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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1871

6 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Wreck of the Steamship Auckland

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 1 June 1871 · page 2

THE news of the wreck of the steamship Auckland, on her passage from Melbourne, was received in this city late on Saturday night, and caused no small degree of…

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Wrecks and Massacres in the Straits of Megellan

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 August 1871 · page 3

THE San Francisco Morning Call of the 31st May, publishes the subjoined account of the loss of the British steamship Princess, and the capture of her crew by the Indians in…

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Total Wreck of the Barque Catherine, Off Redhead

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 12 October 1871 · page 3

SHORTLY after 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning the firing of guns from the Signal Hill conveyed to the citizens the unwelcome intelligence that a vessel was in distress off the…

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Particulars of the Wreck of the Megæra

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 12 October 1871 · page 3

THE Malacca, with the officers and crew of the H.M. ship Megæra, wrecked at St. Paul's Island, arrived in Sydney harbour on Monday morning at half-past ten…

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Fearful Shipwreck. the Captain Saved After Being One Hundred and Nine Days on the Wreck. Passengers and Crew Starved

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 November 1871 · page 3

BY the arrival of the Nebraska we have received, through the courtesy of Mr Craig, the following particulars of the wreck of a brig, and the fearful sufferings of the crew…

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The Age. Queanbeyan, Thursday, Nov. 30, 187. TELEGRAMS. Arrival of the Suez Mail. Wreck of the Rangoon Mailship. Loss of the Australian Mails and Cargo Wool Declined. [Through Greville's Telegram Company.] Sydney. Monday, 10 a.m

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 November 1871 · page 2

THE Suez mail has arrived at Adelaide, bringing the following items of news. We will forward you fuller telegrams late in the day:—…

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