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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1913

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Liner Ashore. London, Thursday Night

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 8

The liner Haverford, bound, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, with 1200 passengers, struck on the rocks west of Queenstown. The passengers' were all…

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The Wrecked Steamer Yongala. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 2

The yacht Norna left Sydney harbor yesterday for North Queenaland to make another attempt to locate the wrecked steamer Yonsala…

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A Faster Steamer Service. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 4

Mr. W. A. Holman, Attoruey-General, suggests that the Governments of Austraia should unite, if necessary, in paying increased subsidies for a faster…

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New South Wales. Missing Ketch Safe. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 4

The coastal ketch Alfred Fenning, which was, reported missing, off the north coast, has turned up safely at the Manning River…

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A Steamer Strikes a Reef. in South Australia. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 June 1913 · page 6

Mr. A. Searcy, the president of the Marine Board, received the following telegram this morning, from Captain Wer, of the steamer Musgrave, from…

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Shipwrecked Sailors. Boston

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 8

The liner Sagamore rescued eight of the craw of the schooner Olympia, which was sunken in a collision off Sable Island when the captain and five…

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Hung Up. Steamer Traffic in Melbourne. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

An overtime grievance at Melbourne led to 250 wharf laborer unionists taking a holiday yesterday, thereby throwing idle a number of stevedores. Eight…

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A Gust of Wind. Wrecks a Hall. Pianist Buried in the Ruins. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 2

A sudden gust of wind at Harvey, on the Bunbury railway line, destroyed the Citrus, Societys' Hall, valued at £700. A girl, who was playing a piano…

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A Steamer's Mails Rifled. Suez

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 June 1913 · page 8

Two of the mail bags carried by the P. and O. Company's mail, steamer, Mongolia, which trades between Australia and England, were to-day…

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Steamer Sunk. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 4

The coastal steamer Hastings when entering the Macleay River on Monday, struck the breakwater and suddenly sank in the river…

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A Steamer Saver. the Indrabara in Harbor. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 4

A cable was received in Sydney from New Zealand this morning notifying that the big Tyser steamer Indrabura, driven ashore on May 9 had been…

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Wreckage Afloat. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 4

The Navigation Department advised yesterday that a raft with two mon on it had been sighted off Cape Hawke A pilot proceeded to investigate, and…

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Wreckage Found. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 July 1913 · page 2

A quantity of wreckage, consisting of ship's hat[?]hes, covers and beams, and also fruit, has been washed ashore at Coller's Beach, near Nowra…

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In the Islands. Japanese Schooner Seized

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 July 1913 · page 4

News recived in Sydney states that a Japanese schooner, the Adele, has been seized in the Solomon Group for an alleged breach of the trading…

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General Cables. [Reuter's Messages.] Pleasure Steamer Wrecked. New York

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 July 1913 · page 4

The steamer Tremper, laden with pleasure passengers, struck a reef off [?]osopus Island. The passengers became panic-stricken, and the officers…

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Steamer Karoola in Adelaide. Under Strict Quarantine. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 July 1913 · page 6

The steamer Karoola, from Sydney and Melbourne, arrived at the Semapriore to-day, and was at once placed under strict quarantine…

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Turtle Fishing Tragedy. Three Men in a Ketch. Supposed Murder by Blacks. Fremantle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 July 1913 · page 2

It appears to be tolerably certain that the brothers Maguire and Mr, Neuman, of the ketch Wanderer, have been done to death by natives. The…

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The No[?]-west Coast. Ketch Attacked by Natives. Three White Men Reported Murdered Perth, Wednesday afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 July 1913 · page 1

A Broome telegram states that the Fremantle ketch Wander II., which has up on the north-west coast, between Derby and Wyndham, has been…

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Late Cables. [Reuter's Messages.] a Steamer Wrecked. Valparaiso

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 July 1913 · page 8

The steamer Ville de Dijon has gone ashore at Papuado, and it is feared will become a total loss, lt is believed that 19 of the crew have been drowned…

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An Overdue Steamer. Disappeared on the New Zealand Coast. Wellington (N.Z.)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 July 1913 · page 6

The Federal steamer Kent, of 6000 tons, one of the best-known traders under the Federal flag, is Seriously overdue at the Bluff from Dunedin…

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