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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1883

3 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Wreck of the Steamer New England. Appalling Loss of Life. Grafton

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 January 1883 · page 3

ONE of the most appalling disasters that have ever occurred in connection with the Clarence River trade took place this evening. The steamer New England, under the command…

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The Wreck of the Illie in the South Seas. Adventures of the Crew

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1883 · page 2

THE barque Illie (an American vessel) was wrecked off an island in the Solomon group on March 4. On Friday morning the s.s. Egment arrived from Brisbane, and among her…

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Poet's Corner. Washed Ashore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 July 1883 · page 4

TO-NIGHT there is a storm at sea; I hear the breakers roar; There comes across the grassy lea The thunder of the shore,…

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