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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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The Shipping Strike Steamer Declared "Black" on Arrival in Sydney Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 August 1925 · page 1

When the steamer Laranah with a large cargo of apples arrived in Sydney yesterday afternoon she was declared "black," having been loaded by…

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Man Crushed by Steamer. Dies in Sydney Hospital Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 1

George Rugby (40), of North Sydney, while attempting to board a ferry at Lavender Bay this morning was crushed between the wharf and the steamer…

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Man Crushed by Steamer Dies in Sydney Hospital Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 10

George Rugby (40), of North Sydney, while attempting to board a ferry at Lavender Bay this morning was crushed between the wharf and the steamer…

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Steamer Springs a Leak [?]Ire Bridgade Pumps [?]Marella From Sinking Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 August 1925 · page 1

After leaving the dry dock in the Yarra early on Saturday morning the steamer Euma[?]ella s[?]ang a leak while lying…

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Members of Steamer Crew Arrested in New Zealand Refused to Go on Duty. Wellington (N.Z.), August 12

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1925 · page 1

Seventeen members of the crew of the steamer Willaston were arrested at Lyttleton last night when they refused to go on duty owing to a…

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Steamer Abandoned Master Exonerated Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1925 · page 2

The Marine Court yesterday exonerated the master of the steamer Awaroa for abandoning that vessel in Bass Strait on July 23 after the vessel…

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Fog Ih Ehglish Channel French Cargo Steamer Sinks After a Collision Steamer Strikes Lightship (Reuter's Message.) London, August 14

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 9

The "Daily Chronicle" Brest (France) correspondent reports:— A collision in a thick fog occurred to-night between the French cargo…

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Chinese Steamer Overdue Seaplanes to Search (Reuter's Message.) London, August 15

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 August 1925 · page 4

Reuter's Hongkong correspondent reports:— Two seaplanes from H.M.S. Hermes (aircraft-carrier) started this morning…

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U.S.A. Steamer Torn in Half by Explosion of Boilers 677 Excursionists Aboard 23 Dead, Ten Dying and a Hundred Injured (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, August 18

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 August 1925 · page 1

A message from Newport, Rhode Island, states that three men are missing, a dozen or more in a dangerous condition, and another hundred injured…

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Arctic Exploration Missing Steamer Arrives in Greeenland (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, August 19

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 1

A message from Arlington (Illinois) says, that the Canadian steamer Arctic, which has not been heard from for 30 days and whose whereabouts were…

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Shipping Steamer Maheno Held Up at New Zealand Port Auckland (N.Z.), August 22

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 1

The steamer-Maheno has been held up owing to the firemen refusing to work. When the ship was ready to sail at 3 o'clock yesterday, six men…

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Fire on a Steamer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 2

A five broke out on Sunday night in the hold of the Adelaide Steamship Company's cargo steamer Aroona, at the North Wharf (says a Melbourne…

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Steamer Refloated the Sydney Maru Safe. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 August 1925 · page 1

Advice has been received that the Japanese steamer Sydney Maru has been refloated. Very little damage was caused. She was stranded at Mait…

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Arrests on a Steamer Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 1

When the Commonwealth vessel Jervis Bay arrived yesterday morning detectives in response to a wireless message went aboard and arrested…

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Victoria Steamer Goes on Mud Bank Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 1

The steamer Monaro, owned by the Melbourne Steamship Company, went aground on a mud bank off Williamstown at 7 o'clock yesterday morning…

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In South Africa Steamer at East London Held Up by a Strike (Reuter's Message.) Capetown, August 30

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 1

Seater's East London correspondent reports that the shipping strike has exended to the Durham Castle, which should have continued her voyage…

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Strike Is Extending Large Steamer Involved (Reuter's Message.) London, August 31

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 1

There are indications that the seamen's strike in Britain will extend. The crews of several large steamers, including the mammoth White Star…

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Fire on a Steamer

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 3

On the arrival of the liner Borda at Fremantle from England on Tuesday it was reported that a wireless message had been received by the ship's…

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In South Africa Steamer Bendigo Involved (Reuter's Message.) Capetown, September 3

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 4

The crew of the P. and O. steamer Bendigo is now reported to have definitely joined the strikers at Durban. Letter mails were dispatched from…

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A Missing Prince Seen on Channel Steamer States Several Passengers (Reuters Message.) London, September 2

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 1

As the result of the publication of Prince Ahmed's photograph a number of passengers to Boulogne from Hastings declare that they saw the man…

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