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Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1898

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Loss of the Schooner Amelia White. Official Inquiry

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 6

THE circumstances connected with the wreck of the schooner Amelia White, at Camden Haven, on the 5th inst., were investigated by the Marine Board on Tuesday last…

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Steamer Excursion

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

A VERY pleasant meeting of the Parochial Council, Upper Manning Parish, Church of England, was held at the School of Arts, Wingham, last Monday…

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Steamer Excursion

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

THE excursion, by the steamer Manning, from Wingham to Harrington and back, under the auspices of the Parochial Council, Church of England,…

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Steamer Excursion to Harrington. a Great Success

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 5

THE third annual excursion in connection with the Church of England, Parish of Upper Manning, which took place on Wednesday last in the steamer Manning, was a decided success. A large number…

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Steamer Aground. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 12

The steamer Rosedale, which grounded at the Nambucca Heads on Tuesday last, is still aground…

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Local News. the Recent Steamer Excursion

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 8

Mr. O. O. Dangar informs us that the profits from the recent excursion to the New Entrance totalled about £10 10s. The money has been…

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The Schooner Garfield. Wrecked in Tasmania. Launceston

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 5

ON Saturday morning Captain Petersen, and the crew of the topsail schooner Garfield, 84 tons, arrived from King Island by steamer. Captain Petersen reports that he left Sydney…

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Steamer for Camden Haven

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 5

OWING to the enterprise of Messrs. DeFraine and Frost, the residents of Camden Haven are to have regular steam communication to their river. In about ten days' time the Kincumber, a new boat…

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The Steamer. To the Editor of the Wingham Chronicle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 3

DEAR SIR,—I noticed that when Mr. Allen was in Wingham lately he promised to let us shippers know, when the boat is to leave Wingham wharf, and I saw by the following…

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Steamer Excursions

Macleay Argus · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 9

The Kempsey Good Templars, recognising the fact that a number of residents take no interest in horse- racing, have arranged to hold a…

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Shipwreck

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 31 December 1898 · page 3

From Western Australia comes the news that the barque Sepia, from London, for Fremantle, struck a reef, ten miles from her destination, and…

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Wreck of a Barque. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 31 December 1898 · page 9

News has been received that the barque Sophia from London has foundered off Freemantle, West Australia…

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