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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

28 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2

Wreck in Shoalhaven Bight The Crew Safe, [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 2

THE steamer Marvel foundered last night in Shoalhaven Bight. The crew took to the boats and all landed safely…

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The Wreck of the Bokhara

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 December 1892 · page 2

The P. and O. Company received official information on Oct. l8 as to the wreck of their steamer Bokhara last week in the China Sea, and the accounts given by the papers of the disaster, and the loss of…

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News by Cable. London, Thursday. Japanese Cruiser Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 December 1892 · page 2

In a collision off the coast of Japan between the P. and O. Company's steamer and a Japanese cruiser, the latter vessel sauk and 80 lives were lost…

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The New P. and O. Steamer Australia

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1892 · page 4

The P. and O. Company have just taken over from the builders the new steamer Australia, which was launched from the yard of Messrs. Caird and Co., of Greenock, on July 29. The Australia went…

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Wreck of the Roumania

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1892 · page 7

A telegram was received in Lisbon on Friday night (October 28) stating that the British ship Roumania, bound from Liverpool for Bombay, had been wrecked off the mouth, of the Arelho, near…

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The Shipwrecks of the World

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 December 1892 · page 2

WE hear much of the many finely modelled ships that are built, from time to time, but little of the many vessels that are lost Occasionally public interest is excited [?]…

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ENGLISH & Foreign News. From English papers to hand dated Nov. 12th we take the following:- A Steamer on Fire

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 December 1892 · page 5

The steamship Saint Paneras, from New York to Liverpool, with a cargo of cotton and grain, and 300 head of cattle, arrived at St. John's,…

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The Wreck of the "Sovereign."

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 December 1892 · page 8

Mr. Gore, addressing his wife, said:—"Mary, there is no hope for us now; we shall go to heaven together!" Mrs Gore said:—"We can die but once; Jesus died for us. God keep us!"…

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