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... reached the harbour , and sailed for Hobart with a cargo of pine . When the ship reached Hobart with no news of Gould there was great alarm . It was common knowledge that Gould must travel wild country and ford rivers often swollen by ...
... reached the harbour , and sailed for Hobart with a cargo of pine . When the ship reached Hobart with no news of Gould there was great alarm . It was common knowledge that Gould must travel wild country and ford rivers often swollen by ...
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... reached Queenstown , the North Lyell Company did not even begin to build its smelters until a year after the first train reached its smelting site . Dissatisfied with the site which MacArthur had selected near the railway bridge across ...
... reached Queenstown , the North Lyell Company did not even begin to build its smelters until a year after the first train reached its smelting site . Dissatisfied with the site which MacArthur had selected near the railway bridge across ...
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... reached the top tunnel . They said the pump house on the 700 ' level was on fire , and that the smoke was so dense and suffocating that the pump attendant could not reach a hose that lay near the blazing building . There was no ...
... reached the top tunnel . They said the pump house on the 700 ' level was on fire , and that the smoke was so dense and suffocating that the pump attendant could not reach a hose that lay near the blazing building . There was no ...
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