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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1892

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Arrival of an Infected Steamer at Hull. London, Sept. 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1892 · page 2

The steamer Uranus has arrived at Hull from Hamburg. One of the seamen is suffering from the cholera…

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Attempt to Wreck a Team at Waverley

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 September 1892 · page 2

At about 6 o'clock on Monday night a collision occurred in the Bridge-street shunting yards, hindering to a great extent the working of the system. A Newtown tram…

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A Monster Steamer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1892 · page 4

THE largest vessel, save the Great Eastern, that hasever been built was launched recently at Govan, on the Clyde, from the yard of the Fairfield Company. She is one of two…

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The Wreck of tins Bokhara Boats Smashed and Carried Away. Heroic Conduct of the Captain. Thursday Island

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1892 · page 3

ADVICES to hand by the China mail state, that the P. and O. steamer Bokhara was wrecked during a hurricane encountered while on the way from Shanghai to Hong…

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The Wreck of the Bokhara. Heroic Conduct of the Captain. Thursday Island

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 November 1892 · page 3

Advices to hand by the China' mail, state that the P. and O. steamer Bokhara was wrecked during a hurricane encountered while on the way from Shanghai to Hong…

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Attempt to Wreck the Adelaide Express. Dimboola

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1892 · page 2

WHAT appears to have been a deliberate attempt to wreck the Melbourne and Adelaide express took place early this morning, a tricycle having been placed on the line…

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