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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
8 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
ON the 3rd September last a select committee of the Legislative Assembly was appointed, on the motion of Mr. Robert Stewart, to inquire into and report upon shipwrecks and loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne Argus of January 20 copies from the Southland News (New Zealand) of January 14 the full narrative of the remarkable and fatal wreck of the ship General Grant, on the 14th May, 1866, on one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By the barques Camille and Anne, which arrived in port yesterday, from New Zealand, the former from Auckland, the latter from Bluff Harbour, we are put in possession of papers containing the most startling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In addition to the loss on the New Zealand coast of the Echung[?], the steamer William Miskin, the Star of Tasminia, the Water Nymph, and schooner Otago we (S. M. Herald) have received the following narrative of the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rangatira (s.), arrived off Glenelg at four on Tuesday morning, after a run of 108 hours. The Avoca left Galle on the 25th February, and arrived at the Sound on the 12th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamboat Sea Bird, which left Milwaukee on Wednesday night, the 8th inst., was burned to the water's edge on the morning of the 9th when off Waukegan. About 100 persons are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have received the following important mail telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Bombay left Galle on the 8th, and arrived at the Sound on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following is the narrative of the sufferings of Captain Armstrong, the only person of a crew of 21 souls who reached the shore from the wreck of the ship Tara. It is given in his own words. He say:—…
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