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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1857

6 stories in Illawarra's papers

The Metropolis. the Easterly Gale. Wrecks in Port. Loss of the Barque Fame, Dismasting of the Barque Indus, and Other Casualties

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 3 August 1857 · page 2

During the whole of Monday and yesterday this port was visited by one of the severest easterly gales remembered for some years past, accompanied with heavy and incessant rains. Casualities along the coast were…

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Fearful Collision Off Cape Otway. Total Wreck of the Champion Steamer. Thirty-one Lives Lost

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 7 September 1857 · page 1

Early yesterday morning the sad intelligence was made known in town that the Champion, steamer, had been run down by the Lady Bird, with great loss os life to both passengers and crew, and the greatest…

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Original Poetry. the Wreck of the Dunbar at Sydney Heads, August 20th, 1857

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 7 September 1857 · page 1

A staunch-built ship flies swiftly Across yon fitful main; Her brave and gallant captain Hopes Sydney's port to gain…

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English Extracts. the Late Burning of the Steamer Montreal, in Canada. Loss of the Lives of Two Hundred Scottish Emigrants

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 14 September 1857 · page 1

On Friday last appeared the first announcement of the dreadful accident which happened in the river St. Lawrence, about 12 miles from Quebec on the 26th June, when the passenger steamer Montreal, with more than 400…

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Another Wreck at the Heads. Loss of the Catherine Adamson, with Twenty-one Lives. (Second Edition Saturday's Empire.)

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 26 October 1857 · page 2

It is our painful duty to report another disastrous shipwreck at the Heads, within a period of sixty-five days of the distruction of the Dunbar; which, as our readers will recollect,…

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Wreck of the Steamship Central America and Flightful Loss of Life

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 28 December 1857 · page 1

From the American papers before us, we abridge the particulars of the loss of the above vessel, with upwards of 400 lives. The Boston Journal, of October 5, enters into full details, but the following will be found to…

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