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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1878

4 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Attack on the Schooner Mayri

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 9 March 1878 · page 3

THE following letter has been, addressed by Mr A. Goldie, now in New Guinen; to Mr J. McDonald, of Balmain:— Port Moresby, Jan. 14, 1878…

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The Wreck of the Loch Ard

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 6 July 1878 · page 4

WE regret to find that the evidence given by Mr. Thomas Pearce, the only surviving member of the crew of the Loch Ard, tends to prove that the the loss of that vessel added…

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Wreck of the James Service

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 31 July 1878 · page 2

THE following further particulars of the wreck of the James Service are to hand:—The wreck, which has taken place on the coast of Western Australia, has caused…

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Wreck of the James Service

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 August 1878 · page 4

ANOTHER tale of disaster comes from the sea, and as in the case of the Loch Ard, is accompanied (so far as can be ascertained at present) with sad loss of life. The…

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