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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1882

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Mishap to the Steamer Barrabool. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 September 1882 · page 3

The steamer Barrabool arrived to-day from Sydney, in tow of the s.s. Cheviot, having broken her Crank-shaft off Rams Head…

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Wreck of the Ethiopia

Evening News · Tuesday 12 September 1882 · page 2

LONDON, September 11.—News has been received of the wreck of the Ethiopia, at Loangs (?). All hands were saved…

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Wreck of the Ethiopia. London, Sept 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1882 · page 9

News has been received of the wreck of the Ethiopia at the Bay of Loango, a rocky, and dangerous, bay on the south-west coast of Africa…

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Wreck of a Schooner. All Hands Saved

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 36

THE well-known coasting schooner Merchantman, engaged in the Wollongong-Sydney coal trade, has become a total week near Port Hacking. She left Wollongong on Wednesday, September 7, at 5 o'clock, with 250 tons coal from…

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Wreck of the Ethiopia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 September 1882 · page 10

LONDON, September 11.—News has been received of the wreck of the Ethiopia, at Loangs (?). All hands were saved…

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Wreck of a Man-of-War

Evening News · Monday 18 September 1882 · page 2

LONDON, September 15.—The man-of-war Phoenix has been totally wrecked at Charlotte Town. The crew were saved…

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Wreck of a Man-of-war. London, Sept. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 September 1882 · page 5

The man-of-war Phœnix has been totally wrecked at Charlotte Town. The crew were saved…

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Ranelagh Ashore Again. No Lives Lost

Evening News · Tuesday 19 September 1882 · page 3

The A.S.N. Co. are having exceedingly ill-luck with their new steamer Ranelagh, for a telegram was received from Bowen this morning stating that she had struck on a reef on the north side of the entrance to Bowen this…

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The Ranelagh Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1882 · page 6

The ill fortune which has attended the earlier days of this steamer in the Northern service of the A. S. N. Company recurred again yesterday morning. On a previous occasion she struck and stuck on King's Reef, when serious damage was done to her, and…

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Wreck on Lake Ontario. London, Sept. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1882 · page 7

Newa has been received from Toronto of a terrible catastrophe which occurred yesterday, on Lake Ontario. The steamer Asia, with a large complement of passengers, foundered…

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Wreck of the Ganges. BRISBANE

Evening News · Friday 22 September 1882 · page 2

The R.M.S. Dorunda, which has arrived at Cooktown, reports that yesterday she sighted the wreck of the steamer Ganges, from Melbourne for Calcutta, with horses, on the Cockburn Reef…

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Wreck of the Steamship Ganges. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 September 1882 · page 8

The R.M.S. Dorunda, which arrived at Cooktown this afternoon, reports that yesterday she sighted the wreck of the steamer Ganges, from Melbourne for Calcutta, with horses, on Cockburn…

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The Ranelagh Ashore

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 523

The ill fortune which has attended the earlier days of this steamer in the Northern service of the A. S. N. Company recurred again on Tuesday morning. On a previous occasion she struck on King's Reef, when serious damage was done to her, and…

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Ranelagh Ashore Again. No Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 36

THE A.S.N. CO. are having ex[?]dingly ill-[?]k with their new steamer Ranelagh, for a telegram was received from Bowen last Tuesday stating that she had struck on a reef on the north side of the entrance to Bowen that…

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Wreck of the Steamship Ganges. Brisbane

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 528

The R.M.S. Dorunda, which arrived at Cooktown this afternoon, reports that yesterday she sighted the wreck of the steamer Ganges, from Melbourne for Calcutta, with horses, on Cockburn…

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Wreck of a Man-of-War

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 September 1882 · page 11

LONDON, September 15.—The man-of-war Phoenix has been totally wrecked at Charlotte Town. The crew were saved…

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The New Steamer Essex

Evening News · Tuesday 26 September 1882 · page 3

Of the new steamship Eases, expected to arrive at Sydney on Friday, the "Melbourne Argus" says:-This new steamship, which has arrived in port from London, marks the reappearance of the well-known firm of Messrs…

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The Marking of Sunken Wrecks. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 4

The presiding Judge at the Court of Inquiry held lately at Cardiff to investigate the circumstances attending the sinking of the schooner Alice and Kate on a wreck off Lavernock Point, Penarth Roads, Bristol Channel, says in…

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A Newly-Invented Wreck Escape

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 30 September 1882 · page 3

AT a recent exhibition of life-saving appliances for naval use, held in London, numerous ingenious and useful contrivances were shown, one of the most practical being that designed by Mr. Copeman, Avherebv the…

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The steamer Compta

Evening News · Monday 2 October 1882 · page 2

LONDON, September 29.-The Queensland mail steamer Compta (outwards) left Suez on Thursday…

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