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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1878

4 stories in New England's papers

Wrecks From the Late Gale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1878 · page 4

Monday's 'Echo' says:—News is just to hand that the ship Loch Ard, from London to Melbourne, was wrecked on the Otway coast, near the…

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Wreck of the Loch Ard

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 June 1878 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writing from Glenample Station to the Melbourne Argus, gives the following additional particulars with reference to the terrible catastrophe in connection with the…

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Wreck of the Loch Ard. Miss Carmichael's Narrative. (From the Warrnambool Standard.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1878 · page 6

We are indebted, to Mr. M'Intyre, missionary for Heytesbury Forest, for the following particulars concerning the loss of the ill-fated ship Loch Ard:—…

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Wreck of the James Service

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1878 · page 6

THE Melbourne' Argus' of 25th July says: Another tale of disaster comes from the sea, and, as in the case of the Loch Ard, is accompanied, so far as can be…

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