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Southern Highlands · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1897

2 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

"The Wrecker's Repentancef."

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 21 July 1897 · page 2

About seven miles from Rochelle is a miserable little suburb called "Laleu." There are but few fishermen there, for the coast, which is difficult and inhospitable, is bordered by…

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Fatal Boating Accident at Kiama. Two Men Drowned. Two Others Rescued by a Lifeboat. Mr. a Prott, of Mittagong, One of the Rescued

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 13 October 1897 · page 4

MR. ANDREW PROTT, Postmaster at Mittagong, who we believe was spending his holidays at Kiama, had a thrilling experience on Friday afternoon. He and four other gentlemen went out on a 22 foot…

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