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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

5 stories in Murray's papers

Wreck of the Scottish Knight. Brisbane

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 14 January 1880 · page 2

A Gladstone telegram states that signal guns of distress were heard off Bustard Head all last night, and at daylight it was found that barque Scottish Knight was in a sinking condition off…

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Destructive Cyclone in New Caledonia. Shipwrecks and Loss of Life

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 15

News from Noumea to the 7th wet. states that on the 94th January a cyclone swept over the islands. It was the heaviest ever remembered, and did a great amount of damage in Noumea…

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A Labour Schooner in a Hurricane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 15

The Agnes Donald, a fore-and-aft schooner of 62 tons, Captain John Williams, left Havannah harbour, New Hebrides Group, on the 20th ult., with [?] Polynesian recruits on board, bound for…

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A New Australian Steamer

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 April 1880 · page 2

The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Eameraka sailed on the 8th inst. for Sydney…

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Rescue of a Shipwrecked Crew

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 30 June 1880 · page 4

The Tunes of India of April 26 says:—"On Saturday the barque Seaforth, Captain, Hall, arrived in harbor with 16 of the crew of the steamer Amelia, bound from Cochin to London,…

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