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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1858

4 stories in Illawarra's papers

Local. New Steamer for Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 18 January 1858 · page 2

On Thursday last, in pursuance of advertisement, a public meeting was held at the Brighton Hotel, Wollongong, to consider the necessity of securing better steam communication with Sydney. The meeting was called…

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Wreck of the Barque Varna, on the Coast of Tasmania

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 1 February 1858 · page 3

Yesterday, Lloyd's Agent, T. D. Chapman, Esq., and H. B. Tonkin, Esq., Warden of the Marine Board, were engaged during the day in taking evidence relative to the above disastrous affair. A most searching…

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Explosion of the Steamer Pennsylvania Two Hundred Lives Dost

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 October 1858 · page 1

In the midst of the disasters and excitement which, by reason of the great flood, prevail in our city and the surrounding country, there came yesterday evening a most stunning shock of news from…

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Arrival of the European at Melbourne. News to 17th October. New Mail Contract. Burning of a Passenger Steamer and Loss of Four Handred and Thirty-three Lives. Great Successes in India!!! The New York Crystal Palace Burnt to the Ground ! !

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 13 December 1858 · page 2

BY the considerate kindness of EDYE MANNING, Esq., of the Phoenix Wharf, we are enabled to put our readers in possession of the heads of the late European and other news, contained in the…

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