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New England · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1885

5 stories in New England's papers

Intelligence by Wire. [Through Greville's Company.] New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. [Lodged 11.25; received 2 p.m.] Steamer Floated

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1885 · page 4

THE steamer Australian which collided with the steamer Port Jackson has been floated, and taken to the wharf. The LIBERATOR…

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Wreck of the Cahors

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1885 · page 2

A PASSENGER by the Cahors says that the boat left Sydney at about 3 o'clock on Tuesday. The weather was tine and the sea smooth. She had always been…

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Extraordinary Escape from a Wreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1885 · page 3

ON May 13. a keel bound from Grimsby to Leeds was driven against a sandbank and capsized, and it was supposed that all on board -- the master, his wife, and three children -- had perished. One…

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Loss of 2369 Bales of Wool by Shipwreck

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1885 · page 3

WEDNESDAY'S E. News says :--Considerable excitement prevailed in the city on Tuesday evening when news was published in the third edition of this journal respecting the total loss of the fine…

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undering of the Steamer Gulf of Carpentaria. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1885 · page 4

The steamer Cintra brought the officers and crew of the steamer Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne this evening. The crew of the Cintra have started a…

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