While cleaning a skylight on tie steamer Friedrich der Grosse, August Harwadt, a native of Elbing, Prussia, missed his footing and fell on the ...
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Article : 164 wordsMusgrove's Grand Opera Company had a splendid reception in the Adelaide The-atre Royal on Saturday night, opening with "II Trovatore." ...
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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Fri 22 Feb 1901, Page 13
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