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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1911

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The Wrecked Yongala. Chartering a Search Steamer. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

The Queensland Premier stated last night that the Government had chartered the steamer Porpoise to search for the wrecked Yongala. The…

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An Airship Disaster. Wrecked at Farnborough. Crew's Mlraculous Escape. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 4

The Lobaudy airship was wrecked at Farnborough to-day, this being its first trial since the accident of October 26. A large crowd witnessed the trial of…

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The Illfated Yongala. Searching for Wreckage. Townsville

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 4

The steamer Magnet, which left Townsville on Sunday week last to locate the Yongala, returned yesterday, having searched the Broadhurst, Davis,…

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The Wrecked Yo[?]gala. a Search Steamer. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 4

The steamer Porpoise, chartered by the Queensland Government, left Brisbane on Saturday to search for the wreck of the Yongala…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Steamer Strikes a Reef Attacked by Cannibals. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 8

The British steamer Kaisenga struck a reef off Wamazi Island, German East Africa, to-day. It was attacked by cannibals, who…

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General Cable News a Stranded Steamer Refloated. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 2

The steamer Sage, stranded off the Irish coast, has been[?] refloated…

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Loss of the Yongala. Unsuccessful Search for the Wreck. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

The steamer Magnet returned to Townsville yesterday after five days' search for the wreck of the Yongala. A communication was recently…

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A Schooner in a Gale. 150,000 Feet of Lumber Lost

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 4

The Sydney correspondent of the "Age" wired on May 14:— The full force of the southerly gale which swept along the coast on…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Latest Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] an Airship Wrecked. Berlin

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 4

The airship Deutschland, after leaving its shed at Dusseldorf with eight passengers tooday, encountered a violent gust and dropped on the roof of…

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Hurricane at New Hebrides. Ten Ships Driven Ashore. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 2

A severe hurricane has swept over the New Hebrides group. Ten vessels have been driven ashore, and four are totally lost. The…

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A Drift of 49 Miles. Terrific Weather. Schooner Rosamond Damaged

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 8

The full force of Friday's gale (says the "S.M. Herald" of May 15) was met by the American four-masted schooner Rosamond, which arrived in…

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Injured Whilst Working on Steamer. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 4

John Geach (43) was working on the steamer Kyarra on Saturday when a sling of cargo fell on him. He was removed to the hospital with broken…

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Loss of the Yongala. No Signs of Wreckage. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1911 · page 4

No signs of any Yongala wreckage were detected by the officers of the steamer Guthrie, from Singapore, when passing along the North Queensland…

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Empty Lifeboat Picked Up in Bay of Biscay. Believed to Belong to Foundered Ship. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 2

An empty lifeboat, marked "Gayolargo," was picked up in the Bay of Biscay yesterday. The Gayolargo recently left Swa[?]…

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Gale in Papua. Mission Schooner Wrecked

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 1

Rev. Dr. Sharp, Anglican Bishop of New Guinea, who arrived on Saturday (wired the Brisbane correspondent of the "Age" on May 21) by the steamer…

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Germa[?]-australian Steamer. Ashore at Algoa Bay, South Africa. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 6

A cable message was received this morning in Sydney to the effect that the Australian steamer Itzehol, from Antwerp to Sydney, via ports, had…

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German-australian Steamer. on the Rocks in Algoa Bay. [Reuter's Message.] Port Elizabeth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 4

The German-Australian steamer Itzehoe, which went ashore yesterday at Algoa Bay, South Africa, on a voyage from Antwerp to Sydney, is hard and…

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A Steamer Aground. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

The Melbourne Steamship Company's Monaro arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne at 9.30 last evening. Near theo Princes' Wharf, at which place she…

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Steamer on a Reef. Fiji Government Steamer Gone to Its Assistance. Suva

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 2

News has buen received that the Union Steamship Co.'s steamer Tofur struck on a reef in the Navula passage. No details are to hand…

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Sensational Accident in Sydney Governor-general's Motorcar Wrecked. Jammed Between Two Trams. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred in Oxford-street this morning. The Governor-General's motor-car was jammed between two moving trams and…

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