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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896

4 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

A Victim of the Wairarapa Wreck

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 6

A TOUCHING incident, arising out of the now almost forgotten wreck of the Wal[?] has just been made public (says the Melbourne "Argus,") Among the…

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Fire on a West Australian Steamer

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 4

PORTLAND reports that the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Cintra, bound for West Australia, arrived in the buy at that port between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday…

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Terrible Disaster at Brisbane a Ferry Steamer Capsized

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 5

A TERRIBLE accident occurred at Brisbane about 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. All traffic on the Victoria Bridge having been suspended, the small ferry steamer…

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Loss of a Coasting Steamer

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 1 October 1896 · page 6

NEWS was received at Melbourne, from Marlo, on Wednesday night, to the effect that the small coasting steamer Bogong had sprung a leak about a mile and a…

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