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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1863

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Vessels Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 December 1863 · page 9

WRECK OF THE HERCULEAN.—Captain Murphy, late of the above schooner, has supplied us with the following particulars of her loss:—Left Sydney Heads on Tuesday, 24th ultimo, at 6 p.m., the wind being fresh from the southward. The master remained on…

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Steerage Accommodation in Colonial Steamer. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Wednesday 30 December 1863 · page 5

SIR— Having received a pressing invitation to spend my Christmas on the Williams River, I hastily took up the Empire to see if there would be a boat. I read the followirg: " To Clarence Town, the Idslong, on Tuesday,…

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