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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

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Wrecked on the Goodwins

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1892 · page 4

ERASMUS DARWIN, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inscribed upon his seal the significant words, "Omnia ex conchis"—all things arise from oysters…

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WRECKED on the GOODWINS

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 8

ERASMUS DARWIN, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inscribed upon his seal the significant words, Omnia ex conchis—all things arise from…

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Wrecked on the Goodwins

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 4

ERASMUS DARWIN, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inscribed upon his seal the significant words, "Omnia ex conchis"—all things arise from oysters…

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WRECKED on the GOODWINS

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 4

ERASMUS DARWIN, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inserted upon his seal the significant words, "Omnia [?]chis"—all things arise from…

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Wrecked on the Goodwins

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1892 · page 4

ERASMUS DARWIN, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inscribed upon his seal the significant words, "Omnia ex conchis"—all things arise from oysters…

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Wrecked on the Goodwins

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 2

ERASMUS DARWIN, grandfather of the famous charles Darwin, the naturalist, "Omnia ex conchis,"—all things arise from oysters Rat from what do oysters arise? what is the…

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On Board the Steamer

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 6

Although the rigour of hie imprisonment has been doubled, this good temper has never deserted him. There has been no return to the…

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Wrecked on the Goodwins

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 3

Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inscribed upon his seal the significant words, O[?] [?] conchis"—all things arise from…

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Wrecked on the Goodwins

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 4

Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, the naturalist, inscribed upon his seal the significant words, Omni[?] ex co[?]—all things arise from…

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A Wreck Indicator

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 April 1892 · page 2

An ingenious apparatus called "a wreck indicator," has recently been invented by an officer of the United States navy. The contrivance consists…

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A Schooner Stolen by Two Belgians

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 June 1892 · page 4

The steamer Archer, which arrived at Sydney, on Monday, from the Marshall Islands brings news of a shocking crime said to have been…

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"The Success" Foundered

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1892 · page 5

VERY early on Sunday morning the convict ship Success, which for some considerable time past, had been moored at the wharf on the western side of the Circular Quay for…

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Wreck of the Ketch Lotus

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 June 1892 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The ketch Lotus went ashore last night at Point Macdonnell' during a heavy gale. At daylight this morning the lifeboat went alongside the ketch,…

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The Wreck of the City of Chicago. Cool Courage of the Captatn. London, July 4

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1892 · page 2

Detailed information with respect to the [?]nman liner City of Chicago, which on the night of 1st July went ashore in a fog on the rocks near Queenstown, shows that the…

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Wholesale Murder at Sea. a Schooner's Crew Poisoned. Captain and Supercargo Killed. London, July 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1892 · page 4

News has been received of the arrest of the mate and part of the crow of the schooner Unine, of San Francisco, for the murder of the captain and the rest of the crew…

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Supposed Wreck

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1892 · page 2

The steamor Murrtimbidgeo, which arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday from London, brings tidings of the loss in mid-ocean of an Australian bound vessel, the name of which…

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A Pacific Tragedy. Poisoning the Grew of a Schooner. a Pair of Pirate Brothers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 3

DETAILS are to hand from Tahiti with reference to one of the most remarkable tragedies of the Pacific. Two adventurers, whose arrest by the Spanish authorities in…

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Wreck of the Newfield. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 September 1892 · page 3

Few more tragic di[?] of the sea are recorded than that which befe[?] the fine steel barque, Newfield, at Curdie's River, on Monday (says the Age correspondent), for in the…

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The German Emperor's Visit to Sweden Postponed. Continued Spread of the Disease. Terrible Situation at Hamburg. Arrival of an Infected Steamer at New York. London, Sept. 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 4

Two hundred and seventy-six deaths from cholera occurred at Hamburg yesterday, the victims including several hospital doctors and nurses, and many of the middle…

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Wreck of the Newfield. Burial of the Victims. Camperdown

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 4

The four men drowned in the Newfield were buried in the cemetery at Port Campbell this morning. The ceremony was a melancholy one. The hearse, an ordinary…

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