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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

328 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 17

Ireland Sinn Fein Outrage. Recruiting Offices Wrecked London, Friday night

National Advocate · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 3

A Cork exchange states that 1000 Sinn Feiners, chagringed at the nonarrival of released republican prisoners, wrecked the recruiting offices…

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[?]unk In the Mediterranean Steamer Ecclesia. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 4

The steamer Ecclesia, reported yesterday, was sunk by a submarine in Mediterranean. The captain and [?]men have landed at Algiers…

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Russian Traitor. Attempts to Wreck Warship

Leader · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 3

A remarkable story of an attempt made by a Russian captain to wreck one of the Czar's warships, us a result of the persuasion of his wife,…

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French Steamer Sunk. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 2
Also in National Advocate

The French steamer Ville de Rouen (4821 tons) has been sunk…

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Stranded Steamer Arrives. Sydney

Leader · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 4

The steamer Marsina arrived to-day. She had been on a coral reef at the entrance to the Steffanie Strais, between New Ireland and Hanover…

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Greek Steamer Sunk. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

The Greek steamer Evangelistin (2212 tons) and the British schooner italy have bene sunk…

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Germans Capture British Steamer. in Territorial Waters. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

A Stockholm message states that a German destroyer captured the British steamer Adour (2200 tons), from Newcastle-on-Tyne, while in Swedish…

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More Barbarism. Shelling an Unarmed Steamer. the End of the Virginia. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

Advices from Malta declare that the Virginia, which was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on the 18th was unarmed, and carried a cargo of…

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Huns Release Steamer. Amsterdam

National Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 3

Bearlin has ordered the release of the steamer Adams, captured on July on 19…

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Zeppelin Wrecked. the Hague

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 2

It is reported in Cologne that the Russian guns wrecked a Zeppelin at Riga…

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Seaplane Fouls a Steamer. London

Leader · Monday 24 July 1916 · page 2

A strange aeroplane accident occurred at Southampton. A large vessel was outward bound, when three sea[?]lanes were manoeuvring overhead…

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The Deutschland British Steamer All Eyes. Baltimore

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 July 1916 · page 2

There was a touch of the dramatic in which a British freight steamer swung into her moorings last night…

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Steamer and 'Plane Remarkable Collision. Pilot Killed and Seman Injured. London

The Bathurst Times · Monday 24 July 1916 · page 4

A strange aeroplane accident, resulting in a fatality, occurred to at Sampton Water. WHile a large vessel was outward…

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Torpedoed Steamer. [?] of the Crew Drowned. (A.c.a. Special.) London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 2

Lloyd's state that 17 of the crew of the steamer Llongwen, torpedoed near Algiers, have arrived in Naples, Fourteen were drowned through the…

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Steamer on the Rocks Out of Course in Mist. Prospects of Salvage. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 1

The steamer Five Islands, of 960 tons, owned by the Port Kombla Oil Co., went on the rocks during a heavy mist near Botany Heads this morning…

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In Territorial Waters. British Steamer Captured. Christiana

National Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 2

A crowd on a hill saw a German auxiliary cruiser disguised in the Swedish colors attack the British steamer Eskimo and capture her in…

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Schooner Torpedoed. Copenhagen

National Advocate · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 2

The Danish schooner Dagmar was torpedoed and the crew is believed to have been saved…

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British Steamer Lost. 20 Killed. Vancouver

National Advocate · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 5

The British steamer Equador was lost off Por[?] Llico, by a boiler explosion. Twenty were killed. Mr. T. H. Thrower, member for…

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STEAMER V. Submarine Enemy Craft Probably Sunk. (A.c.a. Special.) Montreal

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 2

[?]Steamer [?]odmore, which has arrived here, reports a battle with a Hun submarine in the Mediterrancan…

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