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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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A Mysterious Vessel Steamer Near Newcastle Causes Much Concern. Signais Ignored

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 6

Long after Mr. R. R. Norris, a newsagent at Merewether, a suburb of Newcastle, had retired to bed on Sunday night he was aroused by loud…

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Chinese Militarists Detain U.S.A. Steamer Captain Is Arrested. (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, February 20

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Achang correspondent reports:— The American steamer Chic[?]en has been held up by the Kweichow…

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Chinese Militarists Detain U.S.A Steamer Captain Is Arrested. (Reuter"s Message.) Shanghai, February 20

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 10

Reuter's Achang correspondebt reports:— The American steamer Chichuen has been held up by the Kweichow…

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The Steamer Queenmoor Is Declared "Black" Action in Adelaide Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 1

When the steamer Queenmore, a Commonwealth chartered vessel, arrived this morning the waterside workers refused to accept employment as…

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Shipping No Crew Offered Yesterday for Steamer Dilkera

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

An unsuccessful attempt was made yesterday morning to get a crew of seamen for the Dilkera which is loading wheat. The men refused work…

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A Church Wrecked Little Girl Killed Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

Following on the wrecking of the Roman Catholic Church at Chinchilla on Saturday by a cyclone, a little girl who was in the building when it…

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Machinery Wrecked at the Junction North Treatment Plants Closed Mining Is Proceeding

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 2

It has been reported that on Tuesday last the No. 1 power plant at the Junction. North mine was completely wrecked with the result that the…

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A Famous Steamer Great Eastern's Career

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 2

There is no doubt that the Great Eastern, launched in [?] is the most famous of all the steamers [?] [?] career [?]…

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Channel Swept by Gale Five Men of the Crew of Lifeboat Drowned (Reuter's Message.) London, February 27

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 9

The English Channel and the South Coast of England has been swept by a severe gale and many vessels were in distress. A lifeboat from La…

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Prohibition in U.S.A. Seizure of a Schooner Is Declared Illegal (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, February 27

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 9

A message from Newhaven, Connecticut, reports, the seizure of the British schooner Over the Top following the sale of 25 cases of liquor to special…

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A Schooner Wrecked Cargo of Timber Aboard Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 1

The wooden three-masted schooner Leprena, while on a passage from Recherche Bay to Port Adelaide with a cargo of 100,000 super feet of timber,…

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The Steamer Volumnia Due at Adelaide To-day Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 1

The steamer Volumnia, the captain of which [?]witted the unions by getting away secretly from Fremantle with a scratch crew, is expected at…

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G[?] [?] U.S.A. Steamer Legation Protests (Reuter's Message.) Shanghai, March 3

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

Reuter's Pekin correspondent reports:— The United States Legation protested last night to the Ministry for…

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Round the World in an Open Lifeboat Five Men to Start in May. (Reuter's Message.) London, March 4

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1

Mr. Hitchens, a coastguardsman, three other Cornishmen, and a wireless operator will leave the Thames during the first week in May to…

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Prohibition in U.S.A. Forfeiture Is Ordered of a Dutch Schooner (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, March 5

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 1

A message from New York says that the Dutch schooner Zeehond, with a cargo of wine valued at £40,000, which was seized 15 miles off the shore in…

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Prohibition in U.S.A. Forfeiture Is Ordered of a Dutch Schooner (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, March 5

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 10

A message from New York says that the Dutch schooner Zeehond, with a cargo of wine valued at £40,000, which was seized 15 miles off the shore in…

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More of Soerakarta Crew Rescued by a Lifeboat. (Reuter's Message.) London, March 10

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Hook of Holland correspondent reports:— Nine more of the Soernkarta's crew were rescued by a lifeboat this…

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Steamer Volumnia Due in Sydney To-day Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 1

The mystery steamer Volumnia, which is due in Sydney to-day, has not yet been sighted…

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Wooden Ketch Wrecked All the Crew Rescued. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 10

The wooden ketch Rebecca, of 30 tons, which is 72 years old, was struck by a squall in Tinder Box Bay. The boat was blown on to the rocks and…

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Wooden Ketch Wrecked All the Crew Rescued. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 1

The wooden ketch Rebecca, of 30 tons, which is 72 years old, was struck by a squall in Tinder Box Bay. The boat was blown on to the rocks and…

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