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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

4 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

The Wreck of the Kanahooka

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 2

THURSDAY ISLAND, Thursday night.--The lugger Mario, in charge of William Danim Kohler, returned this morning from the Batavia River, after a most perilous trip. During most of the…

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Wreck of a Steamer

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 4

The [?] from Sydney, was wrecked on Sunday night on the Great Barrier Reef, New Zealand. Captain McIntosh and 112 lives were lost…

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The Wreck of the Wairarapa

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 2

IN his account of the wreck Mr. J. Clark, second officer, says that when passing the Three Kings on Sunday morning at 7.45 the weather was thick and foggy, and at 12 noon, when close to North Cape,…

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Wrecks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1894 · page 4

There appear to be an average of about 600 [?] amounts British vessels every year. There are, however, worse weeks on land than on sea. Men who, without…

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