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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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Cargo Steamer on Fire. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 October 1918 · page 4

A small fire occurred at Port Adelaide this morning on the steamer Grace Darling. The fire brigade, was rapidly in attendance and extinguished…

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The Steamer [?]Imbola. Departs From Melbourne. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 October 1918 · page 2

The steamer Dimboola, after having been held up for a week ewing to a dispute with its firemen, left Melbourne for Adelaide yesterday with volunteer…

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Cargo Steamer on Fire. 'Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 October 1918 · page 8

A small, fire occurred at Port Adelaide this morning on the steamer Grace Darling. The fire brigade was rapidly in attendance and extinguished…

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Mail Steamer Quarantined in Sydney. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 October 1918 · page 5

The, Canadian mail steamer Niagara was Quarantined on her arrival from Vancnver, via New Zealand, yesterday, owing to the outbreak of…

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South Australia. Dimboola Runs Into a Ketch. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 1

The steamer Dimboola, so long held up in Melbourne, arrived at Port Adelaide, yesterday. While coming up the river, the Dmboola ra[?] into the ketch,…

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Klondyke Steamer Founders. 325 Lives Lost. No Survivors. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 2

The steamer Princess Sofia foundered 50 miles south of Skagway, on the Alaskan coast, and 325 on board were drowned…

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No Fresh Cases on the Niagara. Steamer to Be Released To-day. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 2

No fresh cases of influenza have broken out amongst the mail steamer Niagara's passengers in quarantine. All the patients, there aro four of them at…

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Wreck in the Islands. Survivors Reach Raratonga. Wellington (N.Z.)

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 1

Captain Chug, Carpenter A. Cameron, and Able Seaman J. Eell, survivors of the wreck of the Australian barque John Murray, left Madden Island, in…

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Steamer Dimboola Delayed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

The steamer Dimboola is again delayed at Port Adelaide, owing to a shortage of crew…

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New South Wales. a Missing Schooner. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 3

Grave fears are now entertained for the safety of the schooner Handa Isle, overdue at Melbourne from Sydney. The auxiliary schooner Dart will leave…

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Influenza Epidemic. Steamer Quarantined at Port Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 2

A cargo steamer arrived at Port Adelaide yesterday with three mild cases of influenza aboard. The ship has been quarantined…

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The United States. Spanish Steamer Sunk. (Reuter's Message.) Washington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 2

The sinking of the Spanish steamer Chatarro off the Atlantic coast, is announced, but it is undetermined yet whether she was sunk by a mine or…

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Wreck of the John Murray. Captain Chugg's Party's Arrival at Raratonga

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 4

Captain Chugg and the two members of the crew of the wrecked John Murray, who left Malden Island in a lifeboat on Jury 27, have, as already…

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Wreck of the Princess Sofia. Much Gold Lost

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 4

A Vancouver cable message, dated Monday, states that the shores around Lincoln Island, Alaska, where the Princess Sofia was wrecked, are strewn…

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Death on Japanese Steamer Vessel Quaranted Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 November 1918 · page 3

A [?] on the Japanese [?] steamer [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] while on a [?] from Japan The [?] was [?] on [?]…

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Influenza Epidemic. the New Zealand Epidemic. Death Roll Increasing. Injected Steamer at Thursday Island. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 November 1918 · page 2

Owing to the influenza outbreak, all New Zealand steamers arriving in Sydney will in future be quarantined for seven days…

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The Missing Handa Isle. Wreckage Found. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 3

Wreckage found off the Sydney Heads early this week is believed to have come from the missing schooner Handa Isle. The ressel left Sydney…

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The United States. a Steamer Strikes a Mine. 37 of the Crew Missing. (Reuter's Message.) Ocean City (New Jersey)

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 November 1918 · page 2

The United States steamer Sasettia struck a mine 25 miles off this shore, and sank in 20 minutes. Thirty-seven of the crew are missing…

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Influenza Epidemic. Deaths in Sydney Harbor. Over 140 Cases on One Steamer. Sydney,Tuesday

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 November 1918 · page 2

Four deaths from influenae occured [?] the crew of the steamer A[?] in Quarantine at North Held between last Saturday night and yesterday…

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Influenza Epidemic. Two More Deaths Prom Steamer Atua. American Mail Steamer Quarantined. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 November 1918 · page 1

Two more deaths from influenza amongst the crew of the steamer Atua occurred at the quarantine station yesterday…

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