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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1886

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The Corangamite Ashore. (Echo, Dec. 8.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 17

Ninety-six of the passengers of the steamer Coangamite reached Sydney shortly before 10 o'clock on Tuesday night in the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's steamer Kiama. As the vessel is only…

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Terrible and Fatal Collision at Sea. a Steamer Sinks: 42 Persons Drowned

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 16

By telegraph from Grevillea Company we received on Thursday the following distressing intelligence: A collision occurred between the Keilawarra and…

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Washed Ashore

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 December 1886 · page 2

Two male bodies have been washed ashore from the Keilawarra wreck, but neither of them have been identified. They are much disfigured, and only…

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The Late Shipwreck

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 December 1886 · page 3

The inquiry re Keilawarra disaster was resumed this morning by the Marine Board and adjourned till Monday…

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The Corangamite Wreck

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 December 1886 · page 2

The Marine Board have found that the wreck of the Corangamite was caused by careless navigation on the part of the Captain who has been called upon…

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Steamer Quarantined

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 December 1886 · page 2

The whole of the passengers by the steamer Preussen were landed at quaran. tine yesterday. During the day the medical officer found a sound seaman suffering…

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