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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Passengers to Tasmania Overseas Steamer Granted Permit HOBART

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 August 1932 · page 1

Mr. M'Phee, the Premier, speaking at a luncheon held on the steamer Ranken, which has been granted a permit to carry passengers between…

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Cigarette Tin Bomb Outside Cabin Door On Steamer for Captain Wellington (N.z.), Aug. 8

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 August 1932 · page 1

Last Friday morning Captain Anderson, of the steamer Tees, which is undergoing an overhaul at Lytt[?]eton, found a large cigarette…

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Wreck of the Casino Story of Drowning of Captain MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 August 1932 · page 1

At the inquiry concerning the wreck of the steamer Casino, Captain Easson, representing the Marine Board, said: "It has been suggested…

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Capt. Lancaster Trial Expert Says Clarke Shot Himself Case Wrecked? (Special to "The Miner.") MIAMI (Florida), August 12

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 1

Dashing 1100 miles from New York solely to save Captain Lancaster from the electric chair, one of America's most famous…

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Aeroplane Wrecked ROCKHAMPTON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 1

While making a forced landing near Fairy Bower a plane piloted by Captain Harold Fraser was wrecked. The machine struck a rough patch and…

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Aeroplane Wrecked ROCKHAMPTON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 8

While making a forced landing near Fairy Bower a plane piloted by Captain Harold Fraser was wrecked. The machine struck a rough patch and…

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More Gold Raised Prom Steamer Egypt . (Special ta "Tlie. Miner.")'

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 August 1932 · page 6

BREST, August 18. With one lift of its giant grab the Artiglio raised another £15,000 worth of gold from the treasure of the sunken liner…

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The Man on the Bridge. by the Skipper of a Pleasure Steamer

Western Grazier · Saturday 20 August 1932 · page 4

The other day a man told me that he reckoned mine was the sort of job that would suit him down to the ground. All I'd got to do was to go…

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Mystery Hike Is Off Statement Made By Promoter Plans Wrecked

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 August 1932 · page 3

The action of the New South Wales Railways Commissioners in refusing to hire a train to promoters bag wrecked the plans of a…

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Suspect Arrested On Steamer SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 1

As the steamer Gwydir was about to leave Newcastle for Sydney last night, detectives boarded the vessel and arrested a man who it was stated…

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Steamer Hits Reef

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—While bound for Port Kembla yesterday, the inter-state freighter Iron Master struck a reef at Martin Island, in the Five…

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More Gold From Sunken Steamer (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 August 1932 · page 1

LONDON, August 30.— The Italian salvage ship Aitiglic arrived to-day at Plymouth with a further £200,000 worth of the Egypt's gold…

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Ship Abandoned As Wreck Two Girls' Second Shipwreck BURNIE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 4

With a huge hole in her hull, caused by striking a submerged rock at Hell's Gates, near Hunter's Island, the Colliboi, which was beached at…

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No Atlantic Flight Mollison To Return By Steamer Medical Advice (Special to "The Miner.") New York, August 31

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 1

J. A. Mollison, the Australian aviator, who has been awaiting favorable weather in Nova Scotia to continue his return flight to…

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Steamer Aground; Taken Off By Tugs

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 September 1932 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.—The motor liner Manunda, which is a frequent visitor to Port Adelaide, went aground in Brisbane River, near the Victoria…

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Larrikins in Melbourne Motorists Assaulted In Suburbs Fences Wrecked Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 September 1932 · page 3

In an outbreak of larrikin violence in Melbourne during the week end two motorists were brutally assaulted, a youth was threatened with a…

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Sea Treasure Wrecks Hold Millions on Ocean Bed

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 September 1932 · page 3

The recovery of the gold from the sunken liner Egypt is an opisode in the age-long hunt of mankind for wrecked treasures, which began when…

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Steamer Refloated

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— The steamer Edna, which ran aground in Corio Bay yesterday, was refloated early this morning. The vessel was…

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Steamer Refloated

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— The steamer Edna, which ran aground in Corio Bay yesterday, was refloated early this morning. The vesael was…

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Steamer Runs Aground In Fog

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 4

WELBOURNE, Saturday.—Owing to the fog over the bay, the steamer Edina missed the way into the pier at Portarlington yesterday, and ran…

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