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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1883

5 stories in New England's papers

Sinking of the German Mail Steamer Cimbria

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1883 · page 3

A HORRIBLE piece of news comes from Hamburg. On 10th January the mail steamer Cimbria, with a crew of 110 hands and 380 passengers from Hamburg to New York, was run into…

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Terrible Voyage of an English Steamer

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 November 1883 · page 6

THE Allan Royal Mail steamer Parinson, which arrived in the Mersey, from Canada, the other day, brought full particulars of the terrible experience of the English…

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Wreck of the Steamer Tasman

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1883 · page 2

TELEGRAM from Hobart, dated Friday, in the Echo:—Intelligence was received here to-night of the total loss of the Tasmanian Steam…

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Wreck of the s.s. Triumph, Wellington, N.Z.

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 December 1883 · page 4

THE S.S. Triumph, 1797 tons, under charter to Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co., bound from London to Auckland which put into Hobart on November 17 for…

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Remarkable Story of Shipwreck

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1883 · page 4

THE steamer Victoria, which recently arrived at Liverpool from Bombay, brought seven of the crew of the steamer Knight of the Bath, which was wrecked off the…

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