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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1896

8 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Wreck of a Collier

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 18 April 1896 · page 2

Sydney, Friday— The barque Coromandel, loaded with coal. for Valparaiso, was wrecked at Westport, New Zealand…

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Wreck of the Drummond Castle -- 243 Lives Lost

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 2

It has been ascertained that the steamer Drummond Castle struck on a sunken reef. The weather was fine but foggy. 243 lives were lost…

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Two Boy Wreckers

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 July 1896 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—Two boys named P and Brooke were convicted at Melbourn tampering with the railway points at N[?] Coburg with intent to wreck an engine…

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A Dutch Steamer Seized

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 2

London, Monday—The Italian cruiser E na has seized the Dutch steamer Daelwyk, which was conveying 40,000 rifles to Abyssinia.'…

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Wreck of the Dayspring

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 2

Sydney, Friday—The missionary steamer Dayspring is wrecked near New Caledonia. A boat containing six persons is missing…

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Wreck of the Dayspring

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 October 1896 · page 2

THE captain and the members of the crew saved with him from the wreck of the mission vessel Dayspring arrived in Sydney from Noumea on Tuesday aboard the…

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The Dayspring Wreck. Arrival of the Second Boat's Crew

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 November 1896 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- The Marine Board authorities have received a telegram from, the superintendent of the pilot station at Cape Capricorn stating…

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Steamer Stranded—10 Lives Lost

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 2

London, Thursday—The steamer Memphis has been stranded off the coast of Ireland. Ten persons were drowned, and 37 saved…

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