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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1882

10 stories in South Coast's papers

Whales Cut in Two by a Steamer

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1882 · page 2

The steamship Newport, of Wards Line,had an unusual experience during a recent outward trip to Havanna. She sailed from this port on Thursday…

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Launch of a New Steamer for the Orient Line

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1882 · page 2

A MAGNIFICENT screw-steamer, named the Austral, was launched from the yard of Messrs. John Elder and Co., on the Clyde. This new steamer is intended for the…

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The Wreck of the Romeo

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1882 · page 2

INSPECTOR BRANFORD, the Customs officer who went down by the steamer Blackboy to watch the interests of the department at the scene of the wreck of the barque…

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Loss of a Mail Steamer on Her Trial Trip

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1882 · page 4

The loss of the Malmochus, a Swedish mail steamer, upon her trial trip has scarcely a precedent among marine disasters. On January 16 she…

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Loss of a Hail Steamer on Her Trial Trip

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1882 · page 2

The loss of the Malmochus, a Swedish mail stemmer, upon her trial trip, lias scarcely a precedent among marine disasters. On January 16 she…

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Wreck of the Prima Donna Off Bondi. Loss of Five Lives

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 April 1882 · page 3

WE have to record another marine disaster on the coast of New South Wales, only a few miles from Sydney, by which it is to be feared, five men have lost their…

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Wreck of the Wo[?]iora

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1882 · page 2

THE man Fredrickson saved from the Woniora, gives the following account of the wreck and his escape. The steamer left Bulli with, he believes, 242 tons of…

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The Largest Steamer in the World

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 3

Harper's Weekly of September 9 publisher the following interesting description of the largest steamboat in the world: "The Old Colony Steamboat Company,…

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The largest Steamer in the World

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 3

Harper’s Weekly of September 9 publishes the following interesting description of tho largest steamboat in tho world; “The Old Colony Steamboat Company,…

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Wreck of the Steamship Plutus

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 21 December 1882 · page 2

A telegram from Nowra to the S. M. Herald, on Thursday last, says:—I visited the scene of the wrack of tho steamer Plutus last evening, and found her stranded on…

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