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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1871

5 stories in Riverina's papers

Another Steamer Blown Up. Memphis, (Tenn.) January 27th

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1871 · page 4

The steamer W. R. Arthur, from New Orleans for Louisville, which left here at a late hour last night, exploded her boilers fourteen miles above hero, at 1 this morning tearing…

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Manifest of the "Victoria" Steamer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 28 June 1871 · page 2

W. C. HUNTER, Wagga Wagga: 1 parcel 1 case, 1 package, 1 ditto, 2 cases, 1 parcel, 1 case earthenware, 1 ditto kerosene, 1 ditto tobacco, 3 cases, 1 bandle trees,…

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Manifest of the "Victoria" Steamer and Barge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 5 August 1871 · page 2

WAGGA WAGGA:—S. Raphael: 1 case stationery, 1 ditto vestas. Bergin, Moxham, and Corthorn: 1 ditto ink, 1 hogshead crockery, 1 cask ditto, 1 case sundries, 1…

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Manifest of the Steamer "Victoria."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 2

WAGGA WAGGA:—C. Wall: 3 cases drapery 1 truss ditto, 1 ditto oil baize, 1 ditto canvas, 4 trunks boots, 1 quarter juice tobacco, 6 bags sugar. 16 ditto rice, 3 ditto salt. 1 cask…

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Attack on a Steamer by Alligators

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 8 November 1871 · page 4

THE Pilatka (Florida) Herald publishes the account of a desperate attack on a river steamer by alligators. "The steamer, whilst going up the…

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