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Southern Highlands · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1908

6 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Steamer Mystery. New Light on Englishwoman's Death

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Dally Mall" wrote on 17th October:— The body of Miss Gardiner, the Wealthy spinster, of Manchester, whose…

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Facing Death. Crew of Wrecked Vessel. Thrilling Scene

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 3

The fully-rigged French ship Leon has gone ashore three miles northeast of Quilty, at perhaps the most dangerous spot on the west coast of…

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Nothing but a Wreck. a Prompt Salvage. The Case of Mrs. E. COLE

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 4

A narrative well worth rending is one which was told by Mrs. Elizabeth Cole, of No. 78 Carlton Crescess. Summer Hill, in the company of a…

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Loss of the Steamer Bega

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 6

The steamship Bega bound from Eden to Sydney foundered on Sunday evening. The ship was carrying a full cargo, and there were also a large…

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The Wreck of the Bega

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 4

The relief steamers Peterborough and Coomonderry, despatched to take on board the Bega castaways, both met with accidents. The Peterborough put…

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The Suffragettes. Mob Wreck Windows. Women's Meeting Routed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 3

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at Cardiff on 11th May (says the "Daily Chronicle"), in connection with a Woman Suffragist demonstration…

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