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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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A Steamer Disabled. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

Commander Wright, of tho R.M.S. China reports having at 6 o'clock on Sunday evening, when just south of Cape Leewin, passed an Adelaide…

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French Strike Riots. Cavalry Charge Strikers. A Factory Wrecked. [Reuter's Messages] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1905 · page 2

Serious strike disturbances have occurred at Limoges, a city in the department of Haut Vienne, in France…

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A Steamer Overdue. [Bt TlLMRAH.] SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 4

The' steamer Lady Mildred, from Adelaide to Sydney, is overdue. No news of her has been received…

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A Ship Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 4

The Norwegian ship Almedia (Captain Lorentzen), from Melbourne, in ballast, has been wrecked on the coast of New…

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A Ship Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 4

The Norwegian ship Almedia (Captuin Lorentzen), from Melbourne, in ballast, has been wrecked on the coast cf New…

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General Gable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Gunboat Ashore. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

The British gunboat Thistle, which it was reported yesterday had gone ashore near Cape Finistcrre, is safe…

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Ketch in Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 8

The captain of the steamer Victoria reports having spoken the locally-owned ketch Dello Flower, in distress, some miles off the coast. The skipper…

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Ketch in Trouble. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1905 · page 4

The captain of the steamer Victoria reports having spoken the locally-owned ketch Bello Flower, in distress, some miles off the coast. The skipper…

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Timber Ship Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 4

The barqutentine Neptune has been wrecked at Kalpara, while leaving the harbor with a load of timber for Sydney. A heavy sea…

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Timber Ship Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 1

The barquentinc Neptune has been wrecked at Kaipara, while leaving the harbor with a load of timber, for Sydney. A heavy sea…

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Shipping D1sasters. Wreck of a Barque. Dreary Experiences of the Crew, Three Months on. a Desolate Island, [By Telegraph.] Auckland

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 May 1905 · page 1

Tito bnrquo Mary dishing, from Newnstlo with cool for San Franoisoo, has put into Auckland in distress and lenking…

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Collsion at Sea. a Ketch Sunk. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1905 · page 1

The steamer Peterborough and the coasting ketch Jessie came in collision early to-day. The ketch sank instantly, and one of…

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Missing Steamer Safe [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1905 · page 2

The overdue steamer Pacifique has arrived at Noumea, and left again for Sydney. The steamer went ashore on a reef off Epi…

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Shipping Disasters, a Steamer Wrecked. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 4

A portion of the broken blade of the propeller of the steamer Sophocles was removed yesterday morning by divers 'at Albany…

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A Schooner Missing. Two Hundred Men Aboard. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 2

A French schooner with 200 souls aboard, including 160 fishermen proceeding to St. Pierre, an island off the south coast of…

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Wreck of the Julia Peroy. The Preliminary Inquiry. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 4

The preliminary inquiry into the circumstances of the wreck of the Julia Percy at Dongarra, on May 24 was concluded yesterday. A…

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A Fast Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1905 · page 2

Allan and Company's new turbine steamer Virginian has broken all records in crossing the Atlantic, making, the passage via…

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Barrier Miner. Friday, July 7, 1905 a Wreck Restored

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 2

MR. MILLS, the managing director of the great Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, recently said that he would not alter…

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Internal Russia. The Black Sea Mutiny. The Kniaz Potemkin's Career. Overawes Theodosia. A Steamer Captured. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 4

A Reuter's correspondent at Odessa states that it is reported there that the battleship Kniaz Potemkin has been blown up near…

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A Steamer Stranded. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 July 1905 · page 2

The steamer Harlech Castle, well known in Australian waters, has become stranded near Carrical, on the coast of India, and it is…

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