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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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A Missing Steamer. Reported Safe. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 2

It is reported at Valparaiso, the principal port of Chili, that the British steamer Pitcairn Island, which has been missing for some time and as…

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Battleship Ashore. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 4

The English battleship Montague, of the Channel Squadron, has gone ashore, in a dense fog, at Shutter Point, Lundy Island, at the entrance…

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Battleship Ashore. the Montague a Total Wreck. [Reuter's Message] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

It transpires that the battleship Montague, which went ashore at Strutter Point, Lundy Island, at the entrance to the Bristol Channel,…

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Capsize of a Steamer. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 4

A Russian steamer capsized whilst steaming into the Gulf of Riga. The accident, which was caused by overloading, resulted in the drowning of…

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Collision at Sydney Heads. a Tug and a North Coast Steamer. Miraculous Escapes. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 1

A collision occurred at 2.15 this morning off North Head between the North Coast steamer Electra and the Messrs. Brown's tug Energy. The tug sank…

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A Vessel Wrecked. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 4

Lloyd's correspondent at Valparaiso, the principal port of Chile, reports that the ship Lismore, bound from Melbourne to Coronel, in Chile,…

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A Vessel Wrecked. the Fate of the Lismore. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

It is supposed that the ship Lismore, bound from Melbourne to Coronol, in Chile, the first officer and three of the crew of which have arrived…

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A Channel Collision. Training Steamer Damaged. Perfect Discipline. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

The steamer Port Jackson, with 100 boys from the training ship Warspite on board, yesterday collided in the Downs (English Channel) with the…

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Nothing but a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Case of Mrs. E. COLE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 8

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

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The Wrecked Ship Lismore. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 7

The insurances on the wrecked ship Lismore, from Melbourne, which was wrecked on the Chilian coast, total £10,000…

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The Wreck of the Montague. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 7

The battleship Montague, which ran aground at Shutter Point, Lundy Island, at the entrance to the Bristol Channel, struck the exact point where…

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Steamer Aground. Thick "Weather in Moreton Bay. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 1

The steamer Wairpara went aground yesterday morning between Pide Light and the "West Beacon, in Moreton Bay. The vessel is, however, clear of the…

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Wheat Shipwrecked. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 4

The ship Cassard. wheat laden, from Sydney to Falmouth, is reported to be g total week…

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A Wrecked Vessel. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

The ship Cassard, bound from Sydney, Australia, to Talmouth, Cornwall (England) has been totally wrecked off the Falkland Islands, in…

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The Wreck of the Chukong. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 8

Complete details were received yesterday of the foundering of the Chinese steamer Ghukong, officered by Sydney men From the accounts to…

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A Barque Ashore. Crew Saved. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 June 1906 · page 2

The barque Delotas, timber laden, bound for Sydney, went ashore at the mouth of the Whaupe River, New Zealand. The crew is safe, but the…

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An American Tragedy. Dynamite Factory Wrecked. Thirty Persons Killed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 2

An explosion occurred yesterday at Teguer, a town in Pennsylvania. The factory was wrecked. Thirty persons were killed by the explosion…

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A Derelict. Body of a Man Washed Ashore. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 2

The body of a man washed ashore at Fremantle has been identified as that of Daniel Barry (43). a member of the Lumpers' Union. He was a…

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A Steamer Arrived. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

The steamer Maheno, from Vancouver, arrived last night, considerably in advance of the due date…

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Accident on a Steamer. Four of the Grew Injured. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

1t has been reported that the steamer Airlie had just arrived at Port Darwin from thc South when a check valve of the engine blow out while repairs…

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