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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

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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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An Australian Steamer Launched. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 8

Howard, Smith, and Co.'s new steamer Burwah (3000 tons), for the Sydney and Rockhampton trade, was launched- at Sunderland to-day…

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Wreck of the Bega. a Message from the Sea. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 8

The Superintendent of Navigation (Captain Newton) has received by post a message from the sea, said to have been picked up at North Head. It…

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An Australian Steamer Launched. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 4

Howard. Smith, and Co.'s new stoamer Burwah (3000 tons), for the Sydney and Rockhampton trade, was launched at Sunderland to-day…

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The Wrecked Taviuni. Auckland

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

Further attempts to float the Taviuni have failed. A large quantity, of cargo still remains in the forehold…

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Wreck of the Bega. a Message from the Sea. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 4

The Superintendent of Navigation (Captain Newton) has received by post a message from the sen, said to have been picked up at North Head. It…

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A Steamer Quarantined. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

The steamer O[?]ano, which arrived, at Newcastle yesterday, was quarantined owing to the captain reporting that one of the firemen had been…

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The Steamer Allowrie. Mishap to Vessel Investigated. Captain Newton's Report. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

The Superintendent of Navigation (Captaain Newton). after having thoroughly investigated the circumstances of the leak in the steamer Allow[?]…

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Fishing Schooner Foundered. Thirty Hours in an Open Boat. a Story of Suffering

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 4

News came to hand in Launceston late on Sunday night from Burnie that the fishing schooner Victoria, from Western Port to Devonport, had…

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Wreck of the Bega. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 8

To-day an investigation was commenced by the Court of Marine Inquiry into the circumstances, connected with the wreck of the steamer Bega last…

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New South Wales. Wreck Op the Bega. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

The inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the Bega was continued yesterday. Captain Richard Burko Davis, who acted as chief officer of the Bega,…

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Wreck of the Bega. Holding an Inquiry. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 8

The inquiry into the wreck of the Bega was continued to-day. Counsel representing the owners, officers and crow of the steamer objected to the…

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The Steamer Boveric. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

The steamer Boveric was bound from Astoria (U.S.A.) to Sydney when it struck an unknown object and put into San Francisco to discharge its cargo,…

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Victoria. a Steamer Damaged. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 4

The underwriters have received a [?]able message intimating the steamer Boverte was damaged in a colision with an unknown [?] whilst decking…

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An Overdue Steamer. The Orion Six Days Out. From Stanley, Tasmania. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

Anxiety is feit is shipping circles concerning the safety of the steamer Orion[?] which has been engaged for some years in the Tasmanian trade[?]…

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Victoria. a Missing Steamer. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 2

The Victorian Premier (Mr. T. Bent) proposes to send the Government steamer Lady Loch to search for the steamer Orion, new several days…

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Victoria. the Missing Steamer. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 4

No news so far has been obtained concerning the missing steamer Orion…

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Victoria. the Missing Steamer. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 8

No, news has yet been received of the missing steamer Orion, which left the North-west coast of Tasmania on Wednesday week for Melbourne. The Orion…

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The Missing Steamer. No Tidings of the Orion. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 4

No tidings are yet to hand concerning the missing steamer Orion, which left the north-west coast of Tasmania on Wednesday week for Melbourne…

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French Barque Wrecked. Crew Two Months on an Island. Rescued by a llritish Warship. Wollington

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 2

H.M.S. Pegasus, which has been cruising about the South Sea Isands. put into Lyttleton on Saturday to land the crow of the French four-masted…

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