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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

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The Wreck of the Wairarapa. AUCKLAND

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 November 1894 · page 3

The inquiry into the wreck of the Wairarapa WTS continued to-day; Captain Brown, of the barque Natal Queen, deposed that on his last voyage from Australia an…

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Attempt to Wreck an Express. London, Nov. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 November 1894 · page 4

An attempt has been made to wreck the express train on the line from London to Bournemouth. Three labourers have been arrested…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Thursday, 2.22 p.m. the Gwydir Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 November 1894 · page 2

THE Hunter River Company's steamer Gwydir went ashore yesternight at Norah Head, about 25 miles from Newcastle. The crew were taken on heard the steamer Sydney and conveyed to Newcasle…

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A Schooner Wrecked

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 3

News was received to-day of the loss of the fine three-masted schooner Thistle in the South Sons. The crew were all saved. In getting away from the wreck a boat was twice…

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The Wreck of the Wairarapa

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 4

THE decision of the magisterial court of inquiry touching the wreck of the Wairarapa was delivered at Auckland on Monday. The court finds that the…

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Wrecks

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 December 1894 · page 4

There appear to lie an average of about 600 weeks amongst British vess is every year. There arc, however, worse wrecks on land than on sea. Men who, without discrimination or judgment,…

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Cable News. the Wreck of the Barque Kirkmichael. London, Dec. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 December 1894 · page 5

The coastguard saved 11 of the crew of the barque Kirkmichael, which, during the recent heavy gale, ran on the rocks of Holyhead, on the coast of Wales. The survivors were brought ashore by…

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