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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

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Marine Casualties. the Aeon Wreck

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 May 1909 · page 6

A cable message, has been received from the Zingara expedition at Fanning Islnnd stating that every truce of the Aeon wrcok has disappeared…

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

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 May 1909 · page 3

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

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. Lake Superior Disaster. a Steamer Stnks. Twenty-one Persons on Board. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 May 1909 · page 4

A steamer, with 21 persons on board crew and passengers sank at Whitfish Point, Lake Superior, to-day…

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Flying the Yellow Flag. Arrival of Mail Steamer at Fremantle. Eight Passengers Quarantined. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 May 1909 · page 4

The R,M,S, Mooltan arrived yesterday morning at Freniantle flying the yellow flag, and was Placed in quarantine. The trouble was caused through six…

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Three Tins of Opium. Found in a Steamer's Saloon. Porili

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 1

The Customs officers, whilst searching the steamer Gorgon, which arrived at Perth from Singapore, found three tins of opium hidden in the saloon…

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A Steamer Ashore. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 May 1909 · page 4

The New Zealand liner Corinthic was ashere yesterday for some hours on the Witehes' Kock (Rio Janloro). It was to[?] off without say serious…

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The Steamer Cornthic. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 May 1909 · page 8

The New Zealand liner Corinthia, which went ashore on the Witches' Rock, Rio Janeiro Bay yesterday, and was subsequently towed off, sailed…

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The Steamer Corinthic. London, Tursday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 4

The New Zealand liner Corinthic. which went, ashore on the Witches' Rock, Rio Janeiro Bay yesterday and was subsequently towed off sailed…

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A Deported Japanese. Not Allowed to Go Ashore

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 6

On board the Japanese mail steamer Kumano Maru, lying at Circular Quay, is (says the "Star of May 15). a Jupaanese who was put aboard the vessel…

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The Wrecked Aeon. Forepart Still Intact. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 4

H.M.S Cambrian, which has returned from a cruise, found the beach at Christmas Island strewn with the wreckage of the steamer Aeon., The…

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Stormy Weather in the West. Finid Yacht a Total Wreck

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 6

The weather at Fremantle on Tuesday was stormy, 110 points of rain benig recorded. Passengers who went to Homiest Island in the Government…

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A Steamer Aground. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1909 · page 8

The steamer Jupiter went aground in the channel at Port Pirie on Thursday evening, and did not get off until last night…

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A Missing Cutter. Believed to Have Foundered. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 May 1909 · page 4

The South Australian Marine Board yesterday received nows from Edith burgh that a dinghy, belioved to belong to the cutter Pastime, "had been found…

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The New Hebridean Earthquake. Mission Station Wrecked. Three Fatalities. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 May 1909 · page 2

It now transpires that in connection with the recently-reported earthquake in the New Hebrides a mission station was wrecked…

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Wrecked Airship Discovered. a Scarr Explained. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 4

A wrecked English airship, used in advertising and furnished with lights, has been discovered at Dunstable, Bedfersbire…

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A Ship Ashore. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 8

The repairs to the Nederland, which recently went ashore at Coquimbo (Chili), are estimated to cost £1500. The cargo has not Buffered…

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Schooner in a Storm. a Boisterous Passage. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 5

The schooner Honto passed through a terrifie storm in the vicinity of Bird Island while bound to Sydney from New Zealand. Heavy seas swept) over…

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Coasting Steamer Wrecked. the Captain's Statement. Springs a Leak. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 May 1909 · page 8

The coasting steamer Narara foundered last night near Broken Bay. The captain and crew reached Barrenjoey Lighthouse during the night,…

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Sudden Death on a Steamer. Steward Collapses. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 4

John Riohmond, a steward on the steamer Innaminka, collapsed suddenly on board the vessel. He was taken to the hospital, but was dead on…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. Late Cable News. New Mail Steamer. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 July 1909 · page 4

The Orient Company's new Anglo Australian mail steamer Otranto is completed. Its speed on trial runs has been satisfactory…

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