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Southern Highlands · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1909

4 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Terrible Shipwreck

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

One of the most terrible shipping diasters in the history of South Australia, resulting in appalling loss of life. occurred last on Sunday night in St. Vincent's Gulf. The…

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Terrible Shipwreck

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

One of the most appalling meritime disasters that has taken place on the New Zealand coast occurred on Friday night, near Cape Terawhiti, in Cook…

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Shipwreck

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 July 1909 · page 4

The Island steamer Tofus on Wednesday brought newt of the wreck of the barque Errol on Middleton Reef on June 18, and the loss of 17 lives…

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Wreck of the Maori

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 3

The Shaw, Savill. and Albion liner Maori, from London to New Zealand, has been wrecked a few miles south of Capetown…

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