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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1870

203 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 11

Wrecks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 6

T[?] schooner Missic, a vessel of 23 tons, attempted to proceed to [?]a yesterday, but in working out between the Heads (the wind being from N. E.), she hugged the senth shore so close that when endeavouring to go about she missed stays, and went…

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Storm and Wreck at Newcastle. Loss of the Barque Rialto—all Lives Saved

Sydney Mail · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 13

TUESDAY.—During the past six days we have been visited with unusually stormy weather for this season of the year, and which has eventuated in one of those terrific gales that are so often experienced on this coast, and, in many…

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Wreck of the Barque Rialto

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 28

YESTERDAY forenoon, about a quarter to 2 o'clock, the barque Rialto, 303 tons, Captain Hodge, from Melbourne, was sighted from Flagstaff Hill and Nobby's, at a distance of three or four miles from the latter,…

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