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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1894

5 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Adrift in a Barrel. a Woman's Strange story of Shipwreck and Adventure

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 4

Mrs Mary Bretano, who was picked up at sea by the bark Crispo and landed at New London recently, tells a remarkable story of adventure. On Sept, 28 she sailed…

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Wreck of the Wairarapara

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 3

THE following particulars of the wreck are gathered from the Australian Star: -- The continued absence of news regarding the Union Steamship C'o.'s steamor…

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Total Wreck of the S.S. Wairaipa. 135 Lives Lest -- 112 Passengers, 23 Crew Sydney. Thursday, 12,55 P.M.

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

The steamer Wariaipu became it total greck on Groat Barrier Island, sixty miles from Auckland…

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The Wairarapa Wreck

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 2

FROM the Australian Star we glean the following particulars of the late terrible shipping disaster, An analysis of the list which is necessarily not quite complete, shows 88…

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Wreck of the Wairarapa. One Survivor's Experience

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 4

MISS BULLOCK and Mr. J. Chaleyer, two survivors from the wreck of the steamer Wairaraps, arrived in Sydney on Wednesday by the R. M. S. Monowai…

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