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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1877

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

Wreck of the Steamer Georgette

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1877 · page 7

BY the last incoming mail we received news of the wreck of the West Australian government's late mail-steamer Georgette; but the information was very meagre, and at the…

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Additional News by the E. AND A. Co.'s Steamer Bowen. Brisbane

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 31 January 1877 · page 4

THE following additional news is brought by the E. and A. Company's steamship Bowen :— Chinese steamers are monopolising the trade of Nagasaki…

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The Wreck of the Circassian on Long Island Sound, and Loss of Life. New York, December 31

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 2

THE wreck of the chip Cireassian is the most disastrous that has occurred on the Long Island const since the wreck of the John Milton fifteen years age. The Milton…

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Wreck of the E and A. Company's Steamship Singapore

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 2

THE Eastern and Australian Company's steamer Singapore whilat on route for Sydney, from Hangkong strack on a ahead off No. 1 Island near Mackay, Queensland, on…

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Wreck of the Brig Emily Smith.—loss of Thirty Lives

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1877 · page 8

ON Saturday morning, May 19, intelligence was received by the postmaster-general by telegraph from Cape Borda, of the total wreck of the brig Emily Smith, a well-known…

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Late English News, Per Steamer Cuzco

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 November 1877 · page 4

ADELAIDR, Wednesday, THE Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamship Cuzco arrived at Glenelg this morning. She left Plymouth on the afternoon of September 27…

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Another Frightful Shipwreck

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 19 December 1877 · page 4

THE Peruvian newspapers contain most painful descriptions of the loss of life occasioned by the wreck of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's mail-packet Eten;…

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Robbery on a Mail Steamer

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 December 1877 · page 6

The particulars of the robbery of Judge Grisson of New Zealand, at Galle, when on his way to these colonies are these. The learned judge…

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Washed Ashore

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 December 1877 · page 75

IN the stirring little village of-- stood a quaint, old-fashioned farm-house built be- n'-ath the shade of maple and oak trees. Spreading ivy and bright morning glories…

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