical. The pase-ngers and mails…

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A S earner Ashore LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 2

All attempts to float the steamer Tantallon Castle ashore in Table Bay, Gape Town, have so far failed…

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A Steamer Ashore. London, May 8

Western Grazier · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 2

The steamer Tantallon Castle is ashore at Robben Island in a critical position. The passengers and mails have been landed…

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The Wreck of the Shamrock. The King's Narrow Escape. Full Story of the Disaster. The King's Nerve. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 2

Fuller particulars are now available concerning tbe wreck of Sir T. J. Lipton's yacht Shamrock II and the narrow escape of the King…

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Narrow Escape of the King. Yachting with Sir T. J. Lipton. The Shamrock's Mast Goes. The Yacht Becomes a Wreck. [Reuter's Messages] London, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 1

During the Shamrock II's trial in the Solent to-day a squall carried away the yacht's sails and spars, and a mast fell away. The King, who was aboard,…

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Wreck of a Brigantine. All on Board Drowned. The Captain and Cr[?]w of Six. [By Telegrap[?] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 2

The [?]mer T[?], which arrived from New Z[?]land yesterday, re[?]ts the loss of thea b[?]n[?] L[?] We[?]r, off the New Z[?]nd coast, du[?]ng a [?]vy "south[?]y…

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Large Shipment of Oil. Arrival of the Tank Steamer Turbo

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1901 · page 2

AN Interesting event in connection with the importation of kerosene oil to these States occurred yesterday (says Tuesday's Argus, reporting a matter already mentioned in our…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield Reef

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 3

NOBODY can tell the follwing story better than the writer tells it himself. " In 1891," be says, " I first experienced the [?] of [?] indigestion. I was [?]…

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Nearly a Wreck. Narrow Escape of a Barque[BY Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 June 1901 · page 1

The barque Spice, from Port Nalal, nearly shared the fa[?]e of the Loch [?]y on Thursday night last. When nearing the S. A. coast she met [?]bick weather for three[?] which…

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Wrecked on Chesterfield REEP.d

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 7

NOBODY c[?]n tell the following story better th[?]n th[?] writer tells [?]t him[?]elf. "In 1891," [?] [?]ys, " I first experienced the mi[?]eries of [?]t[?] indigestion. [?] was ob[?]ged…

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