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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1848

3 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Sydney News. Wreck of Two Vessels, and Loss of Nine Lives. (From the S. M. Herald, July 10.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 4

It is with regret we have to announce this mor[?]ing the total wreck of the schooner Wanderer, 131 tons, Captain Crosten, and the Elizabeth 32 tons, Captain Barter, both within…

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Wrecks of the Emigrant Ship "Omega," and the "Barbara." Loss,of One Hundred and Twenty Lives

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1848 · page 4

The New York Courier and Inquirer gives the following account of the wreck of an emigrant ship from this port:—"The British ship Omega, Captain Garrick, 1300 tons, from…

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Accident to the "Rose" Steamer

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1848 · page 2

On Tuesday evening, the Rose steamer, Capt. Pattison, left Sydney for Moreton Bay. Having to call at Newcastle for coal, the Rose put in there early on Wednesday morning, and was…

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