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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1840

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Cape of Good Hope. Shipwrecks.—table Bay

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1840 · page 2

LOSS OF THE SHIP " BENGAL," AND BARQUE " CATHERIN AND JAMIESON."—lt is our painful duty to have to record this week the loss of the above named two vessels. and the following are…

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Providential Escape of the King of the French, with His Family and Ministers From Ship Wreck. (From the Morning Chronicle August 20.)

The Australian · Thursday 24 December 1840 · page 4

The King of the French, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, the Princess Clementine, the Dukes of Anmale and of Montpensier…

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Shipwrecks—Table Bay. (From the Cape Shipping List, Sept. 22)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 December 1840 · page 3

LOSS OF THE SHIP BENGAL, AND BARQUE CATHERINE JAM[?]ESON.—It is o[?]r painful d[?]ty to have to record this week the loss of the above named two vessels, and the following are the…

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Ship News. Total Wreck of the Brig "Melrose," and Narrative of Thirteen Days, Voyage in Open Boats

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 29 December 1840 · page 2

November 11th, 1840—Lat. obs. 9 28 S. running along the S.W. side of Malanta; at 8 P. M. the S.W. point of that Island, N. E. distant eight miles; squally with showers from…

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Shipping Intelligence. [?] ARRIVALS—None. DEPARTURE. For the South Sea Islands, yesterday, the schooner Rob Roy, Capt. M'Lenn, with sundries. Vessels Laid on for Sydney Direct

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 30 December 1840 · page 2

FROM LONDON.—Orient, 474, Taylor, merchandize, had sailed. Ganges, 450, Macdonald, merchandize, August 26. Betsy and Sarah, brig, 300, Johnson, merchandize, July…

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The Progress of the King of the French From the Chateau D'eu to Boulogne.—narrow Escape From Shipwreck

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1840 · page 2

It has been for some time known that it was the intention of the King of the French, with that mixture of politic sagacity and quiet resolution so characteristic of the man, to visit in person…

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