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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1886

17 stories in Illawarra's papers

Wreck of the Steamer Taiaroa

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 4

Another shipping disaster, involving, it is feared, great loss of life, has occurred on the New Zealand coast. So far, the particulars which have been ascertained are of a most…

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The Wreck of the Talar[?]a. Over Thirty Lives Lost

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1886 · page 2

THE Sydney Morning Herald's Auckland correspondent telegraphed on Tuesday night:—It is estimated that over 30 lives have been lost by the wreck of the Union…

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The Wreck of the Talaro

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 2

THE Telegraph's Auckland correspondent writes:—Additional particulars have now been received of the wreck of the Taiaro. It has been ascertained…

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Wreck of the Ly-ee-Moon. About 70 Lives Lost. MONDAY, 11 a.m

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1886 · page 2

WE learn by special telegram just to hand that the s.s Ly-ee-Moon, from Melbourne to Sydney, is lying a total wreck on the point off Green Cape…

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Telegrams. Wreck of the Lyee-ee-moon (s). Sixty-five Lives Lost. Sydney, Monday, 10 a.m

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1886 · page 2

News has just been received that the steamer Ly-ee-Moon, from Melbourne to Sydney, is a total wreck of Green Cape. She struck last night at 9 o'clock. Only ten…

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The Wreck of the Ly-ee-moon. Further Particulars

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 3 June 1886 · page 2

The Ly-eo-Moon left Melbourne at noon at Saturday. All went well till Sunday evening. She passed Gabo Island at 7.45 p.m., when the captain gave a course that would have kept her well…

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The Wreck of the Ly-ce-Moon

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1886 · page 2

THE Ly-ee-Moon left Melbourne at noon on Saturday, All went well till Sunday evening She passed Glibo Island at 7.40 P.M. when the captain gave are Urea that would…

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Wreck of the Ly-ee-moon. the Inquest

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 2

GREEN CAPE, Tuesday.—The coroner, Mr. Magnus J. Peden, of Bonn, commenced an inquest on the bodies recovered from the wreck of the Ly-ee-Moon to-day. The Principal…

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The Wreck of the Ly-ee-moon

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 2

The bega Gazette writes as follows concerning this and affair:— That dire catastrophe, the loss of the Ly-ee-Moon, at Green Cape, so far belongs to the past…

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The S. N. Company's New Steamer. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 2

SIR.—I was pleased to notice "Albion Park" had taken up the matter of S. S. N. Company's new steamer's name. The objections to "Dairy Lass" are in my opinion…

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Wrecks on the Coast of New South Wales

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 2

THE recent terrible disaster to the steamship Ly-ee-Moon, and the awful loss of life which accompanied it, is the most fatal occurrence of the kind that has ever taken…

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The S. S. N. Co.'s New Steamer

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1886 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writing from Shellharbour deprecates the conduct of the directors of the S. S. N Company in apparently ig-paring the petitions of shareholders in…

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CORRESPONDENCE. The S. S. N. Co.'s New Steamer. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1886 · page 2

SIR,—I have observed some communications in your paper recently referring to the name to be given to the new steamer for the above company, both disagreeing with the name…

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Foundering of the Schooner Annie Powell

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1886 · page 2

THE following particulars have been furnished to the Marine Board respecting the foundering of the Annie Powell on Thursday last:—The Annie Powell was a wooden…

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The S. S. N. Company's New Steamer, Peterborough

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1886 · page 2

THE Daily Telegraph of the 17th instant says:—The new steamer Peterborough, which was built by the Atlas Company to the order of the Shellharbour Steam…

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A Story of Shipwreck

Kiama Reporter · Saturday 20 November 1886 · page 4

PARTICULARS are given of the wreck of the barque Alfred the Great of the Ness Light-house, near Stornaway. Thomas Whittington, the master, says that oil the 26th of…

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Wreck of a Vessel on a Coral Reef

Kiama Reporter · Wednesday 8 December 1886 · page 4

THE following particulars respecting the total wreck of the British ship Dunnotter Castle on a coral reef, near Honolulu, have been furnished by the San Francisco…

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