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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1877

12 stories in Murray's papers

Wreck of the s.s. SINGAPORE

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 10

The steamship Singapore struck on a sunken shore on Loue Island, near Mackay, at daylight on morning of the 2nd instant, where she now lies in a critical position. Upon the vessel striking the…

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Wreck of the City of Foo Chow at Flinders Island

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 1

By the three-masted schooner Free-trader, which arrived in Hobson’s Bay on Sunday afternoon from Hokianga, New Zealand, news was received…

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Shipwrecks

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 2

A shocking story from the sea, told by a sailor, the only survivor of the crew of the barque Maris, of Belfast, is published. The vessel, while on a voyage from Doboy…

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Wreck of the Banda. (From the Port “Denison Times.”)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 June 1877 · page 2

We much regret having to announce the total wreck, on one of the Chesterfield group of islands, of the barque Banda, Captain Stollery, bound from Newcastle…

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Wreck of the Edith Haviland

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 June 1877 · page 1

The loss of the brig Edith Haviland on Carpenter’s Reef while proceeding on a voyage from Adelaide to Sydney, with a cargo of flour, &c., adds another to the…

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Gales in New South Wales. Loss of a Steamer with All Hands. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 21 July 1877 · page 8

A heavy S.S.E. gale has been blowing all night, and torrents of rain have continued all day, with a heavy sea on the coast. The steam collier Yarra Yarra, returning to the…

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Loss of a Pacific Steamer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1877 · page 1

Advices from Panama of 2nd August state that the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Eten was lost on 15th July, seventy miles north of Valparaiso…

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Wrecked in Port

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1877 · page 2

It was the wild midnight. The tame midnight was off watch, and had gone to bed three hours before. A storm brooded over the eastern…

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Washed Ashore

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 6 October 1877 · page 1

IN the stirring little village of—stood a quaint, old-fashioned farm-house built beneath the shade of maple and oak trees. Spreading ivy and bright morning glories…

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Loss of the Avalanche. Dreadful Collision and Shipwreck in the Channel.— Over One Hundred Lives Lost

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 November 1877 · page 2

The Avalanche, a first-class passenger ship, bound for Wellington, New Zealand, which left London on Sep . 9, has been in collision and foundered off Portland. All…

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Wreck of the Steamer Florence Irving

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 December 1877 · page 1

The steamer Florence Irving, belonging to the A.S.N. Company, bound from Sydney to Brishbane, went ashore at Port stephens at 4 o’clock on Tuesday…

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Wreck of the Steamer Florence Irving

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 December 1877 · page 1

The steamer Florence Irving, belonging to the A.S.N. Company, bound from Sydney to Brisbane, went ashore at Port Stephens at 4 o'clock on Tuesday…

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