Story: Shipwrecks
The loss of the Orpheus on 7 February 1863 was a major calamity reported extensively in Britain. Download the document to read the account published in the Illustrated London News of 18 April 1863 (76 KB).
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0033-1863-437
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