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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1870

2 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Wreck of the Walter Hood, and Twelve Lives Lost

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1870 · page 7

AT an early hour on Saturday morning a telegram was received by the Government conveying the Startling and melancholy intelligence of the wreck of the ship Walter Hood, near Cape St. George…

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Thompson's Patent Road Steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 6

THE following account of Mr. R. W. Thompson's road steamer was read by Professor Archer at the recent meeting of the British Association. We quote from the report of it…

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