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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

83 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 5

The Steamer Duke of Westminster. London, Dec 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 December 1899 · page 3

The steamer Duke of Westminster, of the Queens. land mail line, which left London on November 29 for Brisbane, arrived at Aden on fire. The goods in the forehold were burnt, and a portion was…

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Wreck of the Ismore. London, Dec. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 December 1899 · page 3

An official inquiry has been held into the wreck of the British transport Ismore, 6215 tons, of the Johnston line, which went ashore at St. Helena Bay, near Capetown, while conveying Hussars and…

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Wreck Off the American Coast. Twenty-one Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 December 1899 · page 3

The steamer Ariosto, bound from Galveston, United States, to Hamburg, has been stranded at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Twenty-one of the crew…

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