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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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Disastrous Wrecks. PERTH

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 20 July 1899 · page 6

A MESSAGE from Freemantle states that the bargue Carlisle Castle, from Glasgow has been totally wrecked at Rockingham, about 15 miles south of…

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Terrible Story of a Slave Schooner

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 4

A thrilling tale of slavery, cannibalism, and terrible privations on the southern seas reached Victoria (B.C.) on May 19. Late arrivals from Suva…

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The Carlisle Castle wreck

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 3

Of twenty odd persons lost in the wreck of the Carlisle Castle only one body has been found…

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The City of York wreck

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 3

Four bodies have been found in the wreck of the City of York. There are seven as yet undiscovered…

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The Ice-breaking Steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 2

The Russian ice-breaking steamer E[?]mak has returned to Shields Harbour after performing some unprecedented work in the Baltic. On the…

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Attempt to Wreck the Melbourne Express

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 5

ON Monday week an attempt was made to wreck the train which left Sydney at 7.15 p.m. for Melbourne, but by a timely discovery what would probably have been…

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French steamer disabled

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1899 · page 2

The French steamer St. Louis has been towed' into Byron Bay, her aheft having broken…

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Steamer Rockton ashore

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1899 · page 2

The s.s. Rockton, from Sydney, arrived off Newcastle early on Saturday morning. A dense fog prevailed, and she stood out to sea,…

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The wreck of the Thermopylse

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1899 · page 2

Captain Phillips, of the s.s. Thermopylse, which was wrecked at the Cape, states that there was a hanging haze over the sea, but…

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The steamer Darius disabled

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 2

The steamer Darius arrived at Adelaide yesterday. She met with an exciting time, her tail shaft breaking between Melbourne and…

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F[?] Steamer Fired U[?]

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 2

The British cruiser Magicienne, Captain P. F. Tillard, fired bla[?]k cartridges at the French steamer Cordoba, 70 miles from Delag[?] Bay, to cause her to heave-to in…

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