These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1860

2 stories in New England's papers

Wreck of the Sapphire. [From the 'Empire']

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1860 · page 4

The story of the wreck of the Sapphire is destined to take a prominent place in the too voluminous list of "Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea." The vessel became an object…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Original Poetry. Wreck of the Homeward Bound

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1860 · page 4

LIKE The bro[?] of a demon, wan starlets the night [?] like an [?] lying in wait. Burst forth [?] roar of malignant delight, Raging fiercely as anger, and deadly as hate!…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →