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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Quantity of Wreckage Passed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 2

Mr. Hillm[?] harbormaster at Glenelg reported to the Marine Board yesterday that Captain Sandin, of the cutter. Brothers passed. when about 10…

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The Northern Territory. a Steamer Abandoned. Port Darwin

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 8

The steamer wa[?], which received such n severe straining in the Roper River through running on a sandbank, has been abandoned by the captain…

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The Mayor on the Sending of the Police. a Comedy That Might Have Been. a Tragedy. the City Would Have Been Wrecked

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 5

The Mayor (Alderman J. H Ivey) who is at present in Sydney, has had a chat with a "Herald" reporter in reference to the industrial situation at…

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Cales and Floods. at Norfolk Island. a Steamer Disabled. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 4

The disabled steamer South Australian is still at anchor off Norfolk Island. The wind has been blowing hard from E.S.E. for the past few days, with…

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Chinese Stowed Away. Twenty Found Concealed on the Steamer Eastern. Sydney, Friday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 3

The officers of the Customs, while searching on board the steamer Eastern this afternoon, found 20 Chinamen stowed away under the boards of the fore…

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A Ketch Ashore. Likely to Go to Pieces. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 2

The ketch Robert Burns went ashore on Sandy Spit, near Kingscote yesterday. It is feared that she will go to pieces. Heavy seas are breaking…

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Mr. Alfred Dobson Drowned. Tasmania's Agent-General Tumbles Overboard a Channel Steamer. Body Not Recovered. London. Monday Midnight

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 1

The Right Hon. Alfred Dobson, C.M.G., K.C, Agent-General for Tasmania in England, has been drowned in the English Channel…

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Ketch Breaking Up. Ashore Near Kingscote. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 8

The ketch Robert Burns, which went ashore near Kingscote, ia breaking up…

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Death at Sea. a Steamer's Cook. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 2

On the arrival of the Melbourne Steamship Company's steamer Sydney from Western Australia yesterday, the death of James Robert [?] coo[?] of the…

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The Steamer Perthshire. the First of the New Torres Straits Service. Brisbane, Wednesday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 1

The steamer Perthshire, which is the first steamer of the subsidised service between London and the Queensland ports via Torres Straits, arrived at…

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Guards Loss of Life. Wreckage on Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 5

The following is a more detailed account of the railway smash at the Clarence siding on Tuesday night, already shortly reported in "The Miner."…

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Hurricane at Broome. One of the Fiercest Known. Great Disaster Caused. Loss of Men and Boats. Bodies Washed Ashore. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 December 1908 · page 4

The press reports of the hurricane which occurred at Broome on Tuesday last only reached Perth yesterday owing to the interruption of the lines…

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New Zealand Tornado. Sheds and Chimneys Wrecked. Accompanied by Thunder and Hailstones. Hailstones the Size of Duck Eggs. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 December 1908 · page 4

A tornade swept an area of six miles by three-quarters of a mile in South Canterbury yesterday, felling practically everything in its track, including…

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Sequel to Russo-jap War. Capture of British Steamer. Claim for Damages Refused. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2

During the Russo-Jap war Admiral Rohzdestvensky captured and destroyed the British steamer Oldhnmia, bound from Hong Kong to Japan…

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A Trawler Wrecked. in South Australian Waters. Off Cape Jervis. Great Loss to Scottish Fishermen. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 4

Sympathy will be widely felt for the Scottish fishermen who, according to news received by the Marine Board, were wrecked in the trawler Ellen near…

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South Australia. the Wrecked Trawler. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 2

Mr. Newlands and four members of the Scottish fishing crew from the wrecked steam trawler Ellen, arrived in Adelaide last evening. They…

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Immigrants for Australia. Land's New Steamer Waratah Brings 709. Some for New Zealand. Adelaide, Tuesday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 1

The steamer Waratah, 9,300 tons. which is the latest ado[?]tion to Lund's Blue Anchor Line, arrived at the outer harbor from London, this morning, with…

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The Scottish Fishermen. the Wreck Has Not Damped Their Ardor. Adelaide, Tuesday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 1

Mr. W. J. Newlands, and members of the Scottish fishing party which was wrecked in the steam trawler Ellen, near Cape Jervis, on Saturday night (as…

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Sales at Broome. Luggers All Wrecked and Lots of Lives Lost. Perth, Tuesday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 1

Telegraph comunication with Broome has just been restored. The Commissioner of Police received the following wire to-day:—"Severe…

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Only One Saved. New Zealand Scow Wrecked, Three Men Lost. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 1

The Auckland scow, Kia Ora, bound from Ugungara to Auckland, with a cargo of logs, was wrecked off Kawan last night…

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