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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1874

5 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Wreck of the Macgregor

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 March 1874 · page 4

THE following report of the running on a reef of the steamer Macgregor has been kindly prepared by Captain J. S. Ferries, of the Tartar…

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Telegraphic News. Wreck of the British Admiral.—seventy-nine Lives Lost. Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 June 1874 · page 2

A TERRIBLE shipwreck has occurred at King's Island. The ketch Kangaroo arrived at Queenscliff this forenoon, and reports that the ship…

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Wreck of the British Admiral

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 June 1874 · page 2

APPALLING DISASTER—79 LIVES LOST. THE recent disasters that have occurred to ships during their passages to Australia and especially Melbourne,…

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Wreck of the E. and A. Mail Steamer "Flintshire." Brisbane, Tuesday, 11 30 P.m

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 2

THE steamer Flintshire, from Batavia 5th instant; with a large number of passengers and a full cargo of Eastern produce, had prosecuted her voyage…

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The Massacre of Three Men of the Schooner Zephyr

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 September 1874 · page 3

THE following is an account of further proceeding taken to attempt the rescue of the three men belonging to the schooner Zephyr, or to ascertain their…

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