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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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Shipping Mishaps. a Steamer Wrecked. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 8

The coasting steamer Sopha Ann has become a total wreck at the Richmond River, and wreckage from it is being washed ashore. The stemer was on…

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Ketch Missing. No Trace of the Crew or Passengers. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 8

Wreckage found a few miles south of the Stewart River has been identified as that of the missing ketch Port Stewart. It is surmised that during…

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A Case of Smallpox. On Steamer From China and Japan. A Chinese Afflicted. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 8

News was received in Sydney that the steamer Aldenbnm from China and Japan reached Thursday Island yesterday with a case of smallpox on board,…

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Dutch Ship Wrecked. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 8

Advines from Noumea are to the effect that the Dutch steel barque Emanuel, 1785 tons, went ashore on the main reef opposite Teremba on the…

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Wreck of the Bega. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 8

Captain Newton Superintendent of Navigation, has proceeded to Tathra with the object of taking evidence there and at Bega relative to the foundering…

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A Disabled Steamer. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

The disabled steamer Karori arrived in Twofold Bay yesterday. Additional repairs to her broken tail shaft were effected by her engineers as the steamer…

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Steamer in Quarantine. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

The steamer Aldenham, from China and Japan, on which an outbreak of smallnox occurred, arrived at Sydney last hight and went into quarantine…

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Steamer and Launch Collide. The Launch Sinks. Four Persons Drowned. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

A tragic affair happened in Dunedin Harbor on Saturday night. A number of volunteers and others were proceeding to the Heads in a launch to…

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A Shipwrecked Crew. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 8

The shipwrecked officers and crew of the Dutch barque Emanuel have been brought to Sydney by the steamer Pacifique. The castaways say that the…

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Tum Steamer Alloavrie. Passengers' Complaint. Investigated by Siiperintendont of Navigation. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

When the Illawarra Company's steamer Allowrie reached Sydney yesterday from Tathra four of the passengers complained that during the…

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Wreck of the Bega. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

Captain Newton, Superintendent of Navigation, will examino furthor witnesses today in connection with the wreck of the Bega…

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The Steamer Allowrie. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 2

Owing to certain complaints made by passengers on the Illawarra Company's steamer Allowrie, which reached Sydney from Tathra on Tuesday, an…

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The Steamer Allowrie. Passengers' Complaint. Investigated by Superintenden of Navigation. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

When the Illawarra Company's steamer Allowrie reached Sydney yesterday from Tathra four of the passengers complained that during the…

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Wreck of the Bega. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

Captain Newton. Superintendent of Navigation, will examine further witness[?]s to-day in connection with the wreck of the Bega…

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Wrecked Liner Refloated. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

The Canadian Pacific liner, Mount Temple, which was wrecked in December on the west coast of Ironbound Island, has been refloated and taken…

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A Steamer Wrecked. Off the New Zealand Coast. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

The Union Company's steamer Taviuni was hopelessly wrecked yesterday about a mile south of the Westport breakwater. The steamer's rudder had…

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A Forfeited Steamer. Falsely Registered. Wrongfully Flying the British Flag. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

The Supreme Court at Shanghai, sitting as an Admiralty Court, yesterday ordered the steamer Maori King to be forfeited to the King for false…

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The Scene by Daylight. Wreckage and Desolation

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

The appearance of Sunshine, or Braybrook station, and its surroundings in the morning, though no longer heartrending, as the removal of the dead…

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Barque's Lifeboat Picked Up. Sydn[?]y

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

The steamer Barrabool, from Brisbanoto Sydney, yesterday picked up off Port Stephens a lifeboat belonging to the barque' Criffel, which left…

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Ketch's Cargo Burnt. Five Tons of Chaff on Board. Adelaide, Friday

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 8

The whole of the cargo on board the wooden ketch Scale (12) tons was burnt out when the vessel was off the quarantine station at the Port River…

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