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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

27 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Terrible Tale of the Sea. Foundering of the Steamer Hop[?]. Fierce Encounter with Sharks

Forbes Times · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 5

A THRILLING tale of the sea was brought by the steamer Chingtu, from China to Sydney, on Sunday night. The steamer [?] which sank in mid-ocean, was the vessel concerned…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. King Kongo of Kambola Chapter I.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 1

IN the commencement of the year of our Lord 1842, 1, Bob Blizzard, was serving as an A.B. in H.M. brig Pointer, twelve guns, employed in the…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting. Chapter Ii

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 1

I lay by the side of poor Jack Dogherty's dead body, "a prey to hunger and thirst, for the men in the bows, though only a few days…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting. Chapter Ii (Continued.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 4

My companions, Pedro and Baptista, stayed as much as possible in their hammocks during this rough journey, but I could not help feeling…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 1

(I, Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Chapter V (Continued.)

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 1

I at once agreed to his proposition, and he brought a mixture of grease and dirt, with which he smeared over me, and then, wrapping a dirty cloth…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

(I. Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 1

I. Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late un cle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, de[?] to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his adventures on the Dark…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 3

(I, Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 186O, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Sown by the Wreck

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 3

The tenacity of life in seeds is remarkable. When a steamer was wrecked on the Maine coast some little time ago it carried several bags…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa His Shipwreck and Adventures, Chapter Xi

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 1

At last silence was restored, and . then his secretary said that Xing Pedro Kagnombe welcomed us to Bihe" and that he wished to know…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Chapter Xiii

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 1

True to their time, the canoemen were there when we arrived at the river bank in the morning, and all Guilherme's and my people and goods…

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Shipwreck

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 5

The ship Sierra Nevada has gone ashore at Port Phillip Heads, Melbourne, and is a total wreck. Out of the crew which numbered 28, 23…

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Bob Blizzaard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 1

(I. Benjamin Bunting so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr.Robert Blizzard deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 4

(I. Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860, do hereby declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr. Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting. Chapter Xviii

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 1

I waited anxiously for my friends' return, and the moments seemed to lengthen themselves into hours, whilst I longed for news, and the waiting had…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 1

CHAPTER XIX. The absurd idea of the men thinking that I had caused the death of Mone Kutu both Guilherme and I…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Edited and Revised by His Nephew, Benjamin Bunting

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 4

(I.Benjamin Bunting, so christened in 1860.do here by declare that I am fully authorised by my late uncle, Mr.Robert Blizzard, deceased, to revise, correct, and publish these authentic accounts of his Adventures on the Dark…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Chapter Xxii

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 3

When Mwepa had left, Guilherme and I had a serious talk about our future proceedings, and, calling for our men, we asked them if they would…

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Bob Blizzard in Africa. His Shipwreck and Adventures. Chapter Xxiii

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 1

On camping the night before we should reach Kwitula we were busily engaged in arranging our plans, when we were startled by a great…

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