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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Wheat Snip Ashore Position Dangerous Assistance Sent Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 4

The French barque which is ashore at Corney Point, Yorke's Peninsula, was carrying 2000 tons of wheat for the French Government…

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Wheat Ship Ashore Little Hope of Salvage Ship Visited and Reported on Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 4

The Adelaide Steamship Company's Ferret reached Port Adelaide on Friday morning after visiting the barque Boieldier, which is ashore at Corny…

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Wheat Ship Ashore Little Hope of Salvage Ship Visited and Reported on Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 8

The Adelaide Steamship Company's Ferret reached Port Adelaide on Friday morning after visiting the barque Boieldier, which is ashore at Corny…

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Twenty-four Stowaways Discovered on a Steamer Four Women Included

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 February 1920 · page 2

The steamer Carroo, which left Cairns on Tuesday afternoon arrived at Townsville at midnight on Thursday last, having come by the deep sea track…

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Mail Steamer Indarra Manning by Engineers Arranged by Orient Co. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 1

The Orient S.N. Company has made arrangements for the manning of R.M.S. Indarra by engineers. The company announced yesterday that the…

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Mail Steamer Indarra Manning by Engineers Arranged by Orient Co. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1920 · page 3

The Orient S.N. Company has made arrangements for the manning off R.M.S. Indarra by engineers. The company announced yesterday that the…

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Engineers' Strike No Move Is Made Towards a Settlement Steamer Induna Manned Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

No more towards a settlement of the marine engineers' strike was made yesterday. After the meeting of the executive of the Engineers' Institute…

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Mine Washed Ashore Hear Camden Haven Authorities Informed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 1

A pilot at Camden Haven yesterday notified the Navigation Department that a mine was washed ashore about half a mile from Camden Haven. The…

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The Steamer Mataram Leaves for Singapore Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 1

The steamer Mataram, which has been held up since January 17, was despatched for Singapore yesterday. The Mataram engineers were engaged…

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Russia Odessa Evacuated in Terrible Blizzards Loss of Refugee Steamer Reported Arrest of Kerenski ("The Times" Message.) London, February 18

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 1

"The Times'" Constantinople correspondent says that terrible blizzards added to the miseries of the evacuation of Odessa. Under the Bolsheviks' fire…

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The Steamer Induna Sails for Rabaul Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 2

The steamer Induna has been taken over by the naval authorities to take a o[?]rgo of [?]toras, etc., to Rabaul. She left Sydney yesterday with Institute…

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Seven Men Gassed Aboard a Steamer Three Fatalities Story of the S.s. King Cyrus

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 March 1920 · page 4

A wonderful story of how nearly the crew of a sailing vessed, the King Cyrus, was overcome by poisonous gases arising from copra was related…

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South Australia Passenger Steamer Arrives Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4

The Wandilla, the first intrestate steamer since the engineers' strike to reach Port' Adelaide; arrived from Sydney to-day…

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Leyland Liner Ashore in a Snowstorm "Wreck of the Bohemian 130 Lives Lost London, March 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 1

A message from Halifax, Nora Scotia, states that the Leylands liner Boherman, vwhioh was wrecked, at Cape Sambro, went ashore during a…

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South Australia Passenger Steamer Arrives Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 8

The Wandilla, the first interstate steamer since the engineers' strike to reach Port Adelaide, arrived from Sydney to-day…

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Steamer St Paul Returning to Port New York, March 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 3

The St. paul, which is an route to Southampton, has sent a wireless message that owing to trouble with her boliers she is returning to Halifex. The…

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Steamer St. Paul Returning to Poet New York, March 4

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 1

The St. Paul, which is en route to Southampton, has sent a wireless message that owing to trouble with her holers she is letnrning to "Halifax. The…

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Explosion of Benzine on Board a Steamer Mate of Vessel Killed Engineer Badly Burned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 4

A disastrous explosion occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning on board the Adelaide Company's steamer Caroo, when it was in the…

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French Barque Ashore on Wardang Island No Immediate Danger Vessels Go to Assistance Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1920 · page 1

The Notre Dame d'Avor, a French barque, was marking for Port Victoria to load wheat when she ran ashore on the south-west point of Wardang…

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The Severest Measures Against Empire-wreckers Announcement by Herr Bauer (Reuter's Message.) London, March 19

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 1

At a meeting of the National Assembly at Stuttgart, the Chancellor, Herr Bauer, referring to the rising of the communist's tide, and the…

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