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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893

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Wreck of the City of New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 November 1893 · page 4

NEWS reached Sydney on Sunday by the Chingtu of the wreck of the mail steamer City of New York, a vessel which for many years was engaged in the mail service between…

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A British Steamer Fired At. London, Dec. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 2

Telegrams have been received from Rio de Janeiro announcing that the rebel warships have fired at and damaged the British steamer Sardinian Prince. Several of the sailors on board are reported…

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Infernal Machine on Board of a Steamer. Carried to New York. London

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 December 1893 · page 3

AN infernal machine has been found on board the steamer City of washington, which is engaged in the coffee trade between Mexico and New York. The machine was carried all…

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Infernal Machine in an American Steamer. London, Dec. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 2

New York telegrams report that an infernal machine has been found on the steamer City of Washington, engaged in the coffee trade between that city and Mexico…

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Incendiary Fire on a Steamer. the Vessel Souttled. London

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 December 1893 · page 3

THE steamship Seneca, on which an incendiary fire took place, has had to be scuttled. The vessel belonged to the old Deminion company of New York…

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Steamer Foundered. All Hands But One Lost. Melbourne

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 December 1893 · page 5

THE steamer Alert, trading between Gippsland Lakes and Melbourne, foundered off Jubilee Point, near Sorrento, during a gale last night. All hands, including passengers,…

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