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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1900

11 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

The Wreck of the Ariosto. Twenty-one Sailors Drowned Terrible Experience of the Captain and Eight Men

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 3

The American mails received in Sydney on Monday by the R.M.S. Mariposa state that the British ship Ariosto (Captain Baines), bound from…

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The Sierra Nevada wreck

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 May 1900 · page 3

A body was washed up on Saturday last from the wreck of the Sierra Nevada, which vessels came to grief outside Port Phillip heads…

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Mutiny and Murder. Tragedy on a Pearling Schooner

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 2

The six Filipines charges with the murder of Captain Jos. Areddel, the master and owner of the pearling schooner Ethel, in October last, were…

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Steamer swept over a cataract

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 2

A steamer has been swept over a cataract in a river in British Guiana, South America. All abroad were drowned…

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Steamer Coraki floated off

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 June 1900 · page 2

The steamer Coroki has been floated off the beach at Taree…

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A German steamer sunk

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 2

During the fog on Saturday the transport ship Orotava, with 1200 troops on board for South Africa came into collision with the German…

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The Legation wrecked

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 2

All the Legations were wrecked with show and sale…

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The s.s. Mapourika ashore

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1900 · page 2

The Union Cos. steamer Mopourika is ashore at Picton, New Zealand. Hopes are entertained that she will be got off. This is…

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Wreck of a Japanese Steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 August 1900 · page 2

The Japanese mail steamer, Fut[?] Mar[?] which left Sydney early in July, is a total wreck at Mindoro Island, near Manila. All…

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The Wrecked Japanese Steamer. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 August 1900 · page 2

The passengers and crew of the Japanese steamer the F[?]tami Mar[?] were landed on Mindoro Island, where they camped for a week until…

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Wreak of a schooner

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 2

The schooner Cynthia struck the North Head, Newcastle, to-day. She is fast breaking up. All on board were saved…

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