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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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The Accident at Mort's Dock. the Steamer Newcastle Runs Amok. Sinks Two Launches. Injures Her Stern. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 5

Further particulars are now available of the accident with the steamer Newcastle on Saturday (the fact of which has already been reported in…

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Accident at Mort's Dock. the Steamer Newcastle. Sinks Two Small Steamers. and Damages a Hulk. No Lives Lost. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 November 1908 · page 3

The steamer Newscastle whilst leaving Mort's Dock to-day, sank the small steamers Claud and White Heather. The steamer also badly damaged a big…

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Barrier Miner. Wednesday, November ll, 1908. the Wreckers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 4

THE vigorous onslaught that the deputy leader of the State Labor party, Mr. W. A. Holman, makes upon the social and industrial wreckers of the…

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How to Avoid a Wreck. Useful Advice by a Broken Hill Woman

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 6

A tiny leak in a big ship can easily be stopped if taken in time, but if dis-regarded it will overcome the mightiest vessel, and drag her beneath the sea;…

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Opium Plant Discovered. on Board German Steamer. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 4

After a series of exhaustive searches on board the German steamer Prinz Waldemar at Circular Quay, the efforts of the Customs officers were rewarded…

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The Wrecked Irene. Bow Portion Found. Floating Quarter of a Mile From Manly Beach. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 4

The steamer tug Hero yesterday returned from the scene of the wreck of the launch Irene, which went ashore on the southern headland of Cape…

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New Steamer Launched. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

The North German Lloyd Company's new steamer George Washington (27,000 tons), was launched at the Vulcan shipbuilding yards, Stettin,…

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Steamer Seriously Damaged. Strikes a Sunken Pile. Bottom Hold Flooded. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

The Kallatina, one of the best-know[?] steamers belonging to the North Coast Company, met with a serious mishap in the Clarence River yesterday…

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No Compromise. Another English Education Bill Wrecked on the Religious Rocks. London

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 1

The Education Bill appears to be loomed. Both Noncomformists and Churchmen dislike the compromise suggested by Mr. Runciman. In the House…

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Wreck of a Lignter. No Lives Lost. perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

The lighter Pelsart, bound for Ball[?] Balla from Fremantle, was wrecked 150 miles west of Broome on October 15. No lives were lost…

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A Barque Wrecked. Fourteen Hundred Tons of General Merchandise Lost. Melbourne, Sunday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 1

The four-masted barque "Falls of Halladale," 2,080 tons, bound from New York to Melbourne, struck the rocks near Curdies Inlet, a…

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The Wrecked American Barque. Captain and Chew Safe. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 3

Later information relative to the American barque Fails of Nalladale, wrecked off Cape Otway, states that the captain and crow have been saved…

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American Barque Wrecked. Off Cape Otway. During Last Night. No News of the Crew. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 8

The four-masted barque Falls of Nalladale was, some time last night wrecked off Cape Otway, near the mouth of Curdie River…

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Steamer on a Sandbank. Five Miles From Kingston. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 4

The steamer Buceroo, from Geo—ong to London, which intended calling at Kingston for wool, ran on a sandbank live miles from the Kingston anchorage…

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Steamer on a Sand Bank. Blown Out of Her Course by a Fresh Westerly. Adelaide, Monday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 1

A telegram from Kingston to-day states that the steamer Buceros, from Geelong to London, which intended calling at Kingston for wool, ran on to…

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Accident to a Steamer. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 5

The steamer South Australian, bound from Sydney to Fiji, put into Norfolk Island yesterday, its piston rod having been carried away…

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Steamer on a Sandbank. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 4

The steamer Bu[?]ros is still aground on a sandbank off Kingston, notwith-standing that 200 tons of coal have been, lightered, and a steamer…

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The Steamer Buceros. Still Remains Stuck Fast on the Sandbank. Adelaide, Wednesday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

The steamer Bu[?]ros, which grounded on [?]onday morning while coming into Kingston, is still stuck fast on a sand bank…

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A Gruesome Discovery. Man's Arm and Hand Washed Ashore. Apparently Gnawed by Sharks. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 8

A gruesome discovery was made on the beach at Brighton le Sands to-day. Partly embedded in the sand were a man's arm and hand intact. The flesh…

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Jack London's Adventures. Shipwrecks and Threatening Natives

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 7

In the course of an interview at Brisbane on Thursday, Mr. Jack London, the well-known novelist, who, accompanied by his wife, is on a short visit…

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