These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1874

24 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2

A. Schooner sunk by a Monstrous Devil-Fish

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 September 1874 · page 4

The following strange story has been communicated to the Indian papers:— We had left Colomboin the steamer Strathowen, Lad rousded Galls, and were well in the bay,…

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Wreck of the Wave Queen

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 September 1874 · page 2

The South Australian Register reports that the above vessel bad become a total wreck in Rivoli Bay, owing to the dragging of one cable on Saturday,…

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Burning of a Steamer and Loss of Life

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 October 1874 · page 4

A terrible disaster has occurred on the Ohio river, The steamer Pat Rogers, laden with cotton, caught fire and was burnt to the water's edge. It was afterwards found that the tiller had…

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A Double-hulled Steamer

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1874 · page 1

MR. W. P. Wilshire has shown us a model for a double bulled steamer. It is not new, the miniature vessel having been made by him in 1869 It is designed for…

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