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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1902

16 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Alleged Abduction. Girl Found on a Steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 2

After being engaged the whole day in tracing the movements of the girl Lottie Hamilton, who disappeared on Saturday at. Williamstown whilst in…

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A steamer disabled

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1902 · page 2

The steamship Tegliafero, bound from Melbourne to Newcastle was towed into Twofold Bay this morning, having broken her shaft and…

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A steamer aground

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 2

The [?] Weatralis took ground [?] [?]six [?] this morning when [?] [?] Haror…

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A barque ashore

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1902 · page 3

The barque Strathgryfe is ashore 15 miles west of Wilson's promontory on the sand It is expected that the she will be towed off…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Thursday. A schooner wrecked at Botany

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 2

The schooner Advance was wrecked at 3 o'clock this morning just inside Botany heads. A nastysea was running in, and…

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A Dreadful Wreck. Another Permanent Curl The Case of Mrs. S. WILSON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1902 · page 4

A few years make a wonderful diff[?] in the appearance of some folk, [?] pile on year after year without any [?] change being noticeable. Increased to…

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What Wrecked the Maine

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 June 1902 · page 4

The blowing up of the war-ship Maine led to the Spanish American war. The controversy as to the cause of the disaster has been revived…

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The missing steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

H.M.S. Sparrow is being equipped to search for the steamship Quirsing which is now nearly four weeks out…

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Awful Colliery Disaster. the Mount Kembla Colliery Wrecked. Eighty-four Boddies Recovery Sydney, Thursday Night

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 2

An appalling disaster occurred at the Mount Kembla colliery, near Wollongong, yesterday, by which the mine was partially wrecked, and upwards of 150…

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Wreck of a ketch

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 2

The ketch K[?] of 41 tons, went on the bar at Like Masquarie last night and is a total wreck. She was built at Tam[?] 1878…

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Wreck of the Steamer [?]Lingamite at the Three Kings Islands

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

News was received an Auckland on Monday from Hoborns via Doubtless Bay that the steamer Elingmite was totally wrecked at Three Kings on…

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The [?]gamite wreck

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

[?] are no further news of the [?] persons from the wreck of the [?]…

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The Blingamite wreck

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1902 · page 2

H.M.S. Penguin returned to Auckland yesterday with the survivors of mining [?] from the wreck of the [?] Elingamite, who…

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Wreck of the Elingamile

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 6

H.M.A. PENGUIN returned to Auckland on Friday with the survivor of the missing reft from the wreck of the o.c. Elingamite, who had been adrift nearly five…

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The Blingamite wreck

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1902 · page 2

At the enquiry into the wreck of the [?] Elingamite being he'd at Auckland, Mr Morrison, fourth engineer, was of opinion that the…

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A Shipwrecked Crew

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 December 1902 · page 2

The S S. Omrah picked up the crew of the American ship Panguin in mid-ocean, and has landed them at Plymouth…

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