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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1872

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

The Wreck of the Shelehof—the Captain's Story

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 February 1872 · page 4

IR will be remembered that some time since news came to this port of the finding on the , ocean of a ship waterlogged, but witt one man on ber deck. We now give…

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The Wreck of the New Guinea Expedition

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 9 March 1872 · page 2

As the result of this expedition was looked forward to by many on this gold-field with considerable interest, we insert the following telegraphic details from the S. M. Herald,…

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Terrible Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 June 1872 · page 3

A SEAMAN of the barque Fils d'Orson, which touched at Sable Island, off the Nova Scotia [?] February 14, for water, brings a painful story of the wreck of the Lily Parkar, Captain…

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Massacre of a Portion of the Grew of the Schooner Lavinia

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 31 July 1872 · page 3

THE schooner Lavina arrived in port on Saturday morning from the Solomon Islands. During her oruise among the group a terrible catestropise occurred to a number of her crew, instigated no…

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