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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

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The Wrecked Kawatiri. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 2

While endeavoring to rescue the mails from the wrecked Kawatiri, Oscar Dale and Arthur Ware were drowned. Three men were in a boat when…

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A Diabolical Trap. Attempt to Wreck Steeplechasers. At Victoria Park. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 2

A diabolical piece of work was discovered at Victoria Park racecourse on Saturday. Prior to the Grand National Steeplechuse being run it was [?]rported…

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South Australia. the Wrecked Australian. Port Darwin

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 4

It is confidently expected that the wrecked steamer Australian will be successfully refloated after the arrival of additional pumping gear, which is…

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The Wrecked Kawatiri. Hobert, Tuedsday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 4

The carg of the wrecked, steamer Kawatiri is beginning to come, ashore. No bodies have been recovered…

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Barque or Ship Ashore. Nine Miles South of Wallaroo. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 4

A telegram has been received by the Marine Board that a barque or ship is ashore at Long Point, about nine miles [?]th of Wallaroo…

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Tasmania. the Wrecked Kawatiri. Launceston

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 4

The Kawatiri has shifted settling down, and no further attempt at sal0vage has been made. The water is still rough…

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Coasting Steamer Disabltd. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 2

The coasting st[?] Ki[?] was disabled at sen and towed to Newcastle. An accident happened to the machinery. The steamer was drifting…

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The Kawatiri Wreck. Hobarb

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 4

The Marine Board inquiry into the Kawatiri wreek was concluded yesterday. Captain Crawford and his officers have been ex[?]erated from all blame…

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New Steamer Service. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 August 1907 · page 4

A new steamer service is to be started betwean San Francisco, Auckland, and Sydney…

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Steamer and Schooner Collide. The Schconer Immediately Sinks. Captain and Crew Safe. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 1

As the steamer Everton Grange was leaving Port Adelaide this morning a collision occurred between it and an incoming wooden, schooner, O[?]…

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Mail Steamer's Arrtval. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 4

The R.M.S. Oruba arrived at Fremantle to-day…

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South Australia. a Ketch's Escape. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 September 1907 · page 4

On Friday night the ketch Alice sailed on top of the schooner Oscar Rollinson, which was su[?] in the Port Adelaide River on Thursday last…

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The Wrecked Ketch Dawn. The Crew's Long Trump. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 4

Six blackboys belonging to the c[?]ow of the wrecked k[?]tch Dawn arrived at [?]wr[?] yesterday afternoon after a tramp of 300 miles…

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Mail Steamer's Arrival. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 September 1907 · page 4

The R.M.S. Victoria, with English mails on board, arrived at Fremantle yesterday…

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Marine Board Finding. Collision of Steamer and Barque. Second Officer's Certificate Suspended. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 September 1907 · page 2

The Marine Board found that MacDia[?]mid, second officer of the Arawatta, was responsible for the collision of that steamer with the…

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The Wrecked Orient. Salvage Operations Begun. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 September 1907 · page 2

Salvage operations have been responsible for the recovery of 3211 bags of wheat from the ship Orient, which was wrecked off the coast of South Africa,…

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A Steamer Launched. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 8

The Adelaide Steamship Company's new steamer, the Urilla, was launched to-day at Middlesborough…

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A Steamer in Trouble. Overtaken by a Storm. And Badly Damaged. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 September 1907 · page 2

The steamer Tok[?]maru yesterday arrived at Fremantle unexpectedly. She is bound from Port Pirie, South Australia to Antwerp, vin Durban,…

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Disquieting Report. Rockets Fired at Sea. Has There Been a Wreck? Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 September 1907 · page 2

Captain Clare (superintendent of the Life-Saving Service) has received a report from Beachport, on the Southeast coast, to the effect that the officials…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3.00 p.m. Victoria. a Steamer Disabled. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 September 1907 · page 4

The French mail steamer Armand Behic, inward bound from Sydney, sig[?]alled off Cape Schanck that it was disabled. The disablement does not…

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