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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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A Ship Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Noumea

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 2

The ship Handandine has been totally wrecked on the coast of New Caledonia. All hands were saved…

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The War. the Surrender of Port Arthur. How Russia Took the News. Czar Returns to St. Petersburg. State of the City and Fortresses. Buildings Badly Wrecked. About 11,000 Men Killed. Over 14,000 in Hospital. a Garrison of 10,000 Sick Men. Prominent Officers Killed and Wounded. the Czar's Indecision. Baltic Fleet at Madagascar. Shadowed by the Japanese. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 2

"The Standard's" correspondent cables that Admiral Togo intends to force the Russian Baltic fleet to fight or return to Europe…

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Relics and Wrecks. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 January 1905 · page 2

A party of pleasure seekers, including Mr. R. S. Haynes, K.C., who had been holidaymaking on the extreme southern coast, discovered some wreckage in a cave called…

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A Steamer rounders. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

Tlie steamer Carapanama, bound from Liverpool to Para, has foundered in the Irish Sea. Twelve ' of the crew were…

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Smallpox on a Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

The steamer Carnley, From Ching-wang-tao to Durban with coolies, has been detained at Hong Kong with io cases of…

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Wreck of a Dredger. Twenty-one Men Drowned. Terrible Sufferings of Survivors. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 4

The steam dredger Texas, bound from Dantzic, West Prussia, to Galveston,, United States, recently foundered in the Bay of…

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Wreck of a Schooner. a Missing Boat. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

The schooner Waiweer has bsen wrecked off Sandy Cape. A boat containing the captain of the schooner, his son the mate, and…

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Steamer Rockton Detained. Sydney

Western Grazier · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 2

The steamer Rockton, which was to have been dispatched on Saturday with a cargo for Yokohama, has been detained at the instance of…

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The Brierholme Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Hobart

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 2

As a result of the search for the ship B[?] the opinion is entertained that she struck on a reef off Green Island. A camp, evidently occupied by a survivor of…

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A Missing Ship. Wreckage and a Body Found. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 1

Information has been received by pigeon post that the body of one of the crew of the missing ship Brierholme has been…

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Robbery From a Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 2

During the trip of the steamer Kanowna from Fremantle to Adelaide an athlete lost a chain and six medals, valued at £35 and…

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A Schooner Founders. [By Telegraph.] Svdney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 2

The schooner Violet Doepel foundered off the coast. The cfew had a sensational experience, but were all saved…

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The Steamer Rockton. Bought for the Japanese Trade. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 2

It is now officially announced that the steamer Rockton, a wellknown interstate steamer, which recently left for Japan, has been…

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Russian Revolution the Movement Rapidly Spreading. Fighting in Several Cities. Many Conflicts with the Soldiery. Great Mutiny in Sebastopol Sailors Turn on Their Officers. Government Buildings and Works Wrecked. Incalculable Damage Caused. a Military Revolution Feared. People Angry with the Czar. His Death Decreed. Dictator Appointed in St. Petersburg Great Britain's Sympathy with the People. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 2

The revolution in Russia is growing. The tram service to Tsarskoe Selo, where there is an Imperial…

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SHIPWRECKED. Loss of the Brier Holme, A Lonely Man's Fate

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 3

Mr, W. R. Lisboy, ohiof examining c[?]cor of the Customs Department, Hobart, who accompanied as representa[?] of the Fodorul authoritics the first party which…

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The Revolution. Risings [?] CITIES. Desperate Fighting Reported. Victims Buried in the Dark. Bomb Explosions and Wrecked Buildings. A Russian Prevarication. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

By the Czar's orders, a Droclamation has been issued in St. Petersburg warning the workers against disturbances of the peace,…

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A Cutter Wrecked. Eight Men Drowned, [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 2

News has been received of the foundering of the cutter Adimca. Eight men of the crew were drowned, but 20 of the natives on…

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A Barque Wrecked. Experience of the Crew. [By Telegraph.] Launceston

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 February 1905 · page 2

The barque Mayfield, wheat laden, has been totally wrecked in Bass Straits. The crew was rescued after spending 37 hours…

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Japanese Steamer Sunk. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 2

The Japanese-steamer Nakorigawa, during a fog, struck.the harbor works at Osaka and sank Ninety-four of those on board…

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The Mall Steamer Orizaba Ashore Likely Become a Total Wreck. Sydney

Western Grazier · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 3

The mail steamer Orizaba, inward bound from London, is ashore at Garden Island, 13 miles from Fremantle, W.A. A heavy fog obscured…

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