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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1887

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

Disastrous Shipwreck

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 25 January 1887 · page 4

The San Francisco Morning Call, of December 18, gives an account of the wreck of the whaler Atlantic, accompanied with terrible loss of life, which…

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The French Lifeboat Association

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 7 July 1887 · page 3

Admiral, the Marquis de Montaignae, Senator, presided the otherday over the annual meeting of the Societe Centrale de Sauvetage des Nanfrages. Admiral de Jonquieres, Member of the Institute,…

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Latest Telegrams. Railway Accident at Singleton. Schooner Foundered. Petty Robberies. Cannibalism by Natives

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 2

A man named Blacknell was killed on the Railway Line, Singleton yesternight. His head was terribly mutilated, and one hand was cut off…

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Latest Telegrams. Another Suicide. Steamer "City of Melbourne" Disabled. Garrotting Case. Stock Sales. Sydney, Monday evening

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 2

To-day was observed as a partial holiday. In addition to the Bunks and the Government Offices, all the Insurance and other monetary Institutions, and a number of Mercantile houses,…

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The Wreck of the Dunbar

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 25 August 1887 · page 2

Saturday last being the thirtieth anniversary of the wreck of the ship Dunbar on the rocks near South Hoad, occasion was taken to commemorate the terrible disaster by n dinner at Ferguson's Signal…

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Wreck of the Derry Castle. the Story of the Survivors

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 3

This is a thrilling story of the sea. Not one of those that the Marryatts, Coopers, and Clark Russels have evolved but a true tale of misery, suffering, peril; of eight strong men cast away on a desolate island for…

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Another Shipping Disaster. a Steamer Wrecked and Forty Lives Lost

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 2

On Thursday morning we received word by telegram that tho steamer Cheviot which left Melbourne for Sydney on the previous day had been totally wrecked on Point Nepean, on the…

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