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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1887

3 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Esperanza. a Tale of Three Colonies. Chapter Iii.—the Wreck of the Waratah

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 August 1887 · page 4

SEVENTY-SIX days out from London, the White Star liners Waratah was slowly sailing on her voyage to Sydney. It was a fair moonlight…

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The Wreck of the Steamer Cheviot. Thirty-five Lives Lost. Heartrending Scenes. Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 October 1887 · page 4

THE wreck of the steamer Cheviot at Portsea,which was briefly reported yesterday, was total and disastrous to life. The Cheviot passed through…

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The Wreck of the Steamer Chevio[?] Thirty-five Lives Lost Heartrending Scenes. Melbourne

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 26 October 1887 · page 4

THE wreck of the steamer Cheviot at Portsea, which was briefly reported yesterday, was total and disastrous to life. The Cheviot passed thsoagh…

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