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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1899

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

Latest Intelligence Sydney, Monday. A Disabled Steamer

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 2

The steamship Glanous [?] from Newcastle to Melbourne broke her main shaft during a terrific gale off Point Grant on Saturday night The steamer commenced to drift towards land…

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Cannibalism by Shipwrecked Sailors

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 4

Particulars are just to band by the R.M.S. Alameda from America regarding that terrible tragedy at sen, recently reported by cable from London, when it was stated that…

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Latest War Cables. A Transport Wrecked

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 December 1899 · page 2

London, Monday.—One of the British transports has been wrecked. All the men on board were safely landed, but it is feared that it will be difficult to save the…

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