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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Another Steamer Torpedoed. London

National Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

The steamer Crown of Castile was toroedoed off the Scillys. The crew was rescued…

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Attempt to Blow Up Steamer Paris

The Bathurst Times · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

Raymond Swoboda has been ar rested. Incriminating documents, which were found inv his possession, showed that he had a mission to blow…

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Caught in Time. Spy on French Steamer. Paris

National Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 4

Raymond Swoboda has been arrested. Incriminating documents found in his possession show that his mission was to blow up the steamer…

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Big Steamer Escapes. After Being Fired Upon. London

National Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

A submarine off the Scillys chased the steamer City of Cambridge for 1½ hours. Though shells damaged the Cambridge's deck the vessel escaped…

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Fired at and Torpedoed. Another Steamer Lost. London

National Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

Ten shots were fired at the steamer Flaminian, and the vessel was eventually torpedoed. The crew were barely given time…

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Another Steamer Lost. Eleven Drowned. London

National Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 2

The steamer Seven Seas, from London to Liverpool, was torpedoed off Beachy Head without warning. Eleven were drowned and seven…

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More Murder. French Steamer Sunk Without Warning. London

National Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 2

The French steamer, Emma, was torpedoed off Beachy Head, without warning Seventeen of the crew are missing…

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WAR America acts Sinking of American Steamer. an Indemnity Demanded Washington

National Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 2

The United States Government has formally demanded from Germany an indemnity for the sinking of the American ship, William Frye, by the…

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Not Wrecked. British Submarine Victim. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 2

Reuter's Lisbon correspondent stated that the British steamer Southpoint was not, as at first reported, lost in a storm, but was sunk by the German…

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German Steamer Mined. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 2

A Stockholm despatch states that the German steamer Grete Hemsoth struck a mine in the Baltic Sea; 25 of the crew were drowned…

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Dutch Steamer Sinking. New York

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 2

The steamer Algonuqin reports by wireless that the Royal Dutch, Wes Indies Company, is sinking slowly off Cape Hatteras…

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Another Steamer Sunk

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

A German submarine sunk a British steamer at South Point, 60 miles from Cane Finisterre. The crew, numbering 30, were landed at…

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Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed. Christiania

National Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

Experts have proved that the Norwegian steamer Bellbridges was damaged by a German torpedo…

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Maize Laden Steamer Seized by Enemy

Leader · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

Copenhagen reports that the Germans seized the Swedish steamer Finland, 2680 tons, in the Baltic Sea, laden with maize from South…

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Cardiff Steamer Torpedoed Thirty Minutes' Chase London

National Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

After half an hour's chase the Cardiff steamer Northlands, was torpedoed off Beachy Head. The crew of 24 were saved…

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A Swiss Stowaway Deserts From German Steamer. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

A Swiss named Paul Stringer (23), a fireman on the s German steamer Elsass, deserted at Bako Bako. When the Ventura reached that port, Stringer…

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The Blockade Swedish Steamer Seized. Grabbed by Germans in the Baltic. Copenhagen

National Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 2

The Germans seized the Swedish steamer, England, in the Baltic. She was laden with maize from South America for Stockholm…

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A Steamer Wrecked. London

National Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

The steamer Avantisavia, nitrate laden, Tynewards, was wrecked near the Shetland Islands. All hands were drowned…

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Barque Ashore All the Crew Drowned. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

The New South Wales owned barque Avanti Savoia has been wrecked at the Shetland Islands, in the North Atlantic, while on a voyage from the Chilian…

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Italian Steamer Sunk. Valued, £10,900. LONDON

Leader · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

The steamer Nortnumberland, tor[?]edoed near Beechy Head, and the Italian steamer Luigi Parodi, believed to have been sunk by a German…

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