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Illawarra · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

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The Steamer Werfa Reported Ablaze

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 20 September 1900 · page 2

On Tuesday night the collier Werfa was reported to be ablaze in Sydney Harbor by the captain, of a steam launch. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was soon on the spot…

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Kiama Water Works. the First Steamer Supplied

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1900 · page 2

ON Tuesday last an auspicious event happened in connection with the local water works, viz—a steam was supplied s[?] Kiama a harf with water. The occssion…

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A South Coast Steamer in Collision

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1900 · page 2

At about 5 o'clock on Monday evening the Balmain. Ferry Company's steamer Lady Napier and the steamer Peterborough collided in Johnstone's Bay. The ferry…

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