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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1874

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

Wrecks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 December 1874 · page 5

Intelligence has been received at New Caledonia of the wreck of the ship Maitland on a coral reef new Huon Island on teh 25th May last, A poising voyager noticed the wreck, and on procording to the island lound a bottle containing documents which…

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Reported Wreck of the Maitland

Evening News · Tuesday 29 December 1874 · page 2

With reference to the reported wreck of the ship Maitland, referred to in bur issue of the 19th instant, (says the Melbourne Argus of Saturday), we learn that a telegram has been received by the Customs…

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Wreck of the Brig Alfred—the Proposal to Annex Samoa to America

Evening News · Tuesday 29 December 1874 · page 2

By the arrival of the barque Reconnaissance, this morning, from the South Sea Islands, intelligence is brought to Sydney of the total wreck of the German brig, Alfred, at the Marshall Group. The crew were…

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Wreck of a Steamer—serious Loss of Life. Plymouth, October 25

Empire · Wednesday 30 December 1874 · page 3

News reached Falmouth on Saturday of the foundering in the Day of Biscay of the steamship Mary, of and from Glasgow to Trinidad, She encountered a very heary gale for some days, and…

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