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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1928

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Epidemic of Disease on Board a Steamer 16 Deaths Reported (A.p.a. Message.) Montreal, February 16

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

A message received from the steamer President Cleveland states that l6 passongers and members of the crew are dead as the result of an epidemic of…

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Fire on a Steamer Boat Returns to N.Z. Wellington (N.Z.), February 18

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 1

The steamer City of Bath, with 30,000 cases of petrol aboard, returned to Dunedin yesterday in consequence of a fire in No. 2 hold. The fire…

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Whaling Boat Ashore Vessel Is Abandoned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

Estimated to be carrying a crew of 100, the French whaling ship Lozere is believed to be ashore on Kerguelen Island, in the Southern Ocean, about…

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Loss of Italian Steamer the Court's Finding (A.p.a. Message.) London, February 22

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4

A Rome message states that a court of inquiry returned a finding that the direct cause of the loss of the immigrant steamer Principessa Mafalda…

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Vessels in Collision Man Picked Up by Boat From Among Wreckage (A.p.a. Message.) London, February 25

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 1

The P. and O. steamer Moldavia, in response to an S.O.S. message, picked up a man in the English Channel when life was nearly extinct. He was among…

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Case of Smallpox Steamer to Be Quarantined Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 4

An Indian, fireman on the steamer City of Palermo, bound for Australian ports from Singapore and Java, is suffering from smallpox, and the vessel…

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Steamer on Reef Off Ocean Island Officer's Story

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 3

A graphic description of the wreck of the Ocean Transport, which in a gale ran on to a reef off Ocean Island, was related by the crew on their…

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Adrift in a Launch Three Men Are Rescued by the Steamer Niagara Auckland (N.Z.), February 29

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 4

Particulars of the rescue of three men from a launch by the steamer Niagara show that the launch was sighted disabled in heavy seas. It…

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Explosion of Boilers in a Sinking Steamer Engineer's Explanation

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 3

Giovanni pavon, engineer of the steamer Alcantara which was sunk by the Russian ship Tovarisch in the English Channel, said that he saw the…

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Steamer Held Up 24 Hours' Notice Given by Members of Crew Demands by the Cooks Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 2

The steamer Ulimaroa, which was timed to leave at noon yesterday for New Zealand, Was held up and the crew has given 24 hours' notice…

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Steamer Held Up 24 Hours' Notice Given by Members of Crew Demands by the Cooks Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 1

The steamer Ulimaroa, which was timed to leave at noon yesterday for New Zealand, was held up and the crew has given 24 hours' notice…

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Cargo Boat on Rocks Was Seized by Pirates and Afterwards Wrecked (Special to "The Miner.") Hongkong, March 1

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1928 · page 1

The Kinko Maru (a Japanese cargo boat of 3150 tons) went ashore on some rocks near Turnabout Island, and is now a total loss. The officers…

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Pillaging From Steamer Ship Butcher's Theft Leads to Dismissal Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 1

Two rolls of dress materials which were pillaged from the steamer Ormonde between Sydney and Brisbane, was found on Monday concealed…

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The Steamer Manuka Held Up at Dunedin Trouble with Firemen

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 1

Wellington (N.Z.), March 9. Owing to trouble with firemen the steamer Manuka, which is en route to Melbourne, was held up at Dunedin…

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Aerial Doings General Happenings an Aeroplane Wrecked in a Forced Landing Pilot Was Not Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 2

Mr. A. E. H. Evans, secretary of Guinea Airways Limited, yesterday morning (says the Adelaide "News") announced that he had received a…

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Aerial Doings General Happenings an Aeroplane Wrecked in a Forced Landing Pilot Was Not Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 1

Mr. A. E. H. Evans, secretary of Guinea Airways Limited, yesterday morning (says the Adelaide "News") announced that he had received a…

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U.S.A. Steamer Wrecked with 150 Passengers All Removed to Shore (A.p.a. Message.) Boston, March 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 3

The steamship Robert E Lee, running from Boston, to New York with 159 passengers aboard, has been caught on the jagged rocks off Plymouth…

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Portuguese Sailor Killed on Steamer in Sydney Plank Falls 20 FEET Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 1

Joseph Vega (22), a Portu[?] Bailor, was killed and another named Joseph Edelson had his skull fractured this morning on the steamer…

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Aerial Doings General Happenings Eeench Air Liner Wrecked in Channel Bodies of the Pilot and Mechanic Found (A.p.a. Message.) Loudon, March 11

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 1

A big French Goliath plane belonging to the French Air Union and carrying baggage but no passengers, fell into the English Channel three miles…

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Steamer Montoro Held Up by Dispute with Stewards Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 1

The steamer Montoro has been held up owing to trouble with the stewards, who refused to sign on yesterday afternoon. The men demand that the…

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