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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1888

7 stories in Northern Rivers's papers

The Largest Passenger Steamer Afloat

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 3

THERE was launched, on March 15, from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. James and Thomson, Clyde Bank, near Glasgow, amidst a blinding snowstorm, the…

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The Steamer of the Full

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1888 · page 2

MR. W. RICHARDSON gave a [?] Sydney last week on "The steamer future," at the Protestant Hall, audience of about 100 persons, this…

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Removing a Wreck at Anchor

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1888 · page 4

THE hull of the American barque, Geo. R. Crowe, which was burnt in the river nearly two year ago, and which has since been floating about, was blown up yesterday…

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A Hotel Wrecked During a Riot

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1888 · page 4

DURING a race meeting held at a bush public house, situated twenty-five miles from Brewarrina, a man named Dempsey was arrested by constables…

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Wreck of the Emu

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1888 · page 4

THE Marine Board sat on Monday October 29th, to inquire into the circumstances attending the wreck of the three-masted steamer Emu…

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A Novel Lifeboat

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 16 November 1888 · page 4

THE new Inman and International liner City of New York, which lately made her first round trip across the Atlantic, has as great probably more, lifeboat…

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Capsizing of a Schooner

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 December 1888 · page 6

THE topsail schooner Trader, engaged in the lime trade with Sorrento, capsized off St. Leonards in Port Phillip Bay, about 8 o'clock on Saturday night, owing…

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