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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Turks Boycotting Austrian Goods. Steamer Service Paralysed

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 October 1908 · page 2

A serious boycott of Austrian goods has occurred in Turkey. The dockers and boatmen at the various ports are refusing to work for the Austrian…

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The Wrecked Aeon. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 8

The "Marine Court held an inquiry yesterday into the cause of the wreck of the Aeon on Christmas Island on July 18. The court did not feel…

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Thb Following Appeared in Saturday's Second Edition. Trouble in the Balkans. German Steamer Stopped. Italy and the Conference. Anti-austrian Feeling in Servia. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 8

The Austrians at Neusatz, on the Danube, to-day stopped a German steamer with Servian munitions of wan on board. Similarly three…

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A Barque Wrecked. Struck a Submerged Reef. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 October 1908 · page 8

The steamer Muniara arrived this morning from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands and brought news of the wreck of the British barque Fifeshire, bound…

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Steamer Beached. All Hands Safe. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 4

While attempting to enter the Manning River Heads yesterday the steamer Kincumber struck the training wall, and was thrown on to the beach. Last…

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A Vessel Ashore. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 8

The Walden Abbey from Hamburg to Australia went ashore last night at Clacton (Essex)…

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A Steamer Wrecked. at Manning Heads. Vessel Badly Damaged. the Captain Dead. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 8

The steamer Kincumber (Captain Anderson in command), wrecked last night at Manning Heads, was endeavoring to cross in from Newcastle just…

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A British Schooner. Seized by Venezuelan Authorities. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 2

The British schooner Lady Kensinglon, bound to Triaidal, was scized while beealned off Vonezuela, and its passengers and erew were imprisoned,…

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The Wrecked Kincumber. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 October 1908 · page 4

Only the boiler and the engines of the wreeked steamer Kineumber, at Manning Heads are visible. The beach in the vicinity is strewn with…

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A Steamer Ashore. on the Greymouth Break Water. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 4

The steamer Hawea is ashore on the Greymouth breakwater. The crew are safe, but the steamer is in bad Position, the timber with which the vessel…

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Foundering of a Steamer. Between Holland and Harwich. Twenty-one Persons Missing. [Reuter'a Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 4

The great eastern railway cargo steamor Yarmouth yesterday foundered in a heavy son between Holland and Harwich. Twenty-one persons are…

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The Steamer Valdivia. Wrecked Off the African Coast. Reaches Port to Sink. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 November 1908 · page 8

The underwriters have received news from Capetown of the loss of the steamer Vildivia. The vessel, which had struck a rock…

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The Wrecked Hawea. Quantity of Timber on Board. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 November 1908 · page 4

It is expected that the steamer [?]wea which went ashore at the entrunce to Greymouth Harbor, will become a total wreek. There are on…

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The Steamer Valdivia. Wrecked Off the African Coast. Beaches Port to Sink. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 4

The underwriters have received news from Capetown of the loss of the steamer Vildivia. The vessel, which had struck a rock…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Bar[?]ue Ashore. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 2

The barque Annesley, bound to Melbourne, went ashore at Bonaventure (Newfoundland). Some of the lumber it was carrying was jettisoned, and…

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Barque Fifeshire Wreck. Marine Court Inquiry. Serious Allegations Made. "A Nice Quiet Reef." the Captain's Denials. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 2

At the Marine Court inquiry concerning the loss of the barque Fifeshire, which was wrecked on August 21, during a voyage from Newcastle, Captain…

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The Wrecked Fieeshire. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 5

The Marine Court found that the wr[?]k of the barque Fifeshire was the result of negligence and reckless navigation on the part of the master. The…

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Possession of a Ketch. Legal Proceedings Taken. the Master Arrested. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 8

Legal proceedings have taken place in Hobart as to the possession or the ketch Surprise. Recently the master of the vessel and his son were charged…

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Possession of a Ketch. Legal Proceedings Taken. the Master Arrested. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 3

Legal proceedings have taken place in Hobart as to the possession of the ketch Surprise. Recently the master of the vessel and his son were charged…

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Shipping Disaster in the East. Chinese Steamer Founders. Two Hundred Passengers Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 8

A Chinese steamer, carrying 600 passengers from Amoy for Tungan. foundered on the voyage, and 200 of the passengers were drowned…

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