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New England · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1874

2 stories in New England's papers

A Schooner Sunk by a Monstrous Devilfish

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1874 · page 7

THE following strange story has been communicated to the Indian papers:- We had left Colombo in the steamer Strathowen, had rounded Galle, and were…

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Burning of a Steamer, and Loss of Forty Lives

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 19 October 1874 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Cincinnati, of August 5, says:--' The greatest excitement prevails here over the burning of the Pat. Rogers, near Aurora, Indiana, this morning. The fire occurred at 5…

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