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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1934

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Men Wreck Bedroom Were Ordered To Pay Rent PERTH

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

Two men who wrecked their landlady's bedroom ofter they had been ordered to pay their rent or leave, were convicted in the Perth Police…

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Defrauded Customs Officers Raid Schooner SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 1

Last night police and customs officers boarded the schooner Isabel, which had arrived from Panama earlier in the day, and after a search,…

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Steamer Cook Missing

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When the steamer Zealandia berthed to-day after tho voyage from Hobart the master, reported the disappearance of…

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American Women Tourists Round World By Motor Car And Steamer

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 6

Passing through Adelaide recently, during the course of a 20,000-miles motor trip round the world, two American women tourists, Mrs. Leila…

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British War Wreck Salvage Attempt At 738 Feet LONDON, January 19

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 2

What promises to be an even more remarkable marine salvage enterprise than the case of the Egypt's treasure is about to be undertaken, says the…

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Crowd Wrecks Stadium at Wrestling Bout

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 12

LOS ANGELES, January 25.— When the time limit gong stopped a wrestling bout between Browning and Savoldi last night after each had…

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Trial of Soviet Wreckers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 6

LONDON, January 25.—The Moscow correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that for having wrecked a private co-operative store…

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Crowd Wrecks Stadium at Wrestling Bout

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 6

LOS ANGELES, January 25.— When the time limit gong stopped a wrestling bout between Browning and Savoldi last night after each had…

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28 on Board Injured Mountainous Waves Strike Steamer MONTREAL, January 28

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 1

A message from St. John (New Brunswick) says the three mountainous tidal waves, believed to be the result of a submarine earthquake…

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Air Liners Wrecked Death Roll 9 (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, February 28

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1934 · page 1

The bodies of seven man and one woman were found tonight in the wreckage of a United Air Liner 20 miles east of Salt Lake City (Utah)…

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Drunk Under the Sea Whisky Taken From Wreck

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 4

LONDON, February 28.—Sir Robert Davis, the noted engineer, vouched for a story of a diver getting drunk under water, which he told to…

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Schooner Wrecked Threat To Kill Two Whites DARWIN

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 11

A message received from Mr. Fred H..Gray, the Darwin trepang fisherman who was at Caledon Bay in September, 1932, when five Japanese were…

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Schooner Wrecked Threat To Kill Two Whites DARWIN

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 1

A massage received from Mr, Fred H.Gray, the-Darwin trepang fisherman who was at Caledon Bay In September, 1932, when five Japanese were…

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Vulture Wrecks Plane Calcutta, March 4

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 2

M. Chartoire, the French airman who was flying from Paris to Saigon, narrowly escaped death near Calcutta when the propeller struck a…

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Body Washed Ashore

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday— A body washed ashore near Port Kembla s believed to be Alfred-M'Burnie. who with fishing tackle left Ashfield air…

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Collier Runs Ashore (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 6

SYDNBY, Friday— The well-known collier Benliba went ashore on Pelican Point near North Head, early this morning during a dense fog. The…

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Racehorses Injured on Steamer (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 March 1934 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday— Several well-known horses were injured on the steamer Westralia last night while being brought from Melbourne to…

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Chinese Pirates Seize Norwegian Steamer

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 3

HONGKONG, March 16— The Norwegian steamer, Norviken, under British charter, has arrived at Swatow ofter having been in the hands…

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Chinese Pirates Seize Norwegian Steamer

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 9

HONGKONG, March 16— The Norwegian steamer Norviken, under British charter, has arrived at Swatow after having been in the hands…

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Trawler Ashore; Crew Rescued (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday— During a heavy fog the trawler Livid Blake struck Mimosa Rock, near Tathra, on the South Coast. A heavy sea is…

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