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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1876

7 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Dreadful Shipwreck

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 3

THE people of Sheerness were somewhat astounded on December 7, by the rumour that some of the crew of a German vessel which had been…

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The Wreck of the Strathmore. Sufferings of the Survivors

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 April 1876 · page 2

THE following is a narrative of Mr George D. Crombie, from the Strathmore, taken on the day of landing of twenty of the survivors at Galle, Ceylon,…

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Wreck of the Isabella

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 6 May 1876 · page 3

THE E. News' Newcastle correspondent writes as follows:— The barque Mary Mildred, Captain Brown, which arrived in this…

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Wreck of the Strathmore

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 May 1876 · page 3

Extracts from diary of Robert A. Wilson, passenger from London for New Zealand, per Strathmore:—Saturday, 17th April, 1875.—…

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Extraordinary Shipwreck and Loss of Life

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 July 1876 · page 3

IF former instances of shipwreck on our coast have been attended with more disastrous consequences and harrowing details of loss of life, a more mournful incident than the…

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Wreck of the Giltwood

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 13 July 1876 · page 4

THE Giltwood Mornington, barque, from Liverpool to Melbourne, is a total wreck ten miles south of Rivoli Bay. Three dead bodies have been washed ashore. It is…

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Wreck of the Dandenong. September 13

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 21 September 1876 · page 4

THE barque, Albert William, Captain Walker, from Wallaroo, South Australia, arrived in port this morning at 9.30 in tow of the steam-tug…

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