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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1866

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Arrival Op the Branch Steamer. Alexandra at Adelaide, with the English Mail. Per Madras. News to February 13th. Foundering of the Steamship London, With-loss of Two Hundred and Twenty Lives. Adelaide, 15th March

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 March 1866 · page 3

THE branch steamer Alexandra, Captain Brown, arrived at Glenelg at 6 a.m. on the 15th instant. The passage to the Sound occupied ninety-six hours, the return voyage…

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Loss of the Steamer Narcissus

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 May 1866 · page 4

BY the City of Boston, which has arrived here from New York, we have full particulars of the wreck of the United States steamer Narcissus, and the loss of every person on board…

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The Late Wrecks

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 August 1866 · page 4

THE intrepidity of Mr. Henry Hannell, who, with Johnson, the sole survivor of the Dunbar, and another man, courageously went out in a small dingy and saved the life of Hedges, the…

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Wreck of the Schooner Eagle on North Head

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 August 1866 · page 4

THIS vessel, the property of Mr. Francis Cook, of this city, was totally lost yesterday [?] on the North Head. She is insured in Messrs. J. B. Metcalfe and Co.’s office for…

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Arrival of the Branch Steamer “Balclutha,” at Adelaide, with the English Mail. Per Geelong. News to October 11th. Further Reduction in the Bank Rate of Discount. Treaty of Peace Between Austria and Italy Signed. the Old Atlantic Cable Working Order. Unpopularity of President Johnson. Wool Higher. Adelaide, Saturday, 2 p.m

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 November 1866 · page 3

THE branch mail steamer Balclutha, Captain Wall, arrived at Glenelg Pier, at 1 p.m., after a passage of ninety-eight hours from the Sound—the passage to the Sound…

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Arrival of the Branch Steamer “Alexandra,” at Adelaide, with the English Mail, Per Avoca. News to November 12

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 22 December 1866 · page 2

THE Alexandra, Captain Brown, arrived off Glenelg at 11.30 a.m., 97½ hours from the Sound. The upward passage was 96 hours. The P. and O. steamer Avoca, Captain…

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