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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1919

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Barque Wrecked Some of the Crew Saved (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 4

The barque Albert, from Timaru, has been wrecked off the California coast. Captain Unlburg and several of the…

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Fittings Washed Ashore. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 3

The Navigation Department was yesterday notified that fittings from the collier Myola had been washed ashore at Palm Beach, and that another boat…

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Tragedy of the Sea Told of by Survivor Wreck of the Myola Four of Crew Missing

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 3

The Howard Smith steel collier Myola, 655 tons, Captain Higgins, a nearly new vessel trading between Newcastle and Sydney, foundered at…

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Large Steamer Launched Melbourne,.Friday

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 4

Lady Helen Munro Ferguson to-day released the Dromana, the first large steamer built in the Victorian ship[?] building yard. There was a…

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Large Steamer Launched Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 8

Lady Helen Monro Ferguson to-day released the Dromana, the first large steamer built in the Victorian shipbuilding yard. There was a…

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Influenza Epidemic (Continued from Page [?].) in New South Wales. Cases Found on Steamer About to Leave Sydney Vessel Quarantined Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 April 1919 · page 10

Last night, when the steamer Wyandra was examined at Watson's Bay prior to departure for Melbourne and Adelaide, the health officers found 20…

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Coal Carrying Schooner Breaks Adrift From Tug Missing Since Saturday Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 April 1919 · page 1

The schooner Cavan, which was employed in the coal trade between Newcastle and Sydney, broke adrift from a tug during a gale on Saturday while…

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Missing Schooner Cavan Is Now Reported Safe Sighted Off Manning Heads Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 April 1919 · page 1

The schooner Cavan, which broke adrift from a tug during a southerly gale on Saturday night is safe. It his been sighted three miles off the…

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Unrest in India [?]Tary Called Upon Quell Riots in Calcutta Europeans Attacked Station Wrecked in Punjab (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 4

Reuter's Calcutta correspondent reports:— "The passive resistance demonstrations which the Marwains began by…

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In Queensland 25 Cases Are Reported on Steamer Mowralyan Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 1

The steamer Mowralyan has reached Brisbane with 25 cases of pneumonic influenza on board…

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Two Suspicious Cases From Steamer Fitzroy Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 1

The steamer Fitzroy, from Goff's Harbor, landed two suspicious cases at the North Head quarantine station yesterday. Otherwise the position at…

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Smallpox on Steamer Case on the Eastern Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 1

A suspicious case of illness aboard the steamer Eastern, now in Melbourne, has been diagnosed as smallpox…

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Smallpox on Steamer Case on the Eastern Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 1

A suspicious case of illness aboard the steamer Eastern, now in Melbourne, has been diagnosed as smallpox…

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New Steamer Launched for Australian Trade Named the Wangaratta (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 1

Messrs. Workman. Clarke, and Co. yesterday launched the 7900-ton steamer Wangaratta. The vessel is intended for the…

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New Steamer Launched for Australian Trade Named the Wangaratta (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 May 1919 · page 9

Messrs. Workman. Clarke, and Co. yesterday launched the 7900-ton steamer Wangaratta, The vessel is intended for the…

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First British Steamer Arrives at Hamburg Carries Food for Germans (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

Reuter's Hamburg correspondent reports that the first British steamer s[?] the war started in 1914 has arrived at that port with 2500 tons of…

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First British Steamer Arrives at Hamburg Carries Food for Germans (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

Reuter's Hamburg correspondent reports that the first British steamer [?] the war started in 1914 has ar[?] at that port with 2500 [?] of…

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First British Steamer Arrives at Hamburg Carries Food for Germans (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 8

Reuter's Hamburg correspondent reports that the first British steamer, since the war started in 1914 has arrived at that port with 2500 tons of…

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In New Zealand There Fatal Cases From Steamer Manuka Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 2

Three members of the crew of the steamer Manuka have died of influenza at the quarantine station at Wellington…

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In New Zealand Three Fatal Cases From Steamer Manuka Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 2

Three members of the crew of the steamer Manuka have died of influenza at the quarantine station at Wellington…

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