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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897

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Brisbane. Wednesday. Wrecked on a Reef

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1897 · page 2

News reached Brisbane from Thursday Island to-day that the Italian barque Lazaroo, of Genea, bound from Newcastle to Macassar, stranded on Monday, afternoon…

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New Zealand. Auckland, Monday. the Wreck of the Tasmania

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 2

The inquiry into the cause of the wreck of the steamer Tasmania was opened to-day. Captain M'Gee said ho blamed the mist for causing the vessel to go on to the rocks…

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Auckland. Friday. a Barque Ashore

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

A barque from the Clarence River will a cargo of timber has gone ashore at Westpoint, and is likely to become a total wreek. While facing towed out this…

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"The 'Wreck.' "

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1897 · page 3

ON a cold, blustering night on the Peel diggings old Tom Baker and I lay and talked of men and their ways. The huge logs were crackling away merrily in the…

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"The 'Wreck'"

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 1 September 1897 · page 4

ON a cold, blustering night, on the Peel diggings, old Tom Baker and I lay chatting of men and their ways' The huge logs were eracking…

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Wreck of a Steamer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1897 · page 2

THE steamer Kamoruka, 515 tons, from Edon to Sydney, went ashore at Pedro Reef late on Sa urday night and is likely to become a total wreck. The passengers were…

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Steamer [?]ruck by a Tidal Wave Four Men Washed Overboard

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 4

FURTHER particulars are to hand with reference to the loss of four men from the Land liver, Woolluemoolon, which left Port Melbourne on September 10 for London, via…

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Intercolonial. [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Wednesday. American Mail Steamer

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 December 1897 · page 2

The American mail a steamer Alameda arrived at Auckland to day and is due at Sydney on Sunday. ALLEGED CONFIDENCE TRICK…

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The Steamer Fitzroy Ashore. No Lives Lost

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1897 · page 2

INFORMATION was received in Sydney on Saturday morning that the A U.S.N. Company's steamer Fitzroy went ashore about ten miles south of Port Stephens while on…

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The Steamer Fitzroy Ashore. Fearful Night on the Wreck. All Saved. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 December 1897 · page 2

The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Fitzroy went ashore 10 miles south of Port Stephens' on the New South Wales coast, shortly after 1 o'clock on Saturday morning. It was…

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Brisbane. Monday. a Steamer's Capsize—supposed Loss of Life

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 2

A small steamer named Mystery, capsized on the bar near the entrance of Moreton Bay yesternight. Several of the crew were seen floating on the wreckage, but it is not…

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Wellington. Monday. Shipwreck in the Pacific

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1897 · page 2

The steamer Upoln arrived to-day, bringing news of the wreck of the ship Blairlogie, of Glasgow, on the Matahio coast, a northerly island of the Paumotu group, on…

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