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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1920

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Orient Steamer in Collision the Other Vessel Beached (United Service Message.) London, September 9

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 4

The Orient Company's steamer Konigin Luise, bound from London to Australia, collided with the steamer Loughborough in a thick fog off…

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Orient Steamer in Collision the Other Vessel Beached (United Service Message.) London, September 9

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 4

The Orient Company's steamer Konigin Luise, bound from London to Australia, collided with the steamer Loughborough in a thick fog off…

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Message of Distress Comes From Sinking Steamer Adelaide Tug to the Rescue Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 September 1920 · page 4

On Tuesday night the Lighthouse Department at Port Adelaide received a telegram from the keeper at Cape Willoughby Lighthouse stating that…

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Two Men Severely Injuieo in Forced Aeroplane Landing Machins Is Wrecked Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 September 1920 · page 1

An aeroplane which arr-ved at Taroom (Queensland) three weeks ago to undergo repairs left on Sunday morning for Gayndah in charge of Lieutenant…

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Bevolt in Ireland Constables in Cork Shot Dead and Wounded Explosion Wrecks Building ("The Times" Message.) London, October 4

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 October 1920 · page 1

An explosion in Academy-street, Cork, in the early hours of Sunday morning, caused a hurried dispatch of patrols to the vicinity. They found…

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Newspaper Office Wrecked (United Service Message.) London, November 10

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 November 1920 · page 4

The office of the Leitrim "Observer" was wrecked on Monday by a band of men wearing uniforms…

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Gales in Britain Two Warships Wrecked (Reuter's Message.) London, November 17

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 November 1920 · page 4

During the recent gales around the British coast the warship Tyne sank in-Medway Firth. The warship Dom[?]n rescued the crew…

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