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Broken Hill & the Far West · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1937

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Dying Horse Wrecks Home ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

In the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Trueman, of Ramage-street, Unley, there were signs of a violent battle this morning. The…

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Four Stowaways in Steamer Awatea

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Captain Arthur Davey, of the Awatea, reported that for the first time stowaways were discovered during the ship's last trip…

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Wreckage Sighted Off N.s.w. Coast

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Wreckage has been sighted on the South Coast, off Bermagui, by the interstate cargo steamer Coolana. It is a danger to…

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30 Lives Were Lost Wreck Of Finnish Motor Ship (Special to "The Minci.") LONDON, January 13

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 3

Latest reports have stated that 30 lives were lost in the disaster to the new Finnish motor ship, Joanna Thorden, (3,000) tons in Pentland…

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Gales Lash North Sea Steamer Crew in Danger 4 Vessels Answer S.O.S. SIGNALS (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, January 22

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 1

SWEEPING down over Norway bitter gales are lashing the North Sea and threatening the crew aboard the Norwegian cargo steamer, Karmp, with destruction. Summoned by a wireless S.O.S. call, which no…

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Gales Lash North Sea Steamer Crew in Danger 4 Vessels Answer S.O.S. SIGNALS (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, January 22

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 7

SWEEPING down over Norway bitter gales are lashing the North Sea and threatening the crew aboard the Norwegian cargo steamer, Karmp, with destruction. Summoned by a wireless S.O.S. call, which no…

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Steamer in Distress; Fire in Cargo

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

LOS ANGELES, February 1.—It is reported that the steamer Inverbank is in distress, and is fighting [?] fir[?] in her cargo. The vessel is…

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The Kakariki Wreck Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 4

Only slight hopes are now held that the bodies of Carl Lynge and Athol Martin of the steamer Kakariki, which sank after a collision with the…

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Floods Threaten Cairo City, U.S.A. Survivors of Wreck Feverish Work to Stem the Fury of Water 4500 Men in Grim Fight New York. February 2

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 1

ALL women and children Cairo to-day as the [?] the Mississippi and [?] part of the 60ft. wall of co…

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Wrecked Plane Located Grew Is Safe Near Machine Rescue Party Sets Out with Doctor Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 3

BADLY wrecked and lying on the side of a scrub-covered hill between 10 and 15 miles north-west of Waratah (Tasmania), the missing R.A.A.F. Hawker Demon plane, which became lost in a fog early…

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ll Perish In 'PlaneCrash Wreck Found at Sea Bodies Recovered (Special to "The Miner") San Francisco, February 10

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 February 1937 · page 3

MYSTERY has been added to a disastrous 'plane disappearance when it was reported by an officer that he had conversed with the pilot and given him directions by wireless. He was then amazed to see…

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Steamer Now Safe Was Struck By Cyclone SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 4

After drifting helplessly with a broken rudder in the path of a cyclone, 800 miles east of Cairns, the Japanese steamer Shousing is…

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Grim Resuce Work At Wonthaggi Mine 2 Bodies Found in Wreckage Gallantry Shown on All Sides "Next Thing to Hell" Describes Scene Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 1

THE bodies of two of the victims of the Wonthaggi disaster were recovered by rescue parties last night, and were brought to the surface in the early hours of this morning. One of the bodies was found close to…

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Wrecked 'Plane Survivor May Lose Injured Leg BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 4

Members of one rescue party early to-day reached the wrecked Stinson and its two survivors. Another party is on its way…

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Back From "Lost World" Gruelling 17 Hours Struggle Wreckage of 'Plane (From Our Special Representative.) BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 March 1937 · page 1

FROM the end of the "Lost World" country on top of the wild McPherson Range where the Stinson air…

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6 Perish In Launch Wreck Parties Searching for Bodies Amazing Heroism by Police and Civilians Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 1

PARTIES of police and civilians are scouring the coast between the Heads and Narrabeen for the bodies of the five missing men who were the victims of yesterday's tragic launch wreck in Tumbeldown…

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Nazi Call for More Babies Imprisonment For Home Wreckers

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 March 1937 · page 4

BERLIN, March 6.—Official statistics show that 1,290,000 babies were born in Germany last year. This is 20,000 more than in 1935 and 300,000…

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Stolen Ketch Located Tied Up While Air Search Goes On MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 March 1937 · page 4

WHILE Arthur Tyrer, of Hawthorn, was making an air search of the bay for his auxiliary ketch Victory, anil police were keeping a lookout for…

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

Western Grazier · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 4

The other day a men told me that he reckoned raine was the sort of job that would suit him do[?] the ground. All I'd got to do was to go…

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World Flight Postponed Putnam 'Plane Wrecked

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 3

THE world flight of Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam came to an inglorious conclusion at 7.55 a.m. today, when in taking off for Howland…

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