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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Tornado Wrecks Gaol 22 Dead, Over 100 INJURED (Special to "The Minor.") Calcutta, Many 10

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 May 1932 · page 1

Twenty-two warders, covicts and political prisoners were killed and more than 100 were injured when the Mymeusingh Gaol buildings in East…

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Mr. Coates on Wreckers Canberra

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 May 1932 · page 1

At the conclusion of the meeting of the Federal A.L.P. executive last night Mr. Coates. M.L.C. said the Scullin Government had cleaned up the awful…

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Loss of French Steamer Searching Inquiry Demanded Mysterious Fires (Special to "The Miner.") London, May 22

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 1

Publio opinion throughout france is greatly perturbed by the Georges Philllpar tragedy and there is an insistant demand for a most searching…

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Steamer Aground Efforts to Refloat Wellington (N.Z.). May 27

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 1

The Union Company's coastal steamer Kapongs of 2460 torfe ran aground on Rroymouth har yesterday. A small Greymouth bar is standing by. The…

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Missing German Airman Search Steamer Returns (Special to "The Miner.") Batavia, May 26

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 6

TheGovernment steamer Flores sent. to search for the missing German Junkers soaplane which left Bima on May 15 for Darwin has returned…

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Bankstown Communists Threat to Wreck Shop Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 1

Headed by Communists a body, of Labor supporters at Bankstown on Wednesday informed a local shopkeeper, who was using an amplifier…

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Ketch Collides with Floating Object Vessel's Hull Pierced Port Broughton

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 June 1932 · page 1

About 3 o'clock on Thursday morning the ketch Alert,whlle proceeding from Wallaroo to Port Broughton to load wheat.collided with a hevavy…

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Marooned on Rocky Reef Party Rescued by Steamer Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 June 1932 · page 2

Marooned on a rocky reef off Nelsen Park last night, a party of 10 men and four girls, were rescued after they had sent up Hares. The…

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Disabled Cargo Steamer Drifting in the Great Bight Vessel Not. in Danger Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 June 1932 · page 1

With a broken, propeller shaft the cargo steamer Miliuna, of 5081 tons, is drifting helplessly in the Great Australian Bight, about due south of…

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FEDERAL A.L.P. Candidate's Records Destroyed Committee Rooms Wrecked Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 1

Early yesterday morning; the committee rooms of Mr. E. W. Grover, the Federal A.L.P. candidate for the King seat, were wrecked. The whole…

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Island Steamer Held Up Union Alleges Victimisation Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 6

Officials of the Seamen's Union on Wednesday refused.to allow, unionists to sign on the island liner Morinda. lt was. alleged that a former member…

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LOST A.N.A. Air Liner Wreckage Reported at Baw Baw Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 6

Following a report by a.stranger that he had seen the' wreekaga of the missing Australian National Airways air' liner Southern Cloud'.in the hills…

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Home-made Galvanised Steamer Causes Food Poisoning Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 2

An expert examination made on Friday into the cause of the sudden illness of Mr. and Mrs. John Commiss and Mr. Harold Commiss, who were…

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Island Steamer to Sail Schelley Wanted It Picketed Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 4

Despite attempts by militants to have the Burns, Philp island steamet Morinda declared "black," a special meeting of the Seamen's Union. had…

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Missing Transatlantic Flier Is Found Rescued.from: His Plane. by Steamer (Special to "The Miner.") New York, June ll

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 2

Believed to novo penshed on his Atlantic flight Stanislaus Htuisner, a young American Pole, who loft NewYork for Warsaw on Juno 3 and waa…

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Disabled Steamer Reaches Port Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 8

After drifting with a broken propeller at the mercy of gales and heavy seas in the Groat Australian Bight the steamer Miliuna, towed by the…

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Steamer Ferndale on Rocks in Mediterranean 19 Miles From Algiers All on Board Safe Gibraltar, June 16

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 June 1932 · page 6

The Aberdeen and Commonwealth steamer Ferndale of 3947 tons on the wa from Australia to England, is fast on rocks in the Mediterranean…

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Disabled Steamer Reaches Port Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 4

After drifting with a broken propeller at the mercy of gales and heavy season in the Great Australian Bight the steamer Milluria, towed by the tug…

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Hope of Saving Steamer Abandoned (Special to "The Minor.") Algiers, June 10

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1932 · page 1

The Algiers representative of the "Times" said all hope of saving the Australian ship Ferndale has been abandoned, but it is hoped to salvage…

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Explosion Wrecks Oil Tanker

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 June 1932 · page 6

The steamer Largs Bay being loaded with a consignment of nearly 50,000 rabbits for England. The rabbit industry, according to experts, has been greatly revived this season…

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