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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1873

4 stories in South Coast's papers

Total Loss of the Coolangatta Steamer

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1873 · page 2

It is with regret we have to record the total [?] gatta, familiarly, known on the river as the wheelbarrow which has been employed now…

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The Mail Steamer. Bombay, March 17

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 5

The R.M.S.S. Sumatra left Ceylon to-day for Australia…

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Wreck of the Columbus. London, June 22

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1873 · page 5

THE steamer Columbus. running between Holy-head and Dublin, struck on a rock near Holy-bead. There were 200 persons aboard, and fifteen of them were drowned…

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Wreck of the City of Washington

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1873 · page 5

The steamer City of Washington (Inman’s line), Captain Lochead, has been wrecked o`n her voyage between Liverpool and New York. All hands were saved…

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