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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

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Monkeys Escape on Steamer Overran Vessel During a Storm Some Lost Overboard London, March 27

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 3

As she fought her way, through a storm in the Mediterranean Sea, about 50 miles from land, the Behar, the 6100-ton pride of the Hain…

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Wrecked Air Liner Experts Examine Wreckage LONDON, March 29

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

British and Belgian air experts to-day began an examination of the wreckage of the air liner, City of Liverpool, which crashed in Belgium…

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Wrecked Imperial Airways Liner

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 3

Top—The Imperial Airways 'Plane City of Liverpool, which crushed in Belgium on Tuesday. Bottom—The luxuriously appointed saloon on the liner…

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Ketch Driven Ashore

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), April 5.— The auxlliary ketch Lily with a cargo of fish was driven ashore at Bluff Harbor during a severe gale, and is likely…

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Launch Driven Ashore

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday.—The launch Chelsea, owned by R. Gott, had her sails carried away by a squall when making for Yeppoon, near…

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Wrecked'plane Found Robbiano Missing In India Other Mishaps (Special to "The Miner.") CALCUTTA, April 17

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 1

The wreckage of a plane which in believed to be that in which Leonida Robbiano, the Italian airman, was flying to Australia, was…

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Mediterranean Fleet Steamer Passes Through Midst

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 3

An interesting event of the voyage of the Moreton Bay, which arrived at Adelaide on April 5, was the passing of the full Mediterranean Fleet, before…

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Lived a Month with Natives Experiences Of Crew Of Ketch Was Wrecked Auckland, April 19

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 3

How, after being wrecked in a ketch and then reaching land, four men spent a month among natives on an island, was told by one of…

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Raising Wrecks with Ice

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 2

After a ship has strick rocks and sunk divers often find the job on diving the greek a very difficult one A method of diving submerged…

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Yacht Wrecked; Three Lives Lost

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1933 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), April 25.—A yacht was wrecked off the Bay of Plenty and three members of the crow of four lost their lives. They…

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'Plane Wreckage Found In Sahara Desert

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1933 · page 4

LONDON, May 24.—The wreckage of a 'plane has been found by a caravan 140 miles south-east of Reggan, in the…

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Heavy Seas in the Bight Steamer, Severely Buffe[?]ed "One of Worst" Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 3

Heavy seas in the Bight were reported by ships which arrived during the wekend. The mail steamer Corfu was severely buffeted,…

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Steamer In Difficulties

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Navigatton Department to-day received a message from the lighthouse keeper on Montague Island, off the south…

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Emden's Bell Afloat On Board German Steamer SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 4

It is reported in detective quarters that the Emden's bell, which was recently stolen from the War Memorial Museum, is now on board the German…

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No Steamer in Distress Explanation Made By Master SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 1

The report of the lighthouse keeper at Montague Island to the Navigation Department yesterday that a big steamer was apparently in distress…

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Oil Refinery Wrecked 21 Men Missing; Tanks Ablaze Los Angeles, June 4

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 1

A terrific explosion swept the Richfield Oil Company's refinery at Long Beach yesterday. Twenty men are missing and are…

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Aeroplane Wrecked; Two Occupants Escape

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 June 1933 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—When an aeroplane nosedived from a height of 70 feet near Nanango the pilot escaped with minor injuries and his…

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£300 Worth of Silver Found By Detectives On Steamer SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 June 1933 · page 4

Acting on cabled advice from New Zealand to-day, Sydney detectives searched the s.s. Wanganella when she berthed at the harbor…

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Rescue From the Bush Train And Steamer Delayed Teeming Rain Burnie (Tas.)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 1

A thrilling bush rescue was effected near Guildford Junction by the crew of the Emu Bay Railway Company's Burnie-bound train, as a…

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Fishing Boat Swamped Occupants' Long Swim Ashore Rescue Effort Casino

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 June 1933 · page 4

Three men had a long swim to the shore when their fishing boat was swamped while crossing the bar at Evans's Head yesterday. The…

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