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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1888

6 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Correspondence. the River Traffic. Steamer "Sturt," Bourke, January 21, 1888. to the Editor of the Western Herald

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 4

SIR,—I wish to call the attention of the "powers that be," through your valuable columns to some facts connected with the river trade. Two years ago a wharf was commenced here, and finished as…

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The Steamer Guthrie. Sydney. June 4

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 June 1888 · page 4

When the steamer Guthrie was leaving the wharf yesterday the Chinese attempted to storm the gangway, but were repulsed by the police…

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Loss of a Steamer. Sydney, June 12

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1888 · page 4

The Union Co.'s steamer Hawea has been totally wrecked at the entrance to New Plymouth harbour. No lives were lost…

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Derelict Wreck. Sydney, June 19

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 5

The capsized vessel found floating near Newcastle is supposed to be the J. T. Berry, which caught fire and was abandoned on the voyage from America to these colonies…

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SHIPWRECK. Sydney, June 29

The Western Herald · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 5

A vessel has arrived at Hobart from the Cape of Good Hope and confirms the report of a large ship founding, with all hands, during a heavy gale off the African coast…

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Attempt to Wreck a

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 4

A YOUNG man named Bond, who is a insane, was brought up on Saturday, the Dubbo Police Court, on a charge obstruction on the railway line near…

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