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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

4 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Wreck of the " Kingsley."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 4

NEWS reached Sydney on Wednesday that the steamer Kingsley had gone ashore near Morna Point in the vicinity of Port Stephens, The vessel was bound from…

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Launching a Steamer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 8

AN event which may mark the advent of a new era for Windsor took place at Sackville on Saturday last. Mr. J. Jones' steamer, built specially to negotiate the…

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Popular Sermons. (Abridged Reports.) Wreck of the Elingamite

Hawkesbury Herald · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 4

St. Matthew's church was well filled on Sunday morning, when the Rev. S. G. Fielding gave a most interesting sermon upon the recent wreck, taking…

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Windsor and Richmond Gazette. Saturday, November 22, 1902. Shipwreck. (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 4

SIR. — Many ideas of late have been put forward as to the best method of life saving when at sea. some of which undoubtedly might prove beneficial in time of sudden shipwreck. With others, I have…

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