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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1885

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

Wreck of the Cahors

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 June 1885 · page 2

THE following account is taken from a letter from Mr. Henry Kelk, of Bathurst, who was a passenger to Brisbane by the Burwah, the the steamer which rescued the Cahors'…

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Extraordinary Escape from Wreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 August 1885 · page 4

One of the most extraordinary escapes alter shipwreck has been reported at Hull. A keel bound from Grimsby to Leeds was driven against a sandbank…

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Wreck of a Vessel

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 2

THE Gladstone correspondent of the Rock-hampton Bulletin, telegraphed on November 18 the intelligence of the arrival there of the master and crew of the barque Italy, which…

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