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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1877

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Northe[?] Star." Lesmore, January 6, 1877. the Steamer, Ballina

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1877 · page 2

THIS fine steamer arrived at Lismore on Tuesday last, after a quick trip from Sydney making the passage from Ballina, including stoppages for unloading, in a day; and as…

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Wreck of the Steamship Singapore

Northern Star · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 3

THE "S. M. Herald," February 3rd says,— The Eastern, and Australian Company's steamer Singapore, whilst en route for Sydney, from Hongkong, struck on a sunken…

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Wreck of the Barque Peony

Northern Star · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 3

THE following particulars of tho disastrous wreck of tho barque Peony, belonging to Newcastle, have been furnished us by one of the survivors:—…

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Wreck of the Peony

Northern Star · Saturday 7 April 1877 · page 3

A MEETING of the Board was held yesterday. Present—The Chairman (Captain D. T. Allan), Messrs. C. F. Stokes, R. B. Wallace, and H. R. Cross. An inquiry was held…

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The Storpteller. the Haunted Hulk, Or, The Wreck of the Spanish Main

Northern Star · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 1

He was always a great scholar, was Bill, and knows a power of stuff. While the other boys were lolloping on the deck, smoking or telling yarns, Bill used to be…

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Extraordinary Cause of a Wreck

Northern Star · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 4

IT is a curious thing to find a wreck due, not to the ship striking a rock, but to a rock striking the ship; yet this is what seems to have happened in the case of the iron screw…

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Washed Ashore

Northern Star · Saturday 17 November 1877 · page 1

IN the stirring little village of.—stood a quaint, old-fashioned farm-house built beneath the shade of maple and oak trees. Spreading ivy and bright morning glories…

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