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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1891

2 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Foundered at Sea. a Thrilling Story

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 6

FROM the lighthouse-keeper at Seal Rocks comes the news of a sensational disaster at sea, which resulted in the loss of eight out of nine lives. The…

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Wreck of the Barque [?] Twelve Lives Lost

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1891 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A wire was received from Camperdown last night from a local resident who had just arrived from the scene of the wreck of…

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