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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1893

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Wreck at Kiola Bay. The Schooner Sam[?]a Smashed Up. Narrow Escape of the Crew

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 4

Word reached town late on Thursday afternoon that Messrs. Goodlet and Smith's timber schooner Samoa had become a total wreck on the Kiola reef. From the meagre…

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Schooner Mary Warner Again Afloat

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 1

Mr. H. Gibson, late manager of the Kiola saw-mills, has at last been successful in getting the schooner Mary Warner, that got stranded at Durrass about the 12th of…

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The Wreck of the Samea

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 1

Our Termeil correspondent, who visited the scene of the wreck, sends us the following particulars of the disaster:—Here with I send you particulars of the wreck of…

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Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday, 2 30 p.m. Steam Collier Foundered

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 4

The steam collier Hilda foundered off Port Hacking yesterday, whilst on her way from Port Kembla to Sydney with a cargo of coal. It is stated the accident occurred…

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Our Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Damages for Seduction.hew Loan for Public Works. Savings in the Estimates. Retrenchment the Watchword.the Carcoar Murderer. the Great Gold Robbery. the Eight-hour Demonstration. a Very Gay Spectacle. Decease in the Revenue. Meeting of the Opposition. Arrests for Murder-and Assaults. Australian Cricketers in America. a Mine Flooded. British Revenue Decreased. the Great Coal Strike. Thousands of Women and Children Starving. a Cholera-stricken Steamer. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 2

A WOMAN named Sarah Simpson, a widow, recovered £700 damager at the West Maitland Circuit Court from Albert Thompson, grazier, for the…

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Our Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Canterbury Park Races. Disastrous Shipwreck. Splendid Find at Coolgardie. Melbourne Racing News. Action Against “Daily Telegraph. the Estimates. Park and the Federal Flag. “Hard Cash ” and Libel. Chinese Gambling Hells. Stanbury and the Americans. the Brazilian Trouble. Italy Mobilising Troops. Australian Cricketers in America. Our New Loan at Premium. Anglican Congress at Birmingham. the “Times” on the Loan. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1893 · page 2

MINING shows : Mount Gahana quoted at—Buyers, 2s 6d ; sellers, 3s 6d. Pambula Co.—Sellers, 1 ; contributing, 9d…

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Our Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) in the Assembly. Amending the Electoral Bill. Bank Notes Bill Passed Its Second Reading. Legislative Council and Peo[?]ration. Preparations for Reception of Cardinal, Moran. Whaling Fleet. Building Society Fleet. Building Society Frauds. Vessel Ashore. Stonewalling in the House. Galleries Cleared. Terrible Distress in Quebec. French Restricting Manufacture of Explosives . Secret Societies in France. French Premier and Socialism. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 2

IN the Assembly, the Electoral Act Announcement Bill, extending the time of collection of rolls another month, was passed through committee. The Crown…

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Burning of a Steamer. TERRIBLE [?]

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1893 · page 4

As we have [?] disaster [?] occurred [?] the after[?]…

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