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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1904

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Five Coolies Killed. Mishap on a Mail Steamer. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 November 1904 · page 2

When the N.D.L. steamer Grosser Kurfurst arrived at the Semaphore Anchorage from Bremer on Saturday she brought tidings of a…

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Greek Steamer Foundered. London, Nov. 27

Western Grazier · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 3

A Greek steamer foundered during a storm in the Black Sea, and 60 persons drowned…

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Telegraphic News Accident on a Mail Steamer. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 3

The mail steamer Orizaba, which left Adelaide on Thursday, on route to London, signalled yesterday to the German mail steamer Grosser Kurfust,…

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A Naval Disaster. Cutter and Launch Wrecked. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 2

H.M.S. Vernon's steam launch and pulling cutter were engaged in "sweeping" practice off Portsmouth, with the usual explosives,…

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Weak, Wasted Wreck. New Strength From New Blood. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 December 1904 · page 3

"A few years back whilst mining my health began to get bad," said Mr. John Webster, No. 1 Lane, Kadina. "I lost all interest in life. My strength gradually left me, and I…

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Mail Steamer Wrecked. Seven People Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 December 1904 · page 2

The British-India S. S[?] Company's Secundra has been wrecked. She struck a rock outside…

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Russia and Japan. Before Port Arthur. Fighting on the Sha-ho. British Cruiser Stops a Steamer. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 December 1904 · page 2

The battering of the smashed up Russian fleet at Port Arthur continues. The whereabouts of the Russian destroyers is…

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Sensational Experience of a Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 December 1904 · page 1

The steamer Wyrallah had a sensational experience last night. The vessel was seen about to enter the channel, at the heads, but shortly…

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Steamer's Fireman Drowned. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 2

A fireman named Douglas, who left the steamer Auchenbalc at Auckland prior to the vessel's departure for Sydney, has been found dead in the harbor…

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