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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1880

6 stories in Riverina's papers

Perilous Position of a Steamer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 1

The British India Steam Navigation Company's ship Eldorado, 3300 tons, with 95 passengers on board and a Lascar crew of about 60, put into…

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Arrival of the Steamer Sorata at Adelaide. General Summary. London, February 21

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 4

General horror and indignation were excited throughout Europe by a fresh diabolical attempt on the person and family of the Czar. The details at present are very meagre, the…

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News by the Mail Per Steamer "Hydaspes."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1880 · page 4

A bank holiday without a Tichborne demonstration would be an abuse of custom which the unwashed would be lath to tolerate, and accordingly a meeting was held on…

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Arrival of the Steamer Potosi at Adelaide. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1880 · page 3

The Orient Company's steamship Potos[?] arrived last night, after a most successful passage. She left Plymouth on June l2, and arrived at the Cape July 1. She has…

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The Wreck of the Sorata

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 September 1880 · page 3

THE following is the latest report to hand in reference to the Sorata:—Nothing further can at present be done, nor is it even being attempted, to float the Sorata; and briefly…

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The Wreck of the Susanne Codeffroy. (Daily Telegraph.) Verdict of the Coroners' Jury. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1880 · page 4

THE inquest on the body of Captain R. Edmondsen was concluded to-day, and, the jury, after thrEE hours' deliberation, returned.thefollowing verdict:—"That Robert…

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