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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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The War. Finances of the Allies. Work of the Navy. Some Inspiriting Particulars. How the Fighting Goes. Air Fights. Three Taubes Wrecked

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 14

A semi-official report states that a French airman and a machine gunner chased a Taube. After a few minutes' firing the Taube fell…

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Australian Transport Ashore. No Danger. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 5

A transport carrying Australian troops has gone ashore on the north coast of Australia. There is no danger, and no loss of…

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Transport Ashore Australian Troops Safe Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 4

A transport carrying troops went aground on the Coast of tho Northern Territory yesterday. No damage or loss was reported…

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Norwegian Steamer Mined. London

Leader · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 6

The Norwegian steamer Nordcap, it is reported, struck a mine in the Baltic and foundered, the crew being drowned…

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Australian Transport Ashore Ship Off North Australia with Troops. Sister Troopship Standing by Sydney

Leader · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 6

The Australian Transport is ashore on the Northern Coast of Australia. The A[?]4 left Brisbane with the…

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Neutral Steamer Mined. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

Copenhagen reports that the Norwegian steamer Byoerke has been sunk by a German mine…

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French Steamer Hit. Paris

Leader · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 3

A submarine has torpedoed the French steamer Dinorah, 4208 tons, while the vessel was on her way from Havre to Dunkirk. No warning was…

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Four Days in a Cyclone. Schooner's Rough Trip. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 1

With a heavy, list to port, the result of a four days' battled with a cyclone, the big fivemasted American schooner George E. Billings has arrived at…

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French Steamer Sunk. German Submarine Escapes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 4

A German submarine (No.16) on Tuesday blew up and sank the French steamer Ville de Lille between Cherbourg and Dunkirk,…

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Torpedold. Norwegian Oil Steamer. London

Leader · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 3

The latest victim of Germany's campaign against merchant shipping is the Norwegian vessel Belridge, a new tank steamer of 7000 tons. When her…

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Another Steamer Torpedoed Hit Amidships. London

National Advocate · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 5

The Camban, copper-laden from Huelva (Spain), to Liverpool, took up a pilot, and was gathering speed which she saw a periscope two hundred yards…

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French Steamer Hit. Also Reaches Port. Paris, Friday Evening

National Advocate · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 5

A submarine has torpedoed the French steamer Dinorah, 4208 tons, while the vessel was on her way from Havre to Dunkirk…

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Torpedoed Norwegian Oil Steamer Vessel Able to Make Port London, Friday Night

National Advocate · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 5

The latest victim of Germany's campaign against merchant shipping is the Norwegian vessel, Belridge, a new tank steamer of 7000 tons…

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Landing Steamer Interned Buenos Ayres

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

The steamer, Holgen, which landed the crews of the Kronpainz Welhelm's victims, has been interned, the Government treating it as an armed…

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American Steamer Destroyed by Mine. London

Leader · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

The American steamer Evleyn, according to a German report, was sunk by a mine in the North Sea, near Bortum Island, while on her journey…

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In the Irish Sea. Small Steamer Sunk. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

A German submarine has sunk a small Belfast steamer, the Downshire (337 tons) off the Calf of Mann, a small island to the south-west of the Isle of…

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American Steamer "Mined." Mr. A. J. Bryan Curious Washington

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

The American steamer Evelyn, cotton laden, was mined and sunk off Borkum Island The crew was saved. Mr. W. J Bryan, Secretary for State,…

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The Blockade Coal Laden Steamer Sunk. Crew Given Five Minutes to Leave. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

A submarne torpedoed and sunk the small coal-laden steamer, Downshire, on Saturday evening, after giving the crew five minutes to leave the vessel…

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To-Day's War News. Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed. Demand for Reprisals. London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1915 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Begini, bound from Newcastle, to Bordeaux with coal, has been torpedoed. She sank in ten minutes. A British destroyer rescued the crow. The…

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American Ship Sunk. Cotton Steamer's Fate

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 13

An American steamer laden with cotton and bound for Bremen, struck, a floating mine off the island of Borkum, in the North Sea, and…

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