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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905

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New Turbine Steamer. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 July 1905 · page 2

The turbine steamer Maheno, built for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, has been launched on the Clyde…

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The War. Fighting in Saghalien. Russian Warship Wrecked. Linievitch on the Defensive. London, July 17

Western Grazier · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 3

The Japanese warships are menacing the north of Saghalien. The Japanese have occupied the whole of the south of Saghalien. When the…

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Nearly a Wreck. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 August 1905 · page 2

As the barque Abby Palmer was entering Port Jackson during the boisterous weather on Monday night, in tow of the tug…

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Fire on a Mail Steamer The R.M.S. Oruba in Danger. Cargo Damaged. [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 August 1905 · page 2

On the arrival of the R.M.S. Oruba yesterday particulars' were gathered of the fire which occurred in the afterhold shortly…

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A Missing Schooner. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 August 1905 · page 1

Anxiety is felt concerning the safety of the schooner Cygnet, which left Port Adelaide on August 6 for Port Victoria, and…

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Nothing bat a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Case of Mrs. E. COLE. (By a Local Reporter.)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 August 1905 · page 1

A narrative well worth rending is one which was told by Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, of No. 78 Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill, in the company of a…

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Severe Coastal Gales. a Schooner Founders. Eight Men Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 4

Cold southerly eales continue along the coast. The Bondi sea baths Miave been greatly damaged a yacht is ashore at Manly;…

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Gales on the Coast. Wreck of the Jones Brothers. Narrow Escapes. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 2

The foundering of the schooner Jones Brothers means the loss of seven lives, not eight, as first reported. The schooner was picked up at…

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German Cruiser Ashore. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 2

The German cruiser Adler has gone ashore on the Kent Rocks, near Singapore…

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A Schooner Wrecked. [By Telegaraph.] Aucaland, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 1

The schooner Meana, from Manning Rivor, New South Wales, has been found at Moaku bottom upwards. She apparently went ashore, and her crew of…

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A Schooner Wrecked. Seven Men Missing. [By Telegraph.] AUCKLAND,Tuesday

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 2

The schooner Moana, from the Manning River, New South Wales, has, been found at Moaku bottom unwards. She apparently went…

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Signs of a Wreck. The Loch Vennachar Mystery. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 September 1905 · page 1

News has been received from Kangaroo Island that some wreekage has been washed ashore on the southern coast person island. It is alleged that a…

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'The Loch Vennachar. Reilos of the Wreck. No Doubt of the Vessel's Fate. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 October 1905 · page 2

Mr. A. H. Daw, of Hawksnest station, Kangaroo Island, came in from Karratta station yesterday with a piece of wreckage with the…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Steamer Stranded. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 4

The cable repair ship Assistance has been stranded on a sandy beach between Cape Negro and Tetuan, on the coast of Morocco. The vessel is…

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A Much-wrecked Family

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 3

Thomas Richard Pearce, who was one of the apprentices on the ill-fated Loch Vennachar, belonged to a family nearly every member of which has been wrecked…

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After the War. Colonising Siberia. American Steamer Captured. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 October 1905 · page 2

The Russian troops are about to reoccupy, the northern portion of the Island of Saghalien. Accommodation and provisions…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, November 2, 1905. the Tariff Wreck

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 2

THE movement for the effective protection of Australian industry and the fiscal stimulation of our languishing trade must be very…

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Wreck of a Vessel. at Warrnambool. Seven Men Drowned. Heroism of a Fisherman. Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 November 1905 · page 1

La Bella, brigantinc, 406 tons, ftom New Zealand to Warrnambool, with a big cargo of timber (as already reported) went ashore last night near the…

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The La Bella Wreck. Melburne

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 November 1905 · page 2

Captain Mylins, of the wrecked barquentine La Bella, says that he was suffering from illness when on Warrnambool on Friday…

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Barrier Miner. Wednesday, November 16, 1905. Labor Wreckers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 November 1905 · page 2

It is admitted on all 'hands that the defeat the Democratic forces in West Australia sustained at the recent general elections is…

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