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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1906

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American Ship Wrecked. Crew Rescued. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 August 1906 · page 2

News has been received from Hobart to the effect that the ship Vauban, of Rochester, America, on its way to Hobart, was wrecked in June last at Bona…

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A Steamer Due. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

The steamer Sonoma, from Vancouver, is due in Sydney next Friday…

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A Delayed Steamer. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

The steamer Indradeo, which was detained owing to a strike on the part of the Chinese crew, left Sydney yesterday for Valparaiso…

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Workers' Compensation. a Steamer Not a Factory. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 2

At the Fremantle Local Court, on Wednesday judgment was delivered [?] a case in which Andrew Fry sued Richard Bradbury under the Workers'…

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A Barquentine Ashore. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 4

The barquentine Defiance went ashore at Kaipara, leaking badly. The prospects of refloating the vessel, which is uninaured, are classed as "bad."…

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A Steamer Arrived. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

The Royal mail steamer Ortona arrived at Fremantle from Europe yesterday…

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A Wrecked Steamer. All the Crew Saved. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 September 1906 · page 2

Advices, from Suva, in Fiji, are to the effect that the Yaralla has struck the rocks on the Kaba Point, and is a total wreck. All of the crew were…

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Troopship Ashore. in Serious Plight. Heavy Surf Prevents a Landing. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 September 1906 · page 2

Advices from Honolulu are to the effect that the American transport Sheridan is ashore at Barbor's Point. The ship's steampipe is broken. There…

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Steamer Arrived. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 2

The [?] steamer India arrived at Fromantle from Europe and the East yesterday…

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Submarine Eruption. at Hawaii. Island. Fish Scalded and Cast Ashore. [Reuter's. Message.]

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 2

A submarine eruption that has occurred near Hilo, the chief town, of the. Hawaii Island (the largest island of the Hawaiin group), in the North…

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A Steamer on a Reef. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 2

The Union Steamship Company's new steamer Atua ran on the reef in Apia Harbor, at Samoa, as she was leaving for Suva. The vessel was lightered…

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Steamer Wrecked. All Hands Saved. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 4

News has just bean received of the wreck of the steamer Shannon near King's Island on Sunday last. All hands were saved…

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The Wrecked Shannon. Burst Boiler Tubes. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 2

Later reports regarding the wreck of the steamer Shannon on King's Island state that the trouble was caused through the bursting of the boiler…

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Vessels Wrecked. Eleven Ashore. Crews All Landed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2

Eleven Newfoundland fishing vessels, homeward bound, have become total wrecks on Belle Island, a small island near the mainland. All the crews were…

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Mail Steamer Late. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 4

The R.M.S. Oroya is running late, and is not expected to arrive at Fremantle until 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning…

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Steamer Wrecked. Ashore on Midway Island. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 2

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer Mongolia has been wrecked on the voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco. The vessel went ashore on Midway…

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Barquentine Ashore. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 September 1906 · page 4

The barquentine Defiance, which recently went ashore, has been rofloated. She apparently sustained but little damage…

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Curing Indigestion. After Years of Misery. Henry Mansfield, Adelaide, Couldn't Fat or Sleep. Worn Down to a Nervous Wreck. a New Man Now. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 September 1906 · page 3

" For years I suffered something cruel with indigestion bofore I found out that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were the only thing that would cure…

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An Express Wrecked. Fall ' Over an Embankment. Five. Killed j MANY ' INJURED; [Reuter's ' Message.] London, 'Thursday

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

Following on the news of the railway disaster in Oklahoma (U.S.A.) comes; the report of a peculiar accident to the Scotch express train…

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New South Wales. Steamer From the East. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 4

The steamer Eastern, from Manila, China, and Japan, arrived at Sydney yesterday.' She has on'.'board. 73 ChH neso passongers—l6 for Sydney, 26 for…

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