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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1868

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Wreck of the Brig Fortune.— Ten Lives Lost

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1868 · page 2

IN addition to the loss on the New Zealand coast of the Echunga, the steamer Willam Miskin, the Star of Tasmania, the Water Nymph, and schooner Otago (particulars of which were published in the Sydney…

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Wreck of the Steamer Black Swan, on the Manning Bar

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1868 · page 3

The Black Swan, steamer, of 50 tons, which vessel was running to the Munning River, under charter, during the overhaul of the Fire King, was wrecked on the bar at the mouth of that river, on Thursday last,…

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Wreck of the Steamer Black Swan, on the Manning Bar

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1868 · page 3

The Black Swan, steamer, of 50 tons, which vessel was running to the Manning River, under charter, during the overhaul of the Fire King, was wrecked on the bar at the mouth of that river, on Thursday last,…

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