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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1852

7 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

The Steamer Warratah

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 31 March 1852 · page 2

This splendid addition to the steam marine of the colony was visited by great numbers of people yesterday, all of whom expressed themselves highly gratified at her general appearance. As…

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Wreck of the Isabella Watson

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 April 1852 · page 3

It would appear that at dusk on the afternoon of Sunday last, when making the entrance of Port Phillip Heads, she was caught by a sudden squall, missed stays…

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Total Loss of Her Majesty S Steamer Birkenhead

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 May 1852 · page 3

The Birkenhead left Simon's Bay at six o'clock on Wednesday evening, February 25th, with the troops enumerated, and at two in the morning struck on a rock just…

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British Extracts. Destruction of the Royal Mail New Steamer, Amazon, and Forty Lives

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 May 1852 · page 4

It is with feelings of the deepest regret that we have to announce a most dreadful catastrophe which has befallen the Royal Mail new steam-packet Amazon. We…

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Wreck of the Thomas King

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 June 1852 · page 2

We have been favoured by Captain Walker with the following narrative of the wreck of the Thomas King, and hardships and sufferings endured by some of the survivors…

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Country News. Moreton Bay. Return of the Expedition Sent in Search of the Subvivors of the Wreck of the Thomas King.—melancholy Death Off Mr. Dallas and Two

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 June 1852 · page 4

The party despatched on a, second search for the survivors of the Thomas King's wreek, returned to Brisbane last Tuesday evening, and with deep regret we record…

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Colonial News. Wreck of the Steamer Conside

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 October 1852 · page 3

We have been favoured by Mr. D. H. Young, one of the firm to whom the screw steamer Conside was consigned, with the following particulars relative to the wreck…

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