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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1921

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Shipwrecked Crew Long Missing Members Now Reported Found Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

Basa and Smith, members of the crew of the lugger Henry which was wrecked on the north-west coast some weeks ago, are reported by blacks to…

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Schooner Capsizes Seven Lives Lost Wellington

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 1

The small schooner Omaks, bringing chaff from Blenheim, was capaised off the Wellngton Heads, New Zealand, and was wrecked…

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R34 Wrecked Anchored in the Open During a Stormy Night (Reuter's Message.) London, January 29

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 January 1921 · page 1

The Air Ministry announces that, owing to rough weather, it was impossible to house the dirigible R34 on arrival at Howden after a reqent cruise…

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An Actor's Death Body Washed Ashore

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 February 1921 · page 1

At the inquiry held in Sydney into the death of George Darrell, 70 years of age, whose body was found washed ashore on the sands at Deewhy, a…

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Storms on W.A. COAST 16 Pearling Boats Wrecked Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 3

A raging "willy willy,'' accompanied by six and a half inches of rain, is reported from the West Australian coast. Sixteen pearling boats were…

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Destroyer Cut in Two by United States Steamer One Man Dead and 15 MISSING 112 RESCUED (Reuter's Message.) Washington, February 27

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 4

The United States destroyer Woolsey, one of the Pacific fleet, was cut in two and sunk off the Pacific coast of Panama by the United States steamer…

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Ferry Steamer Held Up Bacon and Eggs Wanted by Firemen at Midnight Wellington (N.Z.), March 17

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 1

The Lyttelton ferry steamer Wahine was held np on Wednesday, night by the firemen signing off because they contended that the food allowed them is…

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Cargo Steamer Disabled in the Great Australian Bight a List of 23 DEGREES Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 4

The Italian steamar Victoria, wihch was loaded with wheat at Port Melbourne for Italy, put into the Semaphore in a distressed condition on…

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Steamer Sunk in Collision 260 People on Board Believed No Loss of Life (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, April 1

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 1

The coastal passenger liner, Governor, of the Admiral line, was sunk yesterday 30 minutes after a collision in a fog in Puget Sound, while en route…

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Fire on a Steamer Has to Return to Port

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 2

An outbreak of fire on board the Tahiti occurred in No. 1 hold (says a Wellington message in the "Journal")…

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Smallpox on Steamer Contacts Under Observation Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 1

There have been no further cases of smallpox on the steamer Gracchus, but two contacts developed temperatures yesterday while under observation…

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Steamer Founders 19 Lives Lost in Mexican Gulf (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, April 13

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 1

The steamer Colonel Bowie is reported to have foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. Nineteen lives were lost…

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Heavy Cales on Coast Steamer Driven Ashore Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 1

Further heavy showers of rain have fallen along the coast. During the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday the Clarence Heads Post Office gauge…

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Wollongbar Still Ashore Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 3

The steamer Wollongbar, which went ashore, in Byron Bay on Saturday, was still in the same position yesterday. Her cargo is valued at £70,000…

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Ketch Sunk in Spencer Gulf May Be the Lillie May Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 1

While the Adelaide Steamship Company's, Quorna, which was on her weekly trip to the Spencer Gulf ports, was passing Cape Elizabeth on Monday…

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Wreck of the Lillie May No Trace of Survivors Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 1

There is still no word of there being any survivors from the ketch Lillie May which was found wrecked by the steamer Quorna off Cape Elizabeth on…

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Wreck of the Lillie May Diver to Visit Scene Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 1

Five persons who were on the wrecked ketch Lillie May have not been discovered, and it is almost certain they lost their lives when the…

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Speared by Blacks Fate of Missing Members of Wrecked Lugger Henry Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 1

News has been received from Broome of Messrs. Bass and Smith, missing members of the crew of the lugger Henry, which was wrecked off Cape…

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Speared by Blacks Fate of Missing Members of Wrecked Lugger Henry Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 6

News has been received from Broome of Messrs. Bass and Smith, missing members of the crew of the logger Henry, which was wrecked off Cape…

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Nubian on American Schooner Attacks Malays with Daggers Captain Threatens to Shoot

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 June 1921 · page 4

The American five-masted schooner Betsy Ross, when she arrived at Suva recently, brought with her a story of how one of the crew, a big musculan…

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