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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1846

4 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

British Extracts. the Survivors of the Felicidade Schooner. (From the Britannia, September 6.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1846 · page 4

Our readers will, no doubt, recollect that the slave schooner Felicidade, of unhappy and infamous celebrity, after being the scene of the treacherous murder of the British…

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British Extracts. Loss of the French Man-of-war Steamer Papin, and Half Her Crew. (From the Britannia, Jan. 3.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1846 · page 4

A correspondent at Tangier, in a letter dated 14th December, 1845, furnishes us (Herald) with the following particulars of the loss of the French steam-vessel of war…

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British Extracts. the Lost Boots. a Sketch in an American Steamer

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1846 · page 3

A ludicruous scene occurred on board the steam-boat Knickerbocker a few mornings since. An unsophisticated young fellow from Franklin county, who was probably…

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British Extracts. Melancholy Shipwrecks.—over One Hundred Lives Lost. (From the Britannia, March 21.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 August 1846 · page 4

We have intelligence and some particulars of the loss of three vessels, the Ida and Francis Spaight (British barques), and the John Minturn (American vessel), accompanied…

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