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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1886

11 stories in Northern Rivers's papers

Wreck of the Ly-co-moon

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 June 1886 · page 2

WRITING on the above, the 'S. M. Herald' stacks-The Ly-ee-moon left Malbourne at noon on Saturday. All went well till Sunday evening. She paased Gabo Island at 7.45 p.m.,…

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Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1886 · page 4

THE recent terrible disaster to the steamship Ly-ee-Moon, and the awful loss of life which accompanied it, is the most fatal occurrence of the kind that has…

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Wreck of Tile Brig Jane

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1886 · page 2

INTERLISENCE was received in town yesterday morning that the brig Jane had gone ashore at Byron Bay, and become a total wreck, and later news confirmed the report. No further…

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A Reported Wreck

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1886 · page 4

The schooner Mary Ogilvie, which left here on July 12 last, for Lord Howe Island, and was commissioned to call off Elizabeth Reef for the purpose of…

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The Dismasted Schooner Lady Franklin

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1886 · page 2

THE three-masted schooner Lady Franklin, which was dismasted off Port Stephens on Saturday last, was towed into port yesterday morning by the steaming Young Bungaree…

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The schooner Lady Franklin

Northern Star · Saturday 25 September 1886 · page 4

THE three-masted schooner Lady Franklin, which was dismasted off Port Stephens on Saturday, 11th inst., was towed into port the following Wednesday, by the steamtug Young…

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The Steamer Woodburn Ashore at the Macleay Bar

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1886 · page 3

A TELEGRAM in the HERALD says:— The steamer Woodburn left Kempsey at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon with a general cargo und about 50 passengers…

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Wreck of the Dunnottar Castle

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 2

THE ship Dunnottar Castle, bound from Sydney, to San Francisco, was wrecked on an island in the South Pacific Ocean. All the crew were landed. The first mate and six of…

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Stranding of the Steamer Corangamite

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1886 · page 5

NINETY-SIX of the passengers by the steamer Corangamite reached Sydney in the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company's steamer Kiama. As the vessel is…

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Wreck of the Brunswick

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1886 · page 2

THE s.s. Brunswick, from Sydney bound to the Manning was lost on the manning bar on Saturday. All bands are saved, but the vessel is a total wreck. The Brunswick was a small…

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Shipwreck

Northern Star · Saturday 25 December 1886 · page 2

IT has been stated " That none who go down to the sea in ships, see the wonders of the deep," and judging by the numerous disasters along the coast of late, there is no doubt that…

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