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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

407 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 20 of 21

The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. a Faction Fight. on Board Mail Steamer. at Circular Quay. Zanzibar Boys and Lascars. Shovels, Spanners and Knives Used. Scene of Indescribable Confusion. Two Men Badly Injured. a Number of Arrests Made. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 December 1908 · page 4

A faction fight took place on board the R.M.S Mongolia at Circular Quay to-day. For a [?]ime matters were extremely, willing…

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The Wrecked Scow Kia-ora. Survivor's Experiences. Fate of the Captain and His Son. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 8

Gesset, the survivor of the scow Kia-ora, lost at Kawan, states that the vessel struck a rock at midnight and broke her back. The cook was…

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Wreck of Robert Burns. Salvage Brought to Port Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 8

The In a has brought to Port Adelaide the salvage from the wreck of the Robert Burns…

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A Schooner Ashore. on Wanganui Beach. Crew, Spend the Night in the Rigging. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 4

The schooner Ururon, laden with coal from Neweastle for the Wanganui gasworks yesterday, went ashore on the beach about a mile from the south…

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Scow Ururoa Wrecked. Sydney, Friday Evening

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 1

The New Zealand scow Ururoa, from Newcastle to Waganui, has been wrecked on the beach near the entrance to Waganui harbour…

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Mining Accident at Herberton Boiler Blown Up and Buildings Wrecked. Enginedriver's Miraculous Escape. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 4

At Herberton yesterday a mining accident occurred. The horizontal boiler on the Great Northern mine blew up and wrecked the buildings. Part of the…

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The Wrecked Scow Kia-ora. Survivors Experiences. Fate of the Captain Ano His Son. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 8

Gosset, the surviver of the scow Kia-ora, last at Kawan, states that the vessel struck a rock at midnight and broke her back. The cook was…

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Wreck of Robert Burns. Salvage Brought to Port Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 8

The Ina has brought to Port Adelaide the salvage from the wreck of the Robert Burns…

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A Wrecked Schooner. Cargo Abandoned. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 December 1908 · page 2

The schooner Aruroa which went ashore on Thursday night mile south of the entrance to Port Yoil, is a wreek. There are no hopes of saving…

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Movements of a Steamer. Observed Off Queensland Coast. Sending Stowaway Ashore. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 3

A steamer, believed to be the Mintaro while on a voyage from Cairns to Sydney was observed to put close into shore at Southport, and lower a…

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Mail Steamer in a Gale. Only Travelled 60 Miles in 24 Hours. Fremantle, Tuesday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 1

The mail steamer Oruba arrived here from Sydney this morning, fourteen hours behind time. On the run across the Bight, the vessel…

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A Ketch Beached. Cargo of Lime Ignited. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 4

The ketch Oscar Robinson had to be beached on a mudbank at Port Adelaide to-day through her cargo of lime becoming ignited. The fire float…

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Cotton Steamer Wrecked Five Men Drowned [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 2

The steamer Grada, with a cargo of 22,000 bales of cotton, bound from Galveston (Texas) to Liverpool, was totally wrecked yesterday at Mizzenhead,…

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Cotton Steamer Wrecked In a Thick Fog off Cork: 22,000 Bales Lost. Five Men Drowned. London

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 1

The steamer Grada, carrying 22,000 bales of cotton, bound from Galveston (Texas) to Liverpool, has been totally wrecked on the Mizzenhead rocks, just…

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Fire in a Ketch. Flames Burst Out in a Cargo of Lime. Adelaide, Wednesday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 1

During the trip of the ketch Oscar Robinson, from Yorkes Peninsula to Port Adelaide, with a cargo of lime and wheat, a fire broke out on board…

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The Wreck of the Advance. the Mate Wills. Saves His Life by Swimming Ashore. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 December 1908 · page 8

Further particulars of the wreck of the tug Advance, off the port of Newcastle, yestertday, are now to hand. From those it transpires that the…

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Norwegian Steamer Wrecked Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 2

News has been received in Sydney of the wreck of the Norwegian steamar Solglimt on the Crozet Group. The crew were a month on the islands…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Off Wilson's Headland. All Hands Saved. Sydneys

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 2

News readied Sydney Inst evening of the total loss of the steamor Frederic Davis, off Wilson's Headland, between the Clarence River Heads and Coff's…

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Chinese Stowaways. Fountd Unde. Steamer's Bollers. [?]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 4

Three more Chinese stowaways were found in the sieamer Courtfield to-day under the boilers…

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Ferry Boat Wrecked. Sinks with All Hands Near the Woolli Woolli River. Sydney, Monday Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 1

The now ferry boat named Fred Davies, which was intended to ply between Williamstown and Melbourne, has been wrecked near Woolli Woolli…

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