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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1863

3 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Violent Storm, Shipwrecks, and Loss of Life. (From the European Times, October 27.)

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 10 January 1863 · page 4

A severe storm raged in this neighbourhood on Sunday night, the 19th. Several casualties occurred in the Mersey, but, happily, unattended with loss of life…

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Provincial News. New Zealand. Wreck of H.M.S.S. Orpheus. Latest Particulars

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 14 March 1863 · page 4

Up to the latest date about thirty of the bodies had been picked up ; a number of those recovered by the natives have been [?]interred at Waitakerei…

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Accident to the Yarra Yarra, Steamer

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 4 April 1863 · page 2

An accident, happily unattended with any serious consequences, occurred on Wednesday evening, to the Yarra Yarra steamer, on ber voyage from Brisbane to Sydney. When off…

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