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The Argus, 26th June 1867 :
“The schooner J. G. Coleson has been wrecked at Shoalhaven. The crew were saved.”
The Daily Southern Cross (New Zealand), 17th July 1867 :
“WRECK OF THE SCHOONER J. G. COLESON. - The Illalong (s.) from Shoalhaven, brought the captain and crew of the above vessel up to Sydney yesterday afternoon. The following are the particulars of the wreck. The J. G. Coleson left the Tweed River, timber-laden, for Sydney, on Monday the 17th inst., and arrived off Shoalhaven on Friday, previously however, carrying away her away [sic] her jiboom and mainboom. Captain Archdeacon endeavoured to run into Shoalhaven, but in the attempt she went ashore on the North Spit, where she now lies high and dry. The J. G. Coleson was the property of Mr. Coleson, late of Sydney, and is insured in the Victoria Office, for L800, and had on board 40,000 feet of cedar consigned to Mr. Cox of this city. - Sydney Herald.”
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