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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

4 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

The War. London, Monday. American Cruiser Ashore

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 2

Washington reports that the cruiser Milwankee went ashore at California. while attempting to salvage a submatine. 300 of…

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Belgian Steamer Held Up

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

The Belgian steamer Samland arrived at New York, [?] that she was halted by a German [?] named the [?]…

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Steamer Cumberland Damaged

The Bombala Times · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 3

Melbourne, Sunday.—The Navy Office announces that the steamship Cumberland, which left Sydney on Thursday last, the 5th instant, on…

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Foundered. Cumberland Floated and Lost. Sydney

The Bombala Times · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 5

The Federal liner Cumberland lies on the bottom of the ocean off the coast in something like 35 fathoms…

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