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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1924

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The Turf Owner of Rapine Offers £300 for Delay of a Steamer Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 3

Mr. A. B. Williams, the owner of Rapine, had to leave by the U[?]imaroa on Saturday, which sailed at noon. He offered the shipping company £300…

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Wrecked Tintenbir. Now Resting on Beach Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 2

The wrecked steamer Tintenbar, has been washed off the reef near New Guinea, and now rests on the beach…

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Loss of Steamer Truth. Marine Inquiry Opened Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 4

The Marine Court to-day began all inqupy into the stranding, and wreck of the steamer Truth on a reef outside Port Moresby on December 30. Captain…

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Fire on Steamer City of Singapore at Port Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 3

VIEW OF THE CITY OF SINGAPORE AFTER THE EXPLOSION HAD PLAYED HAVOG WITH IT ON SATURDAY, STARBOARD SIDE OF SHIP, LOOKING OUT. CITY OF SINGAPORE ARRIVING AT FORT ADELAIDE. CAPTAIN W. J. GORST…

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Loss of Steamer Pruth. Marine Court Finding Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 3

The Marine Court yesterday held an inquiry into the stranding and wreck of the steamer Pruth on a reef outside Port Moresby on December 30. Captain…

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Hold-up of a Steamer. Union Officials Remanded on Conspiracy Charge Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 1

Seven union officials, who were arrested last week on a charge of conspiracy arising out of the hold up of the steamer Port Lyttleton, were…

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S.[?]. Gulf Trade. Withdrawal Is Announced of the Steamer Iduna Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 May 1924 · page 2

The Patrick Steamship Company has withrawn the steamer [?] from the South Australian gulf trade owing to the slackness of trade and the lack…

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Loss of a French Ship. Syndicate Is Now Proposed to Search for Wreckage Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 10

Mr. R. Frah[?]r, of Verrierdale, proposes to form a syndicate to pr[?]bbeneath the surface of the sands in the vicinity of Maroochydore for the…

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Loss of a French Ship. [?]Ndicate Is Now Proposed to Search for Wreckage Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 6

Mr. R. Fraher, of Verrierdale, pro[?]oses to form a syndicate to probe b[?]neath the surface of the sands in the vicinity of Maroochydore for the…

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Steamer Aground. Ngahere Practically Lost with Cargo of Coal & Timber Crew of 23 RESCUED Wellington (N.Z.), May 12

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 4

The collier Ngahere while crossing outwards this afternoon grounded on the north spithead of Greymouth bar. The seas are breaking over the vessel…

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Alleged Conspiricy. Eight Unionists Charged with Hold-up of Steamer Evidence About Vessel Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 1

In the Central Police Court yesterday the hearing of a charge of conspiracy against eight union officias in connection with the hold-up of the…

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Wreck of the Austral. Marine Court Finding Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 4

At the Marine Court inquiry into the wreck of the small coaster Austral, 10 miles from Barrenjoey on April 6, evidence was given that the vessel…

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Wreck of the Austral. Marine Court Finding. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 8

At the Marine Court inquiry into the wreck of the small coaster. Austral, 10 miles from Barrenjoey, on April 6. evidence was given that the vessel…

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Shill Steamer Sinks. No Persons Aboard Sydeny

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 1

It was discovered yesterday that the steamer Irrvington of 48 tons, which arrived from the Hawkesbury River on Friday and was tied up alongside the…

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Fire on Island Steamer the Cause of Four Deaths (Reuter's Message). Manila, May 20

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 May 1924 · page 1

Two women and two children are dead and many persons missing as the result of a fire on the island steamer Lalloc on the Mindanao coast…

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Steamer on Reef. No Assistance Asked For. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 3

The Japanese steamer Uga Maru, formerly the Australbrook, is aground on a reef in Torres Straits. No assistance has been asked for. The steamer…

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Victorian Politics. Nationalists to Oppose Wreckers of the Ministry Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 1

It has been announced that the Ministry has decided that the five Natinalists who voted against the Redistribution of Seats Bill thereby…

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Small Steamer Ashore. No Details Available Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 May 1924 · page 1

The small cargo steamer Gundiah went ashore at Macquarie. Harbor on Friday, afternoon while bound from Hobart to Strahan. The Gundiah is a…

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Flight Round the World. British Airmen's Aeroplane Is Completely Wrecked Maclaren Sends for New One (Reuter's Message.) Calcutta, May 27

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 May 1924 · page 1

Reuter's Akyab correspondent reports:— Squadron-Leader Maclaren, leader of the British airmen who are? attempting…

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Vessel Is Refloated. 100 Tons of Goal Jettisoned From Steamer, Uga Maru Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 1

A message from Thursday Island states that the Japanese steamer Uga Maru has been floated off a reef in Torres Straits after jettisoning 100…

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