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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

163 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 9

An Island Tragedy. the Captain, Mate, and Crew of a Schooner Murdered. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1899 · page 7

The Island steamer moresby, which returned to Sydney this morning, brings news of a dreadful tragedy at Admiralty Group, where the captain, mate, and six of the crew of the schooner Nikamarra…

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Late News by Cable. London, Dec. 22. the Wreck of the Ismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1899 · page 3

An official inquiry into the wreck of the British transport Ismore, which went ashore at St. Helena Bay, Cape Colony, while conveying troops to South Africa, resulted in the captain having his certificate…

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Late News by Cable. London, Dec. 26. Wreck Off the American Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1899 · page 3

The steamer Ariosto, bound from Galveston, United States, to Hamburg, has been stranded at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina. Twenty-one of the crew perished. The captain and eight others were…

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