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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1887

3 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Sale of the Cheviot Wreckage. Sydney, Oct. 25

The Western Herald · Wednesday 26 October 1887 · page 2

The hull aud cargo of the ill-fated steamer Cheviot were sold for £92…

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General News. Lillie Bridge Wrecked by Rioters. Grand Stand Burned and Looted

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 November 1887 · page 6

LILLIE BRIDGE GROUNDS, West Brampton, famous in pedestrian annals, was on Monday night the scene of an extraordinary riot Thousands of persons had assembled there to…

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Telegrams. Steamer Traffic. Louth, Nov. 17

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 4

The Maude left yesterday with 20 bales of Pulpulla wool to be trucked at Bourke…

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