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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1887

45 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 3

Wreck of the S.s. Cheviot. Terrible Sufferings of the Passengers and Crew. Thirty-five Lives Lost. Twenty-three Saved. Gallant Conduct of the Rescue Party

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 October 1887 · page 26

The wreck of the s.s. Cheviot, belonging to W. Howard Smith and Sens, Limited, at Portsea, which was briefly reported in our last issue, was total and disastrous to life. She…

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A Russian Flagship Ashore. London, October 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1887 · page 18

The flagship of the Russian squadron in the Pacific has gone ashore near Vladivostock…

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Search for a Shipwrecked Crew. London, November 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1887 · page 21

Her Majesty's corvette Thalia, which has been ordered to search the Crozet Islands for the survivors of a French vessel recently wrecked in the vicinity, has sailed on her mission…

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Serious Accident on Board the Steamer Gunga. Two Lives Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1887 · page 27

The steamer Gunga went on an excursion from Mackay (Queensland) to Port Newry on Monday in very heavy weather, which caused her to miss the tide. She anchored under…

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Wreck of a Brigantine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1887 · page 14

The brigantine George Thornton, Captain Loutit, sprang a leak at half-past 10 on Sunday morning, off Round-hill Read, near Keppel Bay, and soon afterwards sand until the…

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