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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1879

8 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Wreck of the Steamer Manaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1879 · page 4

THE Illawarra Steam Navigation Com-pany have sustained a severe loss by the wreck of the Manaro, at Moruya Heads; but happily no loss of life has taken…

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Wreck of the S.S. Ma[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1879 · page 3

ANOTHER of [?] steamer, the Manaro, has succumbed to the fate that has be[?]llen too many others, not with standing that the coast of…

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Wreck of the S.S. Manaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1879 · page 4

ON last Thursday morning, the township of Moruya was thrown into a considerable state of excitement on receiving a report to the effect that a steam vessel was…

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Wreckers at Work

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 3

A STORY is told of the wreckers in Cornwall. A ship was reported an coming ashore on a Sunday when all hands were at church. The…

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Wreck of the Manaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1879 · page 4

THE Marine Board completed a Preliminary investigation into the circumstances connected with loss of this vessel yesterday forenoon, and found that she…

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Wreck of the Monaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1879 · page 3

ABOUT twenty consignees interested in the goods lost in theo wrecked steamer Monaro met at the Commercial Hotel, Bega. The object of the…

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Wreck of the Monaro. Startling Disclosures!! Moruya District Court. SATURDAY, 2nd August. Before his Honor Judge MoFarland

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 13 August 1879 · page 4

The Court was unusually crowded at an early hour, public curiosity being excited respecting the case Gentle v. Cain, which was an action for trover,…

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Wreck of the Steamer John Penn

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1879 · page 2

MORUYA, Saturday.—I have just returned from seeing the wreck of the John "John Penn, at Burrowarra Point, situated six miles from the Moruya…

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