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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
5 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
The French merchant screw steamer Vesta, from St. Peter's, bound for Granville, arrived here on Saturday morning last, with loss of foremast, and bows completely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This vessel, the second of the Hunter River New Steam Company's steamers, arrived at Morpeth about half-past nine o'clock on Thursday morning, and was greeted with loud cheering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon the steamship Persia, the first iron paddle-wheel liner built by the orders of the Messrs. Burns of this city, for the Cunard, or British and North American Steam…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Tuesday morning last, the Jessie, schooner, in beating into the harbour, made rather too long a stretch before she tacked, and was driven upon the outer edge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 15.—By the arrival of the royal mail steamship La Plata we have received the particulars of the loss of the Manchester, American ship, from the…
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