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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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In South Africa 20 Ships in Table Bay. 420 Strikers Ashore Capetown, September 15

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 1

There are now 20 idle ships in Table Bay in addition to a large number in the docks. Six South African mail steamers are held up in South African ports…

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Alleged Embezzlement Arrest on Steamer (Reuter's Message.) Bombay, September 15

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 4

Henry William Tyrell, alias H. J. Jameson, alias W. James, the son of a postmaster, was arrested aboard the Sydney bound steamer Orvieto in…

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Fireman Claims Wages From Captain of Steamer Test Case at Southampton (Reuter's Message.) London, September 14

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 1

In the Southampton Police Court today Frederick Jackson claimed from the captain of the Union Castle Company's steamer Saxon 24/8, the balance…

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Ketch Helena Wrecked

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 3

After a long career in the local coasting trade the ketch Helena has been wrecked on Whittelby Point, Docres Bay, according to advice received…

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The Steamer Lygaon Work Being Continued. by S.A. Waterside Men Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 4

Despite the reports from Sydney that Mr. Turley president of the Waterside Workers' Federation, stated that his organisation had declared…

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Port Hobart's Crew Is Dragged Ashore Engineers Sail Ship

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

The Commonwealth and Dominion Line's first new motor ship, the Port Hobart, completed her maiden voyage to Sydney under novel conditions…

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Japanese Steamer Lost Six of the Crew Drowned (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, September 18

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Tokio correspondent reports— The steamer Tomashina Maru, with a crew of 34, foundered in a storm on September 15, off…

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Fire on Steamer 100 Tons of Cargo Damaged. Auckland (N.Z.), September 22

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 1

About 100 tons of cargo was damaged by a fire aboard the steamer Kosmo. The loss on a general average basis will be very light…

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Fishing Party Wrecked Man Found Drowned and Companion MlSSING

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 4

A fishing party, consisting of two men who left Sydney early on Sunday morning for Barrenjoey, has ended tragically (says a Sydney message in…

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No Call Made at Fremantle by the Steamer Orvieto Fremantle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 1

The Orvieto from London which was due at Fremantle yesterday morning passed without calling. The strikers here had been boasting that when the…

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Crew of Steamer Min Again Refuse Duty More Warrants Issued Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 1

Twenty-four men steamer [?] who were arrested a week ago, changed with disobeying a lawful command and sentenced to 7 days…

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Mysterious Explosion Portton of an Hotel Wrecked in Melbourne Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 4

The police are mystified hy an explosion which destroyed portion of the Stockdale Hotel at the corner of Nicholson and Kay street last night…

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U.S.A. Shrine Sinks with a Crew of 37 Collided with Steamer (Reider's Message.) Vancouver, September 26

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 September 1925 · page 1

A message from Providence, Khode Island, states that the United States submarine Sol was sunk in a collision with the steamer City.of Rome en…

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Trouble at Fremantle Strikers Rush Steamer and Draw the Fires Fremantle

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 1

Between 8.30 and 9 o'clock last night Hundreds of strikers swarmed aboard the Demodocus. They rushed into the stokehold and drew the settings…

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Steamer Dammed Caught in a Storm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 October 1925 · page 1

When daylight came on Thursday the people along the water front at Fremantle saw that the steamer Borneo, which had arrived at its…

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(Published By Arrangement.) Wrecking Temperance

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 October 1925 · page 6

In a speech, at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Mr. A. Scott Bullitt is reported by the press agencies, as saying:— "The Prohibition law is making us…

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South Australia Man Dies Aboard Ketch Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 October 1925 · page 1

Mr. Samuel Sard died suddenly aboard tbe ketch Endeavor on which he was travelling on Saturday as a passenger from Port Pirie to Port…

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Crew Has Been Obtained for the Steamer Sophocles (Reuter's Message.) Capetown, October 4

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 October 1925 · page 1

The steamer Sophocles has sailed. Negotiations between the Ballarat men and the captain of the vessel were abortive…

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England to New Zealand in a Nine-ton Yawl the Vessel Is Wrecked Off Coast of Portugal Occupants Rescued I (Reuter'sMessage.) London,October 3

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 October 1925 · page 4

The "Sunday Express" Lisbon correspondent reports that the 9-ton yawl, Merganser, in which a retired captain named Unitt, and his daughter…

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Fire on Ferry Steamer About £3000 DAMAGE Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 October 1925 · page 4

The Williamstown Council's ferry steamer Rosny caught fire at about 7 p.m. last night after finishing her last trip from ort Melbourne to…

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