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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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Wreck of the Inverkip. Twenty-two Fatalities. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 2

It transpires that, in all, 22 perished in the wreck of the Inverkip, which collided with the Loch Carron, close to the Fastness…

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Another Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Noumea

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 August 1904 · page 2

The barque West Australian, which left Noumea for Surprise Island to load guano, has been totally wrecked on the French reefs. The captain and crew were taken on board…

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Russia and Japan. Siege of Port Arthur. a Terrible Bombardment. the Call to Surrender. Wolf Hill Taken. Another British Steamer Detained. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

The Russian cruiser Ural, formerly a German steamer but purchased since the war began, stopped the British steamer…

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Schooner Ashore. a Passenger Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

The schooner Surprise, from Kaipara, timber laden, has gone ashore at the mouth of the Manawatu River. The crew was saved:…

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Wreck of a Hotel. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

Yesterday morning a great crash startled the people of Narridy a small township in the north of the State. The cause of the…

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Russia and Japan. Siege of Port Arthur. the Call to Surrender. General Stoessel's Reply. "Fight to the Last Man." Bombardment Resumed. Heavy Japanese Losses. Last Sunday's Naval Battle. Russian Official Account. Losses on the Gromoboi. Just on 450 Men. Russia and Neutral Ships. the British Protest. British Steamer Fired On. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

The Novoe Vremya, a leading St. Petersburg daily, says that it is neither easy nor desirable to try to solve, during the war, the…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Gunboat Wrecked. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 2

The British gunboat Columbine, 270 tons, has gone on the rocks at Greenbar, on the North American coast, and it is feared will become…

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Russia and Japan. Before Port Arthur. Continued Fighting. Terrific Bombardment. Eight Hundred Shells a Day. Battleship Strikes a Mine How the Novik Was Lost. Russian Raidings. Overhauling the Steamer Comedian. Great Britain Protests. Outlook Again Gloomy. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 2

A warship resembling and supposed to be the Russian cruiser Smolensk passed Cape St. Francis on Friday, flying the French…

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The Missing Acacia. Wreckage Found. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 September 1904 · page 2

A quantity of wreckage found near the South Bruni Lighthouse, by a son of the lighthouse superintendent, is thought to resemble the hull of the missing barque…

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Blown to Pieces. Explosion at Wallaroo Mines. Young Man Killed. Stores Completely Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 September 1904 · page 1

A fatal explosion occurred in the stores on the Wallaroo mines this morning, when Edward Mellon, a young man, was blown to pieces…

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The Far East As I Saw It. Wrecking the Russian Railways. Things the Forests Hide. A Plea for Manlier Criticism

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 3

"A. G. Hales" writes to the London Daily News of August 19:— Let me at the outset af this article make my personal position plain. I loathe war; I…

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A Barque Wrecked. Narrow Escape of the Crew. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 7

The French barque Adolphe, 85 days out, while entering Newcastle Harbor stranded on the breakwater and soon became hopeless wreck. It was only with great…

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On the British Coast. Several Shipwrecks. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 2

Severe equinoctial gales are being experienced on the British coast. Several shipwrecks have…

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A Wrecked Barque. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 2

News has been received in Sydney of the wreck of the barque Yosemite on the coast of South America. The captain and his wife and family, who were also on board,…

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Survivors of a Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 October 1904 · page 2

The steamer Prinz Sigismund, which arrived in Sydney yesterday, brought seven out of the eight missing men of the wrecked…

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Russia and Japan. Before Port Arthur. the Latest News. Complaint of a Japanese Trick. Another German Steamer Stopped. Robbed of Its Coal. Risings in Russia. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 November 1904 · page 2

A St. Petersburg telegram states that a million tons of grain is blocked in Russia, owing to the war and the disturbance of the…

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A Steamer Collision. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 2

When the steamer Indralema, from Manchester to Australia, collided with another steamer at Liverpool, the injury she…

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[?] Rheumatic Wreck. Worn Out with Pain. An Incurable Cripple Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 3

"For many years I was never a day free from rheumatism," said Mrs. L. Richty, Pulsford-road, Little Adelaide. "I suffered the greatest pain a woman could bear. For…

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Missionary Ketch Wrecked All Hands Saved. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

News has been received of the wreck, in the Island's, of the London Missionary Society's ketch Jeera. All hands were…

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A Steamer Foundered. London, Nov. 24

Western Grazier · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 3

The American steamer Donald foundered with all hands on the voyage from Novs Scotia to New York…

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