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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1859

3 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Wreck of the Clipper Barque Shepherdess.—eleven Lives Lost

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1859 · page 4

FROM the Cope Monitor, of June 4th, we take the following account of a disappears shipwreek which had occurred at Port Elizabeth:—On Sunday afternoon, the keeper of the Receive…

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Telegraphic News. Latest Intelligence From Wreck of the Admella

The Yass Courier · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 2

COAST, 7.30 A.M., FRIDAY.-- Both boats were tried again this morning, and beaten back. About a dozen survivors yet on the wreck. As soon as the boats' crews have…

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Select Poetry. the Song of the Wreck

The Yass Courier · Saturday 10 September 1859 · page 4

In knots of two and three, Whispering with bended neck, In lane, and street, and shop. They told the tale of the Wreck…

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