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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896

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Steamer Arrived

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 July 1896 · page 3

The steamship Gothire has arrived from Foochow with 2500 tons of new season's tear. She brings news of an outbreak of war on the Island of Timer between the natives and the…

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The Missing Steamer. London, Aug. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 August 1896 · page 4

The British steamer Moshtari, from Bombay for Suakim with stores for the Indian contingent in the Soudan, which, owing to her non-arrival at Aden it was feared had been lost, arrived at Muscat, in the…

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Earthquake and Tidal Wave in Japan. Over 73,000 Lives Lost. News by the Steamer Guthrie

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 August 1896 · page 3

Over 73,000 lives were lost by the recent earthquake and tidal wave in Japan. The Guthrie has brought the following particulars:—…

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The New Steamer Denton Grange. London, Sept. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 2

Houlder Brothers' new steamer, Denton Grange, which has been provided with refrigerating capacity for 100,000 carcases of mutton, has performed a successful trial trip…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Thursday, 3 p.m. Engine Derailed.—attempt to Wreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1896 · page 2

THE engine of the Moree train was derailed near Narrabri yesternight owing to a bullock straying on the rails. One man had his leg broken. A messenger was proceeding to the nearest town on a…

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A Warship Ashore. Mishap at Rhode Island

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 23 September 1896 · page 4

LONDON, September 17.—The United States ironclad Texas has gone aground at Rhode Island, and is reported to be in a dangerous position…

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The Ketch Spray

Goulburn Herald · Friday 9 October 1896 · page 5

under the sole occupancy of Captain Slocum, who is doing a voyage round the world, arrived in Sydney to-day…

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Presbyterian. Wreck of the Daysphing

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1896 · page 2

Amongst the passengers who arrived from New Caledonis yesterday by the M.M. Armand Behic, were Captain B[?]bing member of the crew of the Presbyterian mission…

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Wreck of a Whale Boat. Seven of the Occupants Drowned

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 November 1896 · page 3

Townsville, Friday. -- Captain Hamilton, of the ketch, Jessie Riley, which arrived on Wednesday night from Samarai, brings information of the fate of four white men named…

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The New Mail Line From Japan. Arrival in Harbor of the Pioneer Steamer

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 November 1896 · page 2

NATURALLY the inauguration of a new and well-subsidised mail service with a distant country is felt to be an event in a nation's history. And judging by the cordiality of…

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The Wreck of the Salier London, Dec. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 December 1896 · page 2

Farther particulars of the wreck of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Salier, which was totally, wrecked off Cape Corriabede, Spain, while on the voyage from Bremen to the Argentine Republic,…

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