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South Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1870

4 stories in South Coast's papers

Correspondence. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions of our correspondents.] The Late Private Pic-nic and the Government Steamer Pearl. (To the Editor of the Shoalhaven News.)

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1870 · page 3

SIR,—Can you inform mo on what authority and with where sanction the Government steamer Pearl was taken possession of on Monday last by. a few private persons for the…

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Wreck of the Schooner Hannah

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1870 · page 2

We regret to have to record the loss of the schooner Hannah and crew, which consisted of three men, two of whom were saved a short time, ago when the Fanny Louise was run…

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SIX Weeks at " Wreck Hay

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1870 · page 2

ON tie 3rd of May last, eight gentleman of whom the writer write, was one Left Sydney for" Wreek Bay," where the recommendation the ill-fated Walter flood and her cargo…

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Mix Weeks at " Wreck Hay." (Continued From Our Last.)

The News, Shoalhaven and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1870 · page 4

ON our arrival near the scene of the wreck, we found there Mr. Hewison, the chief officer of the ill-fated vessel, and one of the seamen who had belonged to her. They had…

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