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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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Fatalities and Accidents Boy Drowned at Parsley Bay After Canoe Capsizes Four Men From Yacht Rescued by a Steamer Sydney,Monday

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 December 1925 · page 1

Residents of Sydney sweltered for four hours on Saturday, the temperature at 1 o'clock reaching 104.3 degrees. Shortly afterwards a southerly…

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Piracy in China Steamer Held Up and Captain Shot (Reuter's Message.) Honckonir. December 22

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 December 1925 · page 4

The China Navigation Company's steamer Tungchowcrom, bound from Shanghai to Tientsin, was seized by Chinese pirates disguised as passengers…

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Piracy in China Details of Capture of China Steamer (Router's Message.) Hongkong, December 22

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 December 1925 · page 1

Further details have been received of the capture by Chinese pirates disguised as passengers of the steamer Tung Chow, boun [?] from Shanghai to…

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On the Rocks Mystery Wreck at Sydney Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 December 1925 · page 8

Early yesterday morning the North Head Signal Station reported that a large yaeht had been washed up on the rocks overnight. Although the…

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Red Flag Displayed on Steamer Ormuz Cheers for the Revolution Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 December 1925 · page 1

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed on Saturday before the departure of the steamer Onnuz for London. The vessel carried as third class passengers…

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A Lifeboat Rescue (Reuter's Message.) London, December 26

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 December 1925 · page 1

Responding to a visual signal four miles from the coast of St. Ives (Cornwall) a lifeboat, motorless but driven by sails, battled with the mountainous…

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Lost Ketch lIALEETA Wreckage Off N.z.coast May Be From Vessel Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 December 1925 · page 1

It is believed that some wreckage which was sighted by the master of the schooner Holmwood off the New Zealand coast belonged to the ketch…

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Tourist Steamer Carinthia. Sydney, Wednesday.-

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 December 1925 · page 1

Tlie American tourist steamer Carintliia left Sydney yesterday in continuation of lier voyage around tlie world. The nest port of call will bo Hobart…

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Fire on Steamer Stud Rams Smothered

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 December 1925 · page 4

Wellington (N.Z.), December 31. A fire broke ont in the bold of the steamer Mannka last night, and considerable damage was done before the…

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Steamer Tahiti Held Up Crew Leate the Vessel Prior to Its Departure Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 December 1925 · page 4

The Tahiti was held up to-day just as she was about to sail for San Francisco. The vessel was about to cast off when the crew threw a rope over…

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