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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1907

316 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 16

Royal Mail Steamer. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 4

The R.M. Orient Company's now 12,000 tons, steamer, the Asterias, carrien the last mails under the expiring contract from Great Britain to…

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A Supposed Wreck. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 June 1907 · page 4

The captain of the B[?]ga on the voyage from Sydney to Wollongong noticed a m[?]st near Clifton Reef. He suggested that it indicates the wreck…

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A Steamer Detained. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 4

The steamer Surrey has been detained at Port Adelaide owing to water from the ballast tank escaping into the insulated hold and damaging the…

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Steamers Wrecked. Off the Chilian Coast. Great Loss of Life. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 2

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Santiago left Corral, Chile with her engines partly disabled, the result of her experiences in a…

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Floating Wreckage. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 4

Floating wrerkage has been observed a mile and a half off Botany Heads, either a ketch or a sihooner, the hull being; submerged and portion of the…

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The Wrecked Santiago. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 June 1907 · page 4

One of the boats of the steammer.Sau tingo, wrecked on the Chilian coast, containing 20 of the survivors of the wreek, drifted about for several days…

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Wreckage at Botany. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 2

No substantial proof is yet available as to what vessel the wreckage found at Botany Heads belonged. At first there was a supposition that it…

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The Wrecked Australian. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 6

A telegram from Port Darwin states that Captain Strachan has g[?]t hopes of being able to float the wrecked st[?]mer Australian. He [?]lares that…

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A Schooner Foundered. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

The schooner Violetta Orav[?]lines, foundered off the coast of Ireland, 19 persons being drowned…

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Reported Wreckage. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 2

The pilot steamer Captain CooK left the harbor early yesterday in search of the wreekage reported off Wollongong…

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A New Steamer. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 4

A new steamer, to accommodate 1400, is to be built at Mort's Dock for the Manly Ferry Company…

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Victoria. Wreck of a Barque. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 4

A private telegram, has been received from Auckland reporting the wreck of the barque Viking, which recently left for New York with a cargo…

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Wreck of the Kia Ora. Officers Resent Impuentions. M[?]bourno. Saturdny

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 4

The whole of the revenue tariff officor[?] who have been recalled at the continuation of the inquiry yesterday gave an unqualified denial to the…

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A Steamer Wrecked. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 4

The British steamer Mount Royal has been wrecked on the Skeena River, British Columbia, six of the passengers being drowned…

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The Steamer Colonial. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 July 1907 · page 4

Mr. Ramage, Lloyd's surveyor, has made an examination of the steamer Colonial, which came to Fremantle with its cargo on fire. It was found that the…

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Steamer Ashore. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 8

The steamer Nithsdale, from Bunbury, West Australia, is ashore and in a dangerous position at the mouth of the River Indus near Karachi. The…

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A Rough Passage. a Schooner in Trouble. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 4

The schooner Stanley, bound from Sydney to Napior, yesterday put in at Auckland. She reported having had an extremely rough voyage from…

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A Yacht Wrecked. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 8

T[?]etgem's yacht, Hamburg, was totally wrecked while racing between Heligoland and Ostend. Two of the crow were drowned. Heligoland is…

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Washed Ashore. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 2

A whalc was washed ashore at Port Lincoln Bay proper during a storm. Sawyer Brothers are now securing the oil…

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Wreck of a Barque. Captain and Seaman Missing. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 2

The barque Wellahra is a total Wreck at [?] the barque left Kaipara on her way to Newcastle (New South Wales) on Sunday. The…

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