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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

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

Traveller. Steamer 18,000 Feet Above the Sea

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 19 December 1894 · page 6

A triumph in engineering is reported from the mountains of Peru, where a thin-screw steamer of 540 tons, 170 feet long and 30 feet wide, has been successful launched…

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Traveller Steamer 18,000 Feet Above the Sea

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 December 1894 · page 3

A triumph in engineering is reported from the mountains of [?] where a thin-screw steamer of 640 tons, 170 feet long and [?] feet wide has been successfully launched…

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Disastrous Collision in Sydney Harbor. a Steamer Run Down. Four Lives Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1894 · page 15

A disastrous collision occurred on Tuesday evening off Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbor, which resulted in the cutting down of the steamer Princess and the loss…

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Terrific Gales in England. Fatal Shipwreck. Disastrous Railway Accident. London, December 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1894 · page 21

For the last day or two gales of terrific violence have been raging in Great Britain. Enormous damage has been done, and many wrecks are reported…

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Shipwreck Ope the Welsh Coast. Eight Lives Lost. December 23

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 28 December 1894 · page 3

During a heavy gale the barque Kirkmichael, bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, ran on the rocks off Holy head, on the coast of Wales. Eight…

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