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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1882

5 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Wreck of the Bulwark

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1882 · page 4

CAPTAIN CONGDRON, of the British ship Blackwall, from Burrards Inlet, which vessel arrived in Hobson's Bay last night, having been towed from…

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Drowned from a Steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1882 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—On the arrival of the steamer Morpeth, from Sydney, this morning, information was given to the police of a [?] case of draw[?]g which had occurred…

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Deaths and Shipwreck. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1882 · page 3

Mr. Wm. Forster, M.P., late agent-General, died after a few hours' illness this morning. Sir William Macarthur is also dead…

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Telegrams. Steamer Austral Foundered. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYNDEY, Saturday 9[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 15 November 1882 · page 2

A SAD catastrophe has occurred. The Orient Company' steamer Austral sank in Neutral Bay about 4 o' clock this morning. SYDNEY, Saturday. 12.45…

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A Steamer Wrecked. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1882 · page 2

The steamer New England was totally wrecked on the bar of the Clarence River Heads on Wednesday night whilst on a voyage to Sydney…

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