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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1867

3 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Wrecking on the Mersey

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 February 1867 · page 3

ON Wednesday, New Brighton, the well-known watering place du the Mersey, was a scene of great excitement, in consequence of a large portion of the cargo of the brig…

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Loss of a Steamer

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 March 1867 · page 2

PARTICULARS of a most appalling disaster on the Mississippi river were brought by the last American mail. The steamer Fashion was burnt and of 400 persons on board, more than 300 lives…

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Care Taken of Goods in Sydney. to Capt. Hersee, Steamer Fire King

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 31 August 1867 · page 3

SIR,—It being understood among some of the settlers that goods sent down by the steamer, when they arrive in Sydney have no place for protection, occasionally sending…

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