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South Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
26 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 2
The death roll of the steamer Wairarapa, wrecked on the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, is now fixed at 105 passengers, and 20 of the crew. Eighty-two passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A gunboat belonging to the Negro republic of Liberia, Western Africa, fired upon a British steamer whilst the latter was landing m cargo at Sethakroo, killing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five residents of New Zealand, who went to try their fortunes at Coolgardie and were wrecked in the Redondo, on their way home were drowned in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alderman Geoghegan received, a letter from his son (Mr. W. Geoghegan), who was saved from the wreck of the Wairarapa, on Monday. Mr. Geoghegan, after describing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Gwydir, belonging to the Hunter River Steamship Company, is a total wreck on Norah Head, near Newcastle. She went ashore during a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GROPING her way along the coast in fog and smoke before daybreak on Thursday, the steamer Gwydir found herself upon a rock off Bungaree Norah, with…
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