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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1872

4 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Revolution in Magdalena. Troops From La Pas Drive Out the Authorities. Capture of an American Schooner. Insult to the British and American FLAGS.(From the San Diego Union, Nov. 25,)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1872 · page 3

THE American schooner “Ellen and Catherine,” Captain Mayno, arrived at San Diego yesterday, in distress, sixteen days from Magdalene Bay, Lower California, with forty passengers. Col…

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Wreck of the Maria. BRISBANE, March 5

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 March 1872 · page 4

A TELEGRAM has been received to-day by the Colonial Secretary of Queensland from the Police Magistrate at Cardwell. It states that the Tinonee came to anchor last night,…

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Terrible Wreck —The Only Survivor saved by a Newfoundland Dog. (From, the New York Times, February 29.)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 June 1872 · page 3

A SEAMAN of the barque Fils d’ Orson, which touched at Sable Island, off the Nova Scotia coast, February 14, for water, brings a painful story of the wreck of the Lily Parker, Captain…

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Port Macquarie. Loss of the Steamer “Clarence” Near Port Macquarie

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 3

ON Sunday, (yesterday,) morning, Mr. W. Thornton and Mr. McMillan, passengers, and Mr. Angus, second engineer, of the Clarence steamer, arrived here and reported that the ship…

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