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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897

23 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2

The Kameruka Wreck

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 4

Most of the passengers and crew of the Illawarra Company's steamer Kameruka, which was wrecked near Moruya on Sunday morning reached Sydney soon after 4 o'clock…

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A Wrecked Crew

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 10 November 1897 · page 2

Sydney, Monday.—The captain and crew of the wrecked vessel Commodore arrived at Dunedin (N.Z.) per barque Nor'-wester…

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Barque Foundered

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 2

London, Tursday.—The barque Cordillera has foundered off Valparaiso, and all on board except the first mate, the second mate and the carpenter were drowned…

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