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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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A Scow Ashore. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 4

A wooden scow named the Hilda went ashore at Wreck Bay, South Coast, yesterday. It is believed that the crew are safe…

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The Stranded Mareeba. Still in Same Position. on Stockton Beach. Heavy Seas Sweeping Over the Steamer. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

The stranded steamor Mareeba still remains in the same pusition on Stockton Bench. Heavy seas have been rolling in during the past 24 hours,…

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Stranded Steamer Mareeba. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4

A message was received in Sydney to-day which stated that the A.U.S.N. Company's stranded steamer Mareeba had broken her back, and that the…

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Barque Ashore. On the Seal Rocks. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 4

A disabled barque, the name of Which is unknown, is ashore on the Seal Hocks, Finna Bay. Only two mon are visible on board…

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Steamer Floated Off. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 4

The steamer Bellington, which grounded at Camden Haven, was floated off yesterday…

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New South Wales. the Wrecked Mareeba. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 4

The wrecked steamer Mareeba is rapidly breaking up and her cargo is being washed ashore. The beach at Newcastle is strewn with timber,…

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Steamer Floated Off. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 4

The steamer New Guinea, which frounded at Newcastle Harbor on Thursday night, was floated off yesterday uninjured…

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An Overdue Steamer. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 August 1908 · page 2

On Saturday the carge steamer Komura, owned by M'llwraith, M'Eacharn, owned Co., under charter to the A.U.S.N. Company which left…

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An Overdue Steamer's Arrival. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 4

The overdue steamer Komura arrived at Newcastle to-day…

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An Overdue Steamer. Anxiety at Auckland, Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 2

Anxiety is felt at Auckland as to the safety of the steamer Haworon, 14 days out from Newcastle, bound to Bisborne, with a cargo of…

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Steamer B[?] Disabled. Puts Into Fremantle. Exciting Experiences in Heavy Seas. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 3

The steamer Buckentaire, which left Port Pirie 13 days ago, with a cargo of concentrates for Antwerp, on Friday last met with a mishap, to her…

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Fishing Schooner Run Down. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 8

The German training ship Freya, ran down the fishing schooner Maggic May in a dense fog off the Newfoundland banks this morning. Nine of the…

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A Missing Steamer. Lydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 2

The steamer Moana left Sydney yesterday in search of the Hawea, which has been missing for some days, and which is reported to [?] drifting in the…

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News of the Steamer Hawea. Drifting Near Lord Howe Island, Part of the Crow Landed. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 4

A cable from Norfolk Island states that the steamer Hawon, overdue at Gisborne from Newcastle, is drifting in the neighbourhood of Lord Howe…

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Steamer and Barque Collide. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 8

The steamer Kirkwall collided with the barque Tasmania to-day. The former sunk, but the cr[?]w were saved. The Tasmania returned to Gravesend for…

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The Wrecked Mareeba. Marine Court Inquiry. Captain and Second Officer Blamed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 4

The Marine Court yesterday held an inquiry at Newcastle into the loss of the steamer Mareeba, in Stockt[?]n Bight, whilst on a voyage from…

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Wrecked on the Chilian Coast. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 8

The Palgrave from Newcastle has been totally wrecked at L[?]ngua d[?] Vaca, Chile. The crew are believed to have been saved…

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Overdue Steamer's Arrival. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 4

The steamer Suva from Sydney, which has been overdue for some days, arrived at Suva (Fiji), yesterday…

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The Wrecked Mareeba. Certificates of Captain and Second Officer Suspended. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 4

The Marine Count yesterday suspended for 12 months the masters' certificates of Captain Murechie and second officer, Mills of the steamer Mareeba,…

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