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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1858

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

Awful Shipwreck.—men Eaten by the Sharks

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 January 1858 · page 4

An extraordinary case of double shipwreck is reported in the St. Christopher West Indian papers. The Rosabella left Dominica early in May for the…

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Wreck of the Auguste in St. Frances Bay

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 April 1858 · page 4

This fine vessel the aguste which is [?] by the captain Jules Gerard as being a perle model was barque of about 600 tons and quite new not having been Isunched ore…

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Wrecks in Torres Straits

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 July 1858 · page 2

Loss of a Ship from Sydney with Horses; an American slap ; and the Dutch ship Magda, from Geelong, bound to Java. To the courtesty of Captain Punch, of the brig…

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Wreck on the [?] Coast with Los of Eleven Lives

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 August 1858 · page 2

A correspondent writing from Dundalk the refers to a lamentable wrack, with the loss of eleven lives :—It is my [?] duty to record one of the most distressing [?] attended…

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