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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1869

3 stories in South Coast's papers

American Extracts. Wreck of an Emigrant ship and Narrow Escape of the Passengers

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1869 · page 4

A DISASTROUS shipwreck occurred off Sandy Hook on Tuesday night, the 17th November, by which the packet ship Isaac Webb, running between Liverpool and…

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English Extracts. Fearful Sufferings of a Ship-wrecked Crew

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1869 · page 4

The African mail steamer Biafra, which has arrived at Liverpool, brought homo the crew of the barque Florence Nightingale, which was lost on the African coast. The…

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Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVALS.—November 13. Mary Campbell, brigantine, from Sydney. Illalong, steamer, Captain Maney, from Sydney. Nor. 17. Kiama, steamer. Captain Sherd, from Sydney. DEPART[?].—Nov.16. Illalong, steamer, for Sydney. Nov, 18. Kiama, steamer, for Sydney. IMPORTS

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1869 · page 2

Illaloug, steamer, from Sydney: 1 box box insulators, 82 bundles wire, 2 cases, I bag pint, 1 bundle bandies, 2 hammer heads, 2 cans powder, Mr. Dixon; 2 cases…

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