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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →