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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1860

2 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

The Wreck of the Royal Charter

Northern Times · Saturday 14 January 1860 · page 2

Last Tuesday night when town and country were we[?]abod and let us hope not without thankfulness of heart nor without having taken thought of "all those who travel by land [?] when even the ra[?] haunts of…

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District Intelligence Wreck of the Schooner "Iris" Near Port Stephens

Northern Times · Wednesday 1 February 1860 · page 4

On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, the schooner Iris was towed out to sea by the steam tug Lowestoft, on her way to Sydney, with a cargo of coals. Shortly after leaving Nobby's…

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