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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Agnes (1875)

The Agnes was a wooden carvel schooner built in 1875 at Brisbane Water. On 12 March 1890, whilst in ballast between Sydney and Tweed River, she lost her sails in a gale 6 miles (9.7 km) and was wrecked north of Brunswick River heads. There were eight deaths.

References

  1. ^ "Wreck of the Agnes: A Last Message". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 14 March 1890. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Shipping Disaster in the North: Loss of the Schooner Agnes". The Daily Telegraph. 13 March 1890. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

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